Transform apple pie into a delicious monkey bread that you can eat with your fingers! Apple Pie Monkey Bread is great for breakfast OR dessert!
Original post: September 2017 | Updated: October 2020
Did you know, did you know?! It’s FALL! It’s fall, you guys! My favorite weather and food season. There’s so much to enjoy during this season that I become frantic trying to take it all in.
The smells (outside and inside), the crispness in the air, the sweatshirts, the colorful leaves swirling around the streets, the apples. I am so freakishly in love with apple recipes that I’m considering seeking therapy.
I have a bushel of apples sitting directly in front of me and I’m having a hard time controlling myself. Tomorrow my apple peeler will be smokin’, but for now you are going to LOVE this Apple Pie Monkey Bread.
WHY I LOVE THIS RECIPE
This isn’t the type of recipe that you just dump a can of apple pie filling into. Fresh, tender apples are baked into a sweet, soft bread. If you love Monkey Bread, this may become your new favorite version!
I let my boys dip into this bread after school on Friday and OHMYGOSH they immediately turned into feasting zombies.
HOW TO MAKE APPLE PIE MONKEY BREAD WITH BISCUITS
Let your fingers pluck out a bite-sized piece of this moist sweet bread that boasts apple pieces and is bursting with flavor!
STEP 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 12-cup bundt pan with cooking spray and set aside. In a large resealable bag, combine the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add the biscuit pieces, seal the bag and shake until they are completely coated with the sugar mixture.
STEP 2
Place chopped apples in a large bowl, along with lemon juice. Toss to coat apples completely. Add the brown sugar and stir until it is absorbed by the apples.
Layer the bottom part of the prepared pan with half of the apple mixture. Top with half of the biscuits and repeat with remaining apples and biscuits. Pour the melted butter evenly over the top.
STEP 3
Place pan onto a rimmed baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, or until dough is cooked through in the centers (check at the 40-minute mark).
Remove from the oven and cover with foil. Let sit for 10 minutes. Remove foil and invert onto a serving platter. Serve warm!
RECIPE NOTES: APPLE PIE MONKEY BREAD
- For a finishing touch on your plated dessert, sprinkle a bit of powdered sugar over the top.
- Drizzle Salted Caramel Sauce over the top to spruce up this monkey bread!
- This is the perfect recipe to make for brunch or for guests who are staying overnight. It is also just a great dessert or any-time snack. It’s like Apple Pie in your fingertips!
WHAT IS MONKEY BREAD
Monkey bread is a bunch of balls of dough being baked together with sugars and butter. During baking, the dough balls adhere together making it possible to pull pieces away by using your fingers.
The term “monkey bread” comes from being a finger food, the same way monkeys eat their food.
HOW TO MAKE APPLE PIE MONKEY BREAD WITHOUT A BUNDT PAN
The rounded corners of the bundt pan will allow for uniform baking, but if you don’t have a bundt pan, a tube pan or angel food cake pan will work.
If you don’t have any of these pans, a 9×9 or 9×13 pan will work, too! Place the dough as evenly as possible in a layer in the pan and start checking for signs that the bread is done when it has been in the oven for 30 minutes.
Here’s another little trick. If you have a spring form pan (typically used to bake cheesecake) or a large round cake pan (9 inches), place an empty can in the center, surround it with the dough and bake!
BEST APPLES FOR BAKING
I recommend using a variety of apples and at the very least, use two kinds: one sweet and one tart. My favorite combination of apples is Granny Smith and Honeycrisp apples.
Sweet/Softer Apple Brands
- Fuji
- Honeycrisp
- Red Delicious
- Golden Delicious
- Cortland
- Gala
Tart (or a little Sour) Apple Brands
- Granny Smith
- McIntosh
- Ida Red
- Braeburn
- Empire
- Jonathan
QUICK BREAD RECIPES
- Pumpkin Banana Bread Recipe – Pumpkin AND bananas join forces in this tasty bread! This is a great fall treat and your house has never smelled so good.
- Reese’s Banana Bread – Add Reese’s peanut butter cups to Banana Bread to make it a delectable treat! You’ll never look at a loaf of banana bread the same ever again.
- This is the easiest, most delicious Best Beer Bread recipe you will find! Only a handful of ingredients are required for this no-fail, flavorful loaf of bread.
Apple Pie Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 32 oz refrigerated flaky biscuits (Grands), each biscuit cut into quarters
- 3 cups apples peeled, cored, chopped (~3 medium)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup salted butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 12-cup bundt pan with cooking spray; set aside. In a large resealable bag, combine the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add the biscuit pieces, seal the bag and shake until they are completely coated with the sugar mixture.
- Place chopped apples in a large bowl, along with lemon juice. Toss to coat apples completely. Add the brown sugar and stir until it is absorbed by the apples.
- Layer the bottom part of the prepared pan with half of the apple mixture. Top with half of the biscuits and repeat with remaining apples and biscuits. Pour the melted butter evenly over the top.
- Place pan onto a rimmed baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, or until dough is cooked through in the centers (check at the 40-minute mark). Remove from the oven and cover with foil. Let sit for 10 minutes. Remove foil and invert onto a serving platter. Serve warm!
Notes
- For a finishing touch on your plated dessert, sprinkle a bit of powdered sugar over the top.
- Drizzle Salted Caramel Sauce over the top to spruce up this monkey bread!
- This is the perfect recipe to make for brunch or for guests who are staying overnight. It is also just a great dessert or any-time snack. It’s like Apple Pie in your fingertips!
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