Recipe #1: Monkey Bread

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”
― Milton Berle

For those of you who have not heard of this AMAZING recipe, please do try it. Its one that is offered by Pillsbury because it uses their products, but in either case here is what you will need to make it:

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cans (16.3 oz each) Pillsbury® Grands!® Home style refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired

1/2 cup raisins, if desired

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.

2 Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.

3 In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.

4 Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

In case you were wondering the calories in this lovely dessert, Pillsbury offers them to you on their website, but I will post that here too:

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories

450

(

Calories from Fat

200),

*The whole nutritional information is on their website LINK: http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/grands-monkey-bread/7a1e41b1-4708-4028-8ce6-fcb5baebbc19

ENJOY!