Monkey bread is a funny name for a delicious pastry. They are sweet breads made by arranging clumps of biscuit dough, that have been dipped in butter and cinnamon sugar, in a pan. When baked, the clumps stick together to form a loaf. Typically, monkey bread is sweet, but with savory ingredients substituted for the sweet ones, it makes a delicious savory appetizer or side bread.

Monkey breads are fun finger foods because all you need are your fingers to pull apart the spiced-sweet clumps to devour. While the origin of the name isn’t clear, it’s totally possible the name monkey bread comes from having to pulling apart the pieces, which is remarkably similar to how monkeys eat--pulling apart their food with their fingers to enjoy it.

Our easy monkey bread muffins are made in muffin cups, so that each person can have their very own monkey bread to pick up and pick apart. No one can complain when you lick your buttery, cinnamon-sugared fingers! Typically monkey breads are served like a coffee cake—either at breakfast or brunch. With their sweet flavor, we would also qualify them as a delightful dessert…that is of course, if you can wait that long to enjoy them!

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