Cinnamon Pull-Apart Monkey Bread Recipe

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 350˚F and grease a loaf pan with oil spray.

2. 2

   In a medium bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans, set aside. In another medium bowl, place the melted butter.

3. 3

   In a food processor, combine the cottage cheese, buttermilk, sugar, melted butter, and vanilla. Process until smooth, about 10 seconds. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda and pulse in short bursts just until the dough clumps together (don’t over process). The dough will be soft and moist.

4. 4

   Scrape the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it with floured hands 4 or 5 times until smooth. Pinch off a smaller than golf ball size piece of dough and roll into a small ball repeat with the remaining dough making 32 equal balls. I do this but cutting the dough into four, and each quarter into quarters, making 16 pieces and then each piece in half.

5. 5

   Toss each dough ball into the melted butter and then each buttered ball into the cinnamon, sugar, pecan mixture.

6. 6

   Place all the dough balls into the loaf pan one by one, layering them on top of one another.

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   Bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, 40-45 minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool a little, but they are really yummy warm!

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   The kids love to pull the dough balls apart.