Even with less sugar, butter in place of margarine, and biscuits made from chilled pizza dough, the result is still a delightful cinnamon treat! This healthy monkey bread will win you over.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 15 |
| Yield: | 1 10-inch tube pan |
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 36 ounces refrigerated whole wheat pizza dough
- ½ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
- ½ cup raisins (Optional)
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch tube pan.
- Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut pizza dough into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Shake 6 to 8 pieces of dough in the sugar-cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in bottom of prepared pan. Continue until all dough pieces are coated and placed in pan. Arrange nuts and raisins in and among dough pieces.
- Melt butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over dough; let rise for 30 minutes.
- Bake in preheated oven until bread is golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Pull apart pieces of bread to eat.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 312 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 53 g |
| Cholesterol | 12 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 326 mg |
| Sugars | 22 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I subbed 1/3 white sugar for sugar sub. Also, instead of a cup of sugar used 4 tbsp of molasses, and a 1/3 cup coconut sugar…. amaaaaazeballs!
Really tasty. I only had one roll of whole wheat pizza dough, so I made this in a loaf pan.. baked for about 25 minutes. added the nuts, but no raisins..
Add 3 Granny Smith apples peeled, cored, chopped & tossed throughout.
Boy does this bring back memories… This is a great updated healthier version of a childhood favorite and using whole wheat pizza dough is a great option. Not only is it fun to make, but fun to eat! I always use a bundt pan sprayed with Pam for baking so everything comes out with ease. I add the optional nuts and raisins along with 1 tsp. of vanilla to the butter and brown sugar mixture. When it’s done, just invert the whole thing onto a plate and get out a ton of napkins!