Maple-Butter Monkey Bread with Amaretto Cream Cheese Frosting
This monkey bread is soaked in a maple-butter sauce and then pushed up to blue-ribbon status with this luscious amaretto cream cheese frosting!
Servings: 16 people
Ingredients
- 4-5 cups flour
- 1 pkg rapid rise yeast (or 2¼ tsp. instant yeast)
- 1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup milk
- ⅓ cup butter
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ⅔ cup maple syrup (or pancake syrup)
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
For the Amaretto Cream Cheese Frosting
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 2 tsp. amaretto liqueur
- ½ tsp. vanilla
Instructions
For the Dough:*
- In a large bowl, mix 4 cups flour with yeast. Add eggs, but don't mix.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine water, milk, butter, sugar, and salt. Microwave on high for 1 minute, until it is very warm, but not so hot that it burns you to the touch. Add the milk mixture to the flour and the eggs, and stir to combine a little.
- In a mixer, using the kneading hook, knead the dough for 2-3 minutes on medium-low, until it forms a smooth ball in the bowl. If it is too sticky or runny, add a little flour. (I typically add ½ cup flour.)
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for about 1 hour until nearly doubled in size.
Shaping and Baking
- Meanwhile, combine maple syrup and 2 tbsp. melted butter.
- Put 3 tbsp. melted butter into a small bowl. In another bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut the dough into golfball-sized pieces. Dip in butter, then in cinnamon-sugar. Place half in a greased 10-inch fluted tube pan. Top with half the maple-butter sauce. Repeat with remaining dough and remaining maple-butter sauce.
- Cover and let the dough rise again until puffy (20-30 minutes). Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°
- Uncover and bake for 35 minutes until golden-brown on top and cooked through. Cool for 10 minutes and then flip onto a large plate. Top with Amaretto Cream Cheese Frosting before serving.
Amaretto Cream Cheese Frosting
- Combine powdered sugar, ¼ cup softened butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and amaretto liqueur. Mix well with a mixer until smooth and fluffy.
Notes
*Cheater Instructions: You can use 36 oz. canned biscuit dough. Just cut into golfball sized pieces and continue with "Shaping and Baking."