Banana Monkey Bread

Have you tried banana monkey bread? 6 ingredients are all it takes to make a banana fosters monkey bread. This monkey bread with biscuits is so easy to prep, it is great for breakfast or even a dessert.

If you love banana foster recipes, give this version a try. A Grands monkey bread that is topped with bananas in each slice. Try our banana pecan bread for another banana recipe. Try this peanut butter lovers banana bread recipe as well! It is a great way to use brown spotted bananas.

Pull apart monkey bread is one of our favorites. It is so tasty with the bananas and brown sugar teaming up. The amount of sweetness.

Cut a corner and skip homemade dough, and try this monkey bread made with biscuits!

Why You Will Enjoy This Banana Monkey Bread…

• 6 ingredients
• Easy prep
• Great for a crowd or your family
• Can make into banana monkey bread muffins if you want
• Simple breakfast recipe

Ingredients Needed

• Canned Biscuits
• Banana
• Brown Sugar
• White Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Butter

How to Make

Step 1: Grease your bundt pan and preheat the oven as directed. Then you will place the sliced banana all over the bottom of the bundt pan.

Step 2: Now in a small bowl add your brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon. Mix well.

Step 3: Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces, and then you will roll the raw biscuit dough in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Repeat until you get all your biscuits in the bundt pan.

Step 4: Melt your butter and then add the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture stirring often until the sugar is melted.

Step 5: Pour the mixture over the biscuits, and then place in the oven and bake until fully cooked.

Let the monkey bread cool for 5 minutes before flipping it over on a plate to release it from the bundt pan.

Storage

If you happen to not eat all this banana foster monkey bread, then store any leftovers in the fridge. Place in an airtight container for 3-4 days.

Then just eat it cold, or warm it up in the microwave before serving.

Expert Tips and Variations

• Consider adding some chopped walnuts or pecans to the bottom of the Bundt pan for a bit of a crunch factor.
• Drizzle with a glaze if you would like.
• Leave out the bananas if you want a classic monkey bread recipe.
• You can swap the bananas with other fruit if you would like.

Practical notes

How to store monkey bread?

Monkey bread needs to be stored in the fridge, due to the bananas on the bottom of this banana monkey bread. Now, you can freeze any leftovers as well for 2-3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight, then eat cold or warm it up.

How to make Instant Pot monkey bread?

If you want to convert this to an Instant Pot recipe, go right ahead. Reach for an u003ca href=u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer nofollowu0022u003eInstant Pot Bundt panu003c/au003e that fits in your pressure cooker. Do 1 can of biscuits in your pan and half the other ingredients. Cover the pan with aluminum foil. Place 1 cup of water into the Instant Pot. Place your bundt cake on a trivet. Pressure cook high manual pressure for 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes natural release. Remove lid, and enjoy.

What is monkey bread?

Not sure what monkey bread is? A biscuit dough that is dredged in a cinnamon and sugar mixture and tossed into a pan. Then drizzle with a buttery sauce, bake, and it is an ooey-gooey breakfast or dessert option.

How to make without a bundt pan?

If you don’t want or own a bundt pan, go right ahead and reach for a 9×13 pan. Then do a single layer of the biscuits, and drizzle the butter sauce over the top. It will bake in 15-25 minutes at 350 degrees.

Ingredients

Makes 0 servings

• 2 Bananas, Sliced
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 1 cup White Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
• 2 cans 8-count Biscuit Dough
• 1/2 cup Butter

Method

1. Start by preheating your oven to 375 degrees, and grease your bundt pan.
2. Now, you will slice up your bananas, and place them all over the bottom of the bundt pan.
3. In a small bowl add your cinnamon, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Mix well until combined.
4. Slice your canned biscuits into 4 pieces. Then you will dredge your biscuits in the cinnamon and sugar, and place the biscuit dough on top of the bananas.
5. Repeat till all the bsicuts are used up.
6. In a saucepan melt your butter, and then pour in the remaining sugar mixture you didn’t use. Stir continuously until it melts all the sugar.
7. Pour the butter mixture evenly over the biscuits.
8. Bake for 35-46 minutes or until your banana monkey bread is fully baked.
9. Remove from the oven and allow the monkey bread to cool for 5-10 minutes. Then grab a platter or plate and flip the monkey bread over, and it will release from the pan. Lift up gently.
10. Then serve and enjoy.

Kitchen notes

Instant Pot Monkey Bread

– Use 1 can of biscuits and half the recipe. Assemble the exact same way. Cover with aluminum foil. Pour 1 cup of water in the Instant Pot and place a trivet in the pot. Lower your bundt pan, and seal the lid. Pressure cook high manual pressure for 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes of natural release. Once done, remove, and enjoy. Ripe bananas are important to get that rich banana flavor. If you do not want to use canned biscuits, you can use frozen dinner roll dough, you slice. Or make homemade bread dough. If you don’t want to use a bundt pan simply bake in a 9×13 pan for 20-25 minutes or until baked fully.