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This mouthwatering Homemade Strawberry Sorbet is the perfect fresh strawberry treat to enjoy this summer. The touch of lemon gives it a pop of flavor to finish it off.
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Apparently, a lot of food blogs were sorta hacked yesterday and were redirecting their site visitors to porn sites. Fun times!
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Flutternutter Bars- The classic sandwich that has been created into a delicious dessert. You’ll love these bars, especially the marshmallow buttercream!
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Florida has been experiencing winter this week!
It’s basically been unbearable in the mornings! It’s been in the low 40’s!!!! OMG!!! It’s the end of the world!!!
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This Cake Doughnut Bread Pudding is the best way to bring new life to some old doughnuts. The sugary top has a nice crunch for the perfect bite.
We have bikes!!!!
Well, I had a bike before, that I got earlier this spring off our community Facebook “For Sale” group. A blue cruise with a cup holder, where I stash our garage door opening and my phone when Autumn and I go bike riding.
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“If you can lean, you can clean”
Back when I was a college freshman, working retail, I had a boss who would say that. If he caught anyone leaning against a wall or the column next to the register zoning out he would say that so that they got back to work. And if he caught you, he usually made you clean.
I feel that is my life now.
But I am catching myself and I then mentally freak the fuck out and then try to do 10 things to make up for that ‘clacking off’. I never feel like I can just sit and relax. Even if I am on FB, it’s generally to do something related to the blog account, some side hustle stuff, or the account for the dogs I am trying to figure out how I am going to build.
Or if I am on instagram, I am scrolling through and engaging with people that are niche related and I am
The trifecta of getting ‘ish done is when I am pumping, while sitting at the computer so I can write a blog post and search using a specific platform, earning me extra spending money. Extra points if I am listening to a pod cast and I remembered to plug my phone into the fast charger at the desk.
Life just never feels like it ever slows down.
And, in someways, we aren’t doing that much either. Autumn goes to gymnastics 1x a week and that’s it, but the general life maintenance makes things chaotic. From prepping clothes and bottles for the next day, laundry, walking dogs, cooking dinner and dishes, the week night quickly speeds by and before we know it, it’s time for bed and another day of madness until the weekend comes when we try to tackle bigger projects, hang with friends and family, and maybe even get in a nap.
It just feels that I need a month of no distractions and crap to get really caught up on life, with the things I need to do and just want to do.
But that’s why I am always looking for short cuts for things.
I certainly like to make monkey bread or pies or pizza by scratch, but there are times when it’s just easier to grab some biscuits or a pre-made crust or order take out.
And when you add some chocolate candy to the dough… dessert perfection!!!
I love that the Rolo candy, hidden inside the dough ball, gets all melty and gooey. The cinnamon glaze that envelopes each dough ball is perfect with that sweet caramel and chocolate filling too.
Serve this with some ice cream and you are in for a great dessert treat.
Some people might just think that monkey bread is for breakfast,but I think that you will convince them pretty quickly that it’s great for dessert as well when you serve up this sticky sweet caramel and chocolate treat!!
Makes 8 servings
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Homemade Monkey Bread is the breakfast that will have you pulling piece after piece away from this classic treat made popular in the 1950’s. Yum!!
Happy New Year!!!!
I have some exciting news, besides my pregnancy (more on that for another day!), I have picked out the theme for my weekly foodie posts… Monkey Bread Mondays!
I am going to be focusing this year’s challenge theme on sweet and savory monkey breads. As well as, cinnamon rolls and pull apart breads. All that deliciousness right here, every Monday.
Why these sweet treats?
After all, they are down right delicious. Basically, they make you want to lick your fingers clean of the ooey gooey cinnamon sugar filling. You’ll want to sneak an extra piece. The frosting on top is the stuff of daydreams. The inventive way to fill pull apart breads is endlessly fun. Without a doubt, they are all addicting.
Plus, here is just something so irresistible about taking fresh bread out of the oven. It’s all about that yeasty goodness smell. And when that fresh bread is loaded up with cinnamon, sugar, butter, chocolate, and nuts or cheese, herbs, and bacon things get even better, quickly.
So while I am making more than just monkey bread, I am calling it Monkey Bread Mondays. I just like alliteration!
It’s like my Taco Tuesday series, I didn’t just make tacos. I filled you up with tacos, enchiladas, sauces, rice, beans, soup, drinks, and desserts. So, get ready for everything. We’ll see how creative I get. and how fat. HA! At least I have the baby to blame now.
These great breakfast sweet treats are fun for the whole family, young and old. It’s great to all share a big ring of sugary goodness. I recommend these for holidays or weekends with family or friends from near and far away. It’s easy to prep the night before and pop in the oven the next morning to feed a hungry crew.
To kick things off, I made a classic Homemade Monkey Bread from scratch.
I have made plenty of Monkey Breads from the rolls you get from the can, but Homemade Monkey Bread is so, so good. The quick version is good, but the texture and flavors from the homemade ones is incredible. Things just need to get off on the right foot to kick off the year because a great foundation is the best way to learn.
The Homemade Monkey Bread takes just about 15 minutes to prep, then the dough gets to hang out for an hour (or overnight). Then it’s a quick roll out, cutting, coating in cinnamon and sugar, then dumping a bunch of butter all over all of that. Butter is the best.
My tips and tricks for a delicious Homemade Monkey Bread:
Get the milk at the right temperature, since this is what activates the yeast so you want to wake it up gently. Not too hot, not too cold.
Plenty of bench flour (flour on your work surface) because it makes rolling out the dough nice and easy.
Use a pizza cutter or a bench scrapper because it makes cutting the pieces out quick work.
Lastly, a nice large bundt pan or tube pan is key. However, an angel food cake pan will allow the melted butter you pour over the mix just seep out, so don’t use that!
Above all, serve the monkey bread warm from the oven. This will have everyone pulling piece after piece right out of it. Surely, it will disappear in no time.
I hoop you enjoy this Homemade Monkey Bread, and I hope you stay tuned Monkey Bread Monday this year. It’s time to have some fun, loaded up, over the top, delicious breads.
Homemade Monkey Bread is the breakfast that will have you pulling piece after piece away from this classic treat made popular in the 1950's. Yum!!
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