Monkey Bread Recipe

Name: Monkey Bread Recipe
Cook time: 6 h 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 3/4 cup whole milk; 1/2 cup plus 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar; 1/4 cup warm water (110°F to 115°F); 1 (1/4-ounce) packet active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons); 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon fine salt; 1 large egg; 1 large egg yolk; 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (3/4 stick), cut into 6 pieces and at room temperature; Vegetable oil or cooking spray, for coating the bowl; 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks), melted and cooled; 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg

A sweet yeasted bread recipe that's buttery and rich, with a cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar glaze.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients

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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Monkey Bread Recipe

12 servings

Cook6 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

970Calories

28 gProtein

40 gFat

123 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,623 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,341 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,655 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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