Cranberry Raisin Monkey Bread Recipe
Soft, pull-apart biscuit dough is coated in cinnamon sugar, layered with tart cranberry sauce and raisins, then baked until golden. Serve this festive cranberry raisin monkey bread warm, with extra cranberry sauce on the side.
- Prep Time: 3 hours 15 minutes (includes 3 hours chilling time)
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 3 hours 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
For the Monkey Bread
- 2 (16-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/8 cup ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup cranberry sauce, divided
- 1/4 cup raisins, divided
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Cooking spray, for greasing the pan
For the Cranberry Sauce
- 3/4 cup pulp-free orange juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 12 ounces fresh cranberries, rinsed and stems removed
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Make the cranberry sauce. In a large pan, bring the orange juice, water, and 1 cup sugar to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
- Cook the cranberries. Add the cranberries and 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon. Boil for 5–7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries have burst.
- Chill the sauce. Remove the pan from the heat, cover, and refrigerate the cranberry sauce for 3 hours so it can cool and thicken. Measure out 1/2 cup for the monkey bread; reserve any extra for serving.
- Preheat the oven and prepare the pan. Heat the oven to 350°F. Lightly coat a fluted tube pan with cooking spray.
- Mix the cinnamon sugar. In a large bowl, stir together 1 cup sugar and 1/8 cup cinnamon.
- Shape the biscuit pieces. Separate the biscuits and cut each one in half or into quarters. Roll the pieces into balls.
- Coat the dough. Add a few dough balls at a time to the cinnamon-sugar mixture and roll to coat. Tap off any excess.
- Layer the monkey bread. Arrange half the coated dough balls in the prepared pan. Spread 1/4 cup cranberry sauce and 1/8 cup raisins over them. Repeat with the remaining dough balls, cranberry sauce, and raisins.
- Add the butter mixture. Stir the butter into the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture, then pour it evenly over the dough.
- Bake. Bake for 30–35 minutes, until the monkey bread is golden brown and cooked through. Let it cool briefly in the pan before turning it out and serving warm.
Notes
- The cranberry sauce needs to chill for 3 hours to thicken, so make it ahead if you want to serve the monkey bread sooner.
- The sauce recipe makes more than the 1/2 cup used in the bread. Refrigerate the extra and serve it alongside the monkey bread.
- Check the center of the monkey bread before removing it from the oven; it should be cooked through, not doughy.
- Nutrition is an estimate and assumes the recipe uses 1/2 cup of the prepared cranberry sauce.
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