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Monkey Bread Muffins Recipe! (Just 5 Ingredients)

March 20, 2012 By Heidi 22 Comments

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This quick and easy Monkey Bread Muffins Recipe serves up a sweet temptation not worth fighting!  Just 5 ingredients, and you’ve got the best breakfast muffins worth jumping out of bed for!

Be sure to give this Slow Cooker Monkey Bread and Skillet Monkey Bread a try, too!

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Following is a yummy Monkey Bread Muffins Recipe and guest post
by frugal friend Audrey … enjoy!!

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Kristi writes: “This is one of my favorite weekend breakfast treats for my kids. You will not be disappointed!”

I love working during tax season, because I get to bake all I want and then have people to give it away to!  We don’t have to eat all of it by ourselves 🙂

Everyone seems happy with the arrangement. They get treats, I don’t get stuck with all the goodies!

Last week my boss requested Monkey Bread.  I think his wife has him on a diet and he wanted some sweets… ha ha!

Monkey bread is so easy to make, but seems to make too much, so I decided to try making it into muffins. (This recipe can be used for a regular batch of monkey bread also.)

These were so good for breakfast!

And I think next time I will make a cream cheese frosting to drizzle on the top and make them more like a cinnamon roll muffin!

Here’s what you’ll need to get started…

Related: 71 Easy Breakfast Recipes at Home

Monkey Bread Muffins Ingredients

Monkey Bread Muffin Ingredients

You’ll just need a few simple ingredients to make the BEST Monkey Bread Muffins!

Create your new favorite breakfast muffins when you gather up these easy to find ingredients…

  • Refrigerated Biscuit Dough
  • Cinnamon
  • Granulated Sugar – just your standard white sugar
  • Brown Sugar – see How to Soften Brown Sugar
  • Butter – the higher quality the butter, the more AMAZING the flavor!
  • Optional Mix-Ins: Walnuts or Raisins

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How To Make Monkey Bread Muffins

You won’t believe how EASY it is to make Monkey Bread Muffins with biscuits!

Here’s what you’ll do…

1. Cut your biscuits into pieces, and coat in Cinnamon-Sugar mixture.

2. Add pieces to foil liners in muffin pan.

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3. Spoon Butter-Sugar mixture over pieces.

4. Bake, Devour and ENJOY!

See… I told you this was going to be EASY!!

Scroll down for the printable recipe card with detailed, step-by-step instructions.

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Monkey Bread Muffin Reviews

Here’s what your frugal friends are saying about these Easy Monkey Bread Muffins…

One reader writes: “These are so fun – perfect for Easter brunch!”

Kristi writes: “This is one of my favorite weekend breakfast treats for my kids. You will not be disappointed!”

Tayler writes: “Totally easy, quick and delishhhhh!”

Tara writes: “Yummy”

Shelby writes: “I love the individual servings for monkey bread.”

Kim writes: “The kids love this!”

Amy writes: “It was really yummy.  I did them in my silicon cup cake holders and they were so doughy and fluffy!”

Chasity writes: “Super easy and delicious.”

Kristy writes: “Yum! Love the individual portions!”

Jamie writes: “Love this recipe.  I top with crushed candied pecans.”

Jennifer writes: “Great for baby shower or girls’ brunch.”

M. writes: “Made these at Christmas time and they were FABULOUS ”

Gwendolyn writes: “Made these & they were delicious!! Heated up in the microwave the next morning & still delicious.”

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Monkey Bread Muffins Recipe

This quick and easy Monkey Bread Muffins Recipe is a temptation not worth fighting!
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time17 minutes mins
Total Time27 minutes mins
Servings: 12
Author: Audrey

Ingredients

  • 36 ounces Refrigerated Biscuit Dough 3 packages, 12 ounces each
  • 1 cup of granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup 2 sticks butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts optional
  • ½ cup raisins optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Place Foil Liners into muffin tin (they work better than paper liners for monkey bread)
  • Mix Granulated Sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut biscuits into thirds, and then cut into smaller pieces. Shake biscuit pieces in plastic bag and add all pieces to 1 muffin cup.
  • Continue until all biscuits are gone or muffin tins are full.
  • In a small sauce pan, melt the Butter and Brown Sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute.
  • Spoon 1 teaspoon of mixture over each muffin tin.
  • Bake at 350 for 17 minutes, or until done.
  • Cool and eat! The muffins should just pull apart.

Notes

Just in case the sauce bubbles over, you may want to put a sheet pan or cookie sheet under your cupcake tin when baking.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

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    • Jennifer says

      September 27, 2018 at 1:24 pm

      Can these be frozen after they are made? How would I reheat them?

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    • brayton says

      April 27, 2018 at 9:31 pm

      it was yummy and fun to make with my 5 yr old !

      Reply
      • Heidi says

        April 27, 2018 at 9:32 pm

        So glad to hear you liked the muffins, Brayton!

        Reply
    • lisa gantt says

      March 17, 2018 at 7:53 am

      Could you do everything but bake them the night before? Refrigerate them in the muffin tin or in a Ziplock and pop in the oven in the morning? Would that work?

      Reply
    • Carla says

      December 9, 2016 at 7:21 am

      Just made this for a brunch. Can’t wait to try them. They smell divine.! I bought three of the 12 oz. biscuits as stated and was able to make 24 muffins, I used closer to a Tablespoon of brown sugar/butter mixture in each muffin cup,

      Reply
    • Billie McCombs says

      May 6, 2016 at 2:20 pm

      Holy cow these are good!! Thanks for sharing your recipe!!

      Reply
    • Gina says

      August 26, 2015 at 2:56 pm

      I made these last weekend for a church breakfast! Linking back to you on my blog 🙂

      Reply
    • Diane says

      April 23, 2015 at 8:16 pm

      I love making monkey bread! This is a great idea! And drizzling it with icing just makes it better!!!

      Reply
    • AC says

      March 14, 2015 at 11:20 pm

      I used 1/2 butter and 1/2 c brown sugar and still had left over to throw away . I used the big flaky biscuits!, Albertson’s brand and 1 1/2 was enough. Crowd pleaser here!

      Reply
    • carolyn says

      December 3, 2014 at 2:46 pm

      Just made these but i made the dough in my bread machine. Had extra brown sugar butter left over and poored it over chex:)

      Reply
    • erin says

      April 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm

      Even better with mini chocolate chips sprinkled in!

      Reply
    • Roxy says

      March 13, 2014 at 9:06 pm

      This seems like such a yummy and easy idea–BUT WHAT IF you used refrigerated, cinnamon roll dough (comes in a can in the biscuit section) and use the icing it comes with to drizzle on top…oh yeah I am so trying that!!!

      Reply
    • Rick says

      December 25, 2013 at 8:07 am

      I had a lot of sauce left over? Should you drizzle more than a teaspoon as directed?

      Reply
    • Karyl says

      November 16, 2013 at 3:44 pm

      I’ve made this in my bundt pan, but never even thought about doing it in muffin cups. How brilliant is this?! And since once reader also suggested adding in cubes or bits of cream cheese you can bet I’ll try that variety too. I love baking for my coworkers, and this couldn’t be easier!

      Reply
    • Brittany says

      September 10, 2013 at 6:22 pm

      I made these tonight. I had a looooot of extra mixture left over. So I’m going to make caramel crispex with it! 🙂 Super easy to make!

      Reply
    • Sue Keller says

      November 16, 2012 at 5:47 am

      Great idea! Makes original Monkey Bread so easy to serve.

      Reply
    • debi tabor says

      November 9, 2012 at 1:06 pm

      Add small pieces of cream cheese into the pieces of the biscuits. Wow!!! Extra tasty treat.

      Reply
    • MNGS says

      November 2, 2012 at 8:04 am

      I’m interested in making this & have read through the directions twice… but when & how exactly do you add the walnuts & raisins? I can’t find it. Do you put them with the dough in the cups, or are they cooked with the butter & brown sugar? Thanks.

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      • Wendy says

        November 18, 2012 at 7:57 am

        Add them into the cups. I also found that there is a lot of sugar/butter mix left over. Keep it and drizzle it over the cup after they come out of the oven.

        Reply
    • Kelley says

      October 10, 2012 at 7:39 pm

      i made something like this and just drizzled some sweetened condensed milk over them it was easy and yummy.

      Reply
    • Krystle says

      May 12, 2012 at 9:43 pm

      Could you cut up apples instead of raisins?

      Reply
      • wendy la says

        September 29, 2013 at 9:03 am

        I cut the sauce in half and used 2 cans of the smaller cheep biscuits. Cut the biscuits into 1/4 th put 2 biscuits in each cup. Added the raisins after I filled the cups. I used smaller muffin cup size it made 10 cups.
        Love the cream cheese idea. Cant wait to try that!

        Reply

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