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Easy Lazy Monkey Bread Recipe (With Canned Biscuits!)

Brigette’s $114 Grocery Shopping Trip and Weekly Menu Plan for 4!

Easy Lazy Monkey Bread Recipe (With Canned Biscuits!)

This is by far the most requested breakfast recipe from my children! They LOVE it. We save this Lazy Monkey Bread for special occasions — birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays — since it isn’t the most healthy recipe that ever existed, haha.

But it’s so yummy and it’s easier than traditional monkey bread or from-scratch cinnamon rolls (and, considering I always make this recipe on already-busy days, that’s a huge plus!).

You could absolutely make your own biscuit dough if you have extra time, but the canned biscuits make it so quick to throw together.

This recipe comes from my husband’s side of the family, and I think he’s been eating these pull-apart rolls his entire life. I already know for certain that it will be a recipe that my children make for their own children someday, which makes this a pretty special recipe to me.

I hope you enjoy easy Monkey Bread as much as our family does!

Ingredients for monkey bread recipe including canned biscuit dough, corn syrup, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon sugar, and chopped pecans arranged on a table.

Lazy Monkey Bread Ingredients

1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 cup chopped pecans
2 large cans biscuits
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Finished monkey bread pulled apart and coated in caramel sauce with pecans on top

How to Make Easy Monkey Bread

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large sauce pan, heat and stir the butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup until the mixture comes to a boil.

Stick of butter and packed brown sugar placed in a pan with oil.

Butter and brown sugar melting together in a pan on the stove.

2. Pour into a 9×13 pan and sprinkle with chopped pecans.

3. In a bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.

Baking dish filled with melted butter and brown sugar mixture topped with pecans.

4. Cut each biscuit in half. Dip each half into the cinnamon-sugar mixture (making sure that each side is coated) and place each biscuit cut-side down into the pan.

Cut biscuit dough pieces on a countertop next to a baking dish filled with brown sugar and pecans, illustrating how to assemble easy monkey bread before baking.

Unbaked biscuit dough pieces arranged upright in a baking dish and coated in cinnamon sugar, showing the preparation step.

5. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Invert onto a cookie sheet or rectangular serving platter as soon as you take it out of the oven.

Makes a 9 x 13 pan.

Freshly baked monkey bread covered in glossy caramel and pecans.

Lazy Monkey Bread

This is by far the most requested breakfast recipe from my children! They LOVE it. We save it for special occasions — birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays — since it isn’t the most healthy recipe that ever existed, haha. But it’s so yummy and it’s easier than traditional monkey bread or from-scratch cinnamon rolls (and, considering I always make this recipe on already-busy days, that’s a huge plus!).

Course Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword bread, breakfast, brunch, dessert, easy breakfast, easy side dish, family favorite, homemade

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Servings

Calories 386kcal

Author Brigette

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 cup chopped pecans
2 large cans biscuits
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large sauce pan, heat and stir the butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup until the mixture comes to a boil.
Pour into a 9×13 pan and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
In a bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
Cut each biscuit in half. Dip each half into the cinnamon-sugar mixture (making sure that each side is coated) and place each biscuit cut-side down into the pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Invert onto a cookie sheet or rectangular serving platter as soon as you take it out of the oven.

Notes

You could absolutely make your own biscuit dough if you have extra time, but the canned biscuits make it so quick to throw together.

Nutrition

Close up of baked monkey bread pieces coated in thick caramel sauce and chopped pecans, showing the sticky texture and pull apart layers of this easy monkey bread recipe.

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Brigette’s $114 Grocery Shopping Trip and Weekly Menu Plan for 4!

Aldi

1 gallon Milk – $2.98

1/2 gallon Orange Juice – $3.39

1/2 gallon Almond Milk – $2.19

1 32-oz carton Egg Whites – $4.79

2 pkgs Turkey Bacon – $6.50

1 3-ct pkg Multi-Colored Peppers – $2.25

2 bags Fresh French Green Beans – $5.98

1 Cauliflower – $2.65

1 bag Organic Apples, reduced – $1.49

1 3-lb bag Sweet Potatoes – $1.99

1 large box Applesauce Pouches – $6.49

1 3-lb bag Mandarins – $2.89

1 large tub Organic Spinach, reduced – $1.99

1 bag Riced Cauliflower – $1.39

2 bags Frozen Peas – $1.94

1 pkg Boneless Chicken Breasts – $13.69

1 bag Veggie Straws – $2.49

1 jar Bread and Butter Pickles – $2.29

2 jars Pasta Sauce – $2.98

1 box Honey Wheat Puffs – $2.29

1 box Crunchy Granola Raisin Bran – $2.75

1 box Rice Squares – $2.75

1 4-ct pkg Green Yogurts – $2.65

1 16-oz bag Spiral Pasta – $1.89

1 box Granola Bars – $2.19

1 bag Organic Corn Tortilla Chips – $2.69

Total: $87.57

Publix

2 tubs Cabot Greek Yogurt – $5.79, used $1/2 Cabot Publix Digital Coupon – $4.79 for 2 after Coupon

2 DiGiorno Pizzas – $6.53

2 boxes Fudgesicles – $6.06 received $2/2 Fudgesicles Ibotta Rebate plus 1600 points from Fetch ($1.60) – $2.46 for 2 after Rebate

2 pkgs Werther’s – $5.59, received 400 points from Swagbucks ($4) plus $0.80 from Checkout51 – $0.79 for 2 after Rebates

1 bag Finish Dishtabs – $5.49, used $3/1 Finish Publix Digital Coupon – $2.49 after Coupon (I’m not including this in my weekly total as it comes out of a different budget category – but I’m including this as it’s a good deal in my opinion and others may want to do the same thing!)

1 bag Milton Gluten-Free Crackers – $4.19, used $4.19/1 Miltons Publix Digital Coupon – FREE after Coupon

2 bags Truvia – $7.99, used $2/1 Truvia Publix Digital Coupon – and $1.75/1 Truvia Publix Digital Coupon – $4.24 for 2 after Coupons

2 bags Jade Leaf Matcha – $8.49, received (2) $1.50/1 Jade Leaf Ibotta Rebates – $5.49 for 2 after Rebates

2 OxiClean Odor Blasters – $8.99, received (2) $3/1 OxiClean Ibotta Rebates – $2.99 for 2 after Rebates (I’m not including this in my weekly total as it comes out of a different budget category – but I’m including this as it’s a good deal in my opinion and others may want to do the same thing!)

1 Arm and Hammer Dish Soap – $1.49 (I’m not including this in my weekly total as it comes out of a different budget category – but I’m including this as it’s a good deal in my opinion and others may want to do the same thing!)

5 boxes Dave’s Killer Bread Breakfast Bars – $14.48, received (5) $1.50/1 Dave’s Killer Bread Bars Ibotta Rebates – $6.98 for 5 boxes

1 Lactaid Creamer – $5, received $3/1 Lactaid Ibotta Rebate plus $1/1 from Checkout51 – $1 after Rebates

~ Received $5 Weekend Cash Dash Bonus from Ibotta

Total after Coupons and Rebates: $27.28

Grocery Total for the Week: $114.85