This Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread is full of diced cinnamon apples and drizzled in a homemade cream cheese frosting.
This Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread is currently our favorite fall brunch treat.
Technically it’s sweet enough to be a fall dessert, but since it’s monkey bread and there are apples in it, I think it totally counts as a fall breakfast recipe!
And when I say there are apples in it, I don’t mean that lightly.
This fall monkey bread has 3 cups of cinnamon apple goodness!
And, of course, it’s topped with a homemade cream cheese frosting. Because every good sweet monkey bread needs an extra sweet topping!
I had such a fun time developing this fall monkey bread recipe, almost as much fun as Roger and I had eating it.
And we made it quite a few times, just to make sure it was perfect. 😉
If you love fall flavors and monkey bread, you may also want to try out this Pumpkin Spice Monkey Bread recipe that I shared last year.
I may need to make them both up sometime this fall to compare the two to see which one is my favorite.
But that would be comparing apples and pumpkins, and it’s pretty hard to choose one over the other.
Now that I have both recipes on my blog, if you have a preference, you can choose your favorite fall flavor and bake it all season long for your friends and family!
Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread
This Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread is full of diced cinnamon apples and drizzled in a homemade cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Apple Cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons Salted Butter
- 3 Cups Apple, skin/diced
- 2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
Monkey Bread
- 24 Frozen Dinner Rolls, defrosted *1
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 Cup Butter
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
- 4 Tablespoons Butter, melted & cooled
- 4 Ounces Cream Cheese, room temperature
- 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Milk, optional *(2)
Instructions
- In a large frypan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons of butter and cook the diced apples until tender, about 4-5 minutes, then mix in 2 teaspoons cinnamon and set to the side to cool.
- Next, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray your bundt pan with cooking oil.
- In a large food storage container (or large plastic food bag), mix the 1/2 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon.
- Next, cut all of the dinner rolls in half, place them inside the food storage container, seal the container, and shake it to evenly coat the dinner rolls in cinnamon sugar. I find that it helps to sugarcoat a few at a time so that they don’t all stick together. Set to the side.
- In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, add 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Whisk continuously until the butter has melted and the ingredients have combined, for about 2-3 minutes, and then remove the pan from the heat. Let cool slightly.
- Sprinkle ~1/3 of the cinnamon apples in the bottom of the bundt pan.
- Then place 1/2 of the apple cinnamon sugar-coated dough balls in the base of the bundt cake, and top with ~1/3 cinnamon apples and half of the brown sugar butter mixture.
- Then fill the bundt cake with the remaining sugar-coated dough balls, cinnamon apples, and the rest of the brown sugar mixture.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the top is golden and the dough is thoroughly baked.
- Let the Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread cool for 5 minutes, then invert on a cake plate, and leave the bundt pan on top for an additional 5-10 minutes, before removing the bundt pan from the Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread.
- While the Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread is cooling, place 4 tablespoons butter, 4 ounces cream cheese, 2 cups powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a small bowl and blend until combined.
- Drizzle the cream cheese icing on top of the cooled Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread, and enjoy!
Notes
- I usually let them sit out on the counter to defrost for a few hours before making monkey bread.
- For a thinner frosting add milk, for a thicker frosting add more powdered sugar.
I hope you enjoy your Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread!
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