OLD FASHIONED MONKEY BREAD RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix the honey and warm water together, add the yeast and stir until dissolved.
• Add 2 1/2 cups of the flour and the salt to the yeast mixture.
• Stir until you get a ball of dough. The dough will be soft.
• ---all of these parts are super handy to do if you have a mixer!
• Put the dough on a floured surface. Knead until smooth and stretchy (about 9 minutes) adding in the remaining flour as needed to keep the dough from becoming too sticky.
• ---if you have a mixer with a dough hook...use it here!
• Place the dough in a bowl sprayed with cooking spray or coated with oil.
• Put the bowl in a warm place and cover with a towel (or use my warm water in bowl method above :)) or plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray.
• Let the dough rise until doubled in size. (about 45 minutes)
• Punch your down and then cover and wait 5 minutes.
• Gently shape the dough into a loaf.
• Place in loaf pan coated with spray, butter, shortening.
• Cover (again with a towel or sprayed plastic wrap) and let rise until doubled again (about 45 minutes)
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C)
• Bake at 450 degrees for about 20 minutes.
• if you like...apply a egg or milk wash before baking.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, butter and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in blueberries., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 400° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.