Monkey bread is one of those vintage all-time favorites that never, ever seems to die off. This monkey bread is very special because it is orange and vanilla flavored. Yum! Typically, I bring a breakfast casserole but I wanted to change things up a bit. You know, I wanted to keep those church ladies guessing and give them a little surprise lol. My vanilla orange monkey bread went over perfectly.
I don’t know of any kids who don’t like monkey bread but if I find one I’ll be sure to eat their share.
Ingredients
3 cans (7.5 Ounces Each) Grands Buttermilk Biscuits (not The Flaky Kind), Cold
1 cup Domino Sugar
2 whole Oranges, Zested
1 dash Morton Salt
2 sticks Land O Lakes Salted Butter
3/4 cups Brown Sugar
1 Tablespoon McCormick Vanilla Extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
First, make sure all the biscuit cans are very cold.
Open all the cans of biscuits and cut the biscuits into quarters. Fill a large Ziplock bag with the granulated sugar, the orange zest, and the dash of salt. Seal the bag and shake it around until the zest and the sugar are totally combined. Add the biscuit pieces to the bag, seal it and shake/toss it around until all the biscuit pieces are coated in the orange sugar. Pour the pieces into a bundt or tube pan and set it aside.
In a medium pan over medium heat, melt the butter then stir in the brown sugar and vanilla until just barely combined. Pour the mixture all over the biscuit pieces, scraping the pan to get all the butter/brown sugar out of there. Let it settle for a second, then place the pan in the oven.
Bake for 25 minutes, or until the top of the biscuits are golden brown. Then remove the pan from the oven and set it on a rack. Let the pan sit for at least 10 minutes (but no more than 15), then turn the cake out of the pan onto a cake plate.
Note: When it first comes out of the pan, the melted sugar/caramel will be a little on the hot side. Wait a few minutes after turning it out before serving.
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Quick Tip: This is a wonderful bread to take to church potlucks or for serving during a ladies or men’s brunch.
