Maple Bacon Monkey Bread

This maple monkey bread recipe has a special addition — bacon! It's a wonderful mix of sweet and salty and will make everyone happy at brunch.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 374 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• cooking spray
• 1 (12 ounce) package bacon
• 0.75 cup white sugar
• 0.5 cup margarine
• 0.5 cup maple syrup
• 0.75 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 2 (16.3 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough, separated and cut into quart

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat the inside of a 9-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt) with cooking spray.

Step 2

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Crumble when cool enough to handle; discard any pieces that are all fat.

Step 3

Melt margarine in a small saucepan over medium heat; stir in brown sugar and maple syrup and bring to a boil. Cook and stir until mixture begins to foam, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat.

Step 4

Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a resealable plastic bag. Add 6 to 8 biscuit pieces at a time to the bag; shake until well coated. Place sugared biscuits onto a plate and repeat to coat the rest.

Step 5

Empty any sugar mixture from the resealable bag into maple syrup mixture; place the saucepan over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves, 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 6

Make four layers of ingredients in the prepared pan as follows: bacon, maple syrup mixture, biscuits. Finish with the last drizzle of maple syrup mixture.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits are cooked through, about 35 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 to 20 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate.