A twist on the classic monkey bread recipe--cream cheese-stuffed Pillsbury™ crescent dough oozing with warm caramel and cinnamon.
Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 container (8 oz) honey-nut cream cheese
- 2 cans (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count) or 2 cans (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Dough Sheet
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening or cooking spray. In small shallow bowl, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
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Step2Unroll each can of dough into 1 large rectangle; if using crescent roll dough, press perforations to seal. Cut each rectangle into 8 rows by 3 rows, to make 24 pieces per rectangle (48 pieces of dough total).
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Step3Place about 1/2 teaspoon cream cheese on center of dough piece. Fold dough over cream cheese, and gently crimp it around cream cheese; roll in sugar-cinnamon mixture. Repeat with remaining dough pieces.
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Step4Place cream cheese-filled dough balls in pan. Sprinkle with remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture. In small bowl, mix brown sugar and melted butter; pour over crescent pieces.
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Step5Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan 10 minutes; run knife around edge of pan to loosen. Place heatproof serving plate over pan; carefully turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Cool 10 minutes longer. Cover and refrigerate any remaining bread.
Nutrition
500
Calories
31g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
52g
Total Carbohydrate
29g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 500
- Calories from Fat
- 280
- Total Fat
- 31g
- 47%
- Saturated Fat
- 16g
- 79%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 17%
- Sodium
- 640mg
- 27%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 52g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 29g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 6 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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