Cinnamon Sugar Monkey Bread

Made with Pillsbury Grands Biscuits and plenty of cinnamon, sugar and butter. This Cinnamon Sugar Monkey Bread is another Best Cinnamon Roll Recipes the whole family will love pulling apart to enjoy for breakfast or brunch.

Let me show you how easy this recipe is made with only four ingredients.

This is not a traditional monkey bread recipe. There's no gooey sugary bottom. It's a semi-homemade monkey bread that comes together fast with only a few ingredients. Most of which I believe you probably have in your kitchen and pantry.

This recipe is even easier than my Cinnamon Rolls made with Frozen Bread Dough. It uses refrigerator biscuits as the bread base.

Table of Contents

• Grands Biscuit Donuts
• Helpful Kitchen Tools
• Ingredients
• Step-by-Step Directions
• Baking Instructions
• Ready for more great recipes? Try these other Cinnamon Roll Recipes:
• 📖 Recipe Card
• 💬 Comments

Grands Biscuit Donuts

You might even want to call this recipe Grands biscuits donuts since it does start off with a tube of Grands biscuits. You know the kind you usually serve for dinner?

This recipe for cinnamon sugar monkey bread is as easy as opening up a tube of biscuits, cutting them into pieces and combining with cinnamon and sugar. In no time at all your kitchen is going to smell amazing!

Cinnamon sugar monkey bread is a great recipe for baking with kids. If you wanted to add a glaze, try the homemade powdered sugar glaze from my Easy Cinnamon Roll Bread.

Helpful Kitchen Tools

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Ingredients

• Granulated sugar
• Ground cinnamon
• 2 tubes of Grands Homestyle Refrigerator Biscuits
• Butter

Step-by-Step Directions

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Place the stick of butter in the bundt pan and place the bundt pan in the oven to melt the butter.

• Open the two cans of biscuits.
• Separate the dough and then cut each biscuit into 4 pieces.
• Place the cut up biscuits in a bowl and add the sugar and cinnamon.
• Toss everything to combine.
• Then remove the bundt pan from the oven. The butter should be completely melted.
• Start layering the biscuits on top of each other and up the bundt pan.

Baking Instructions

• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the biscuits are browned.
• Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes and then invert onto a plate.
• Pull apart the biscuits and enjoy!

Ready for more great recipes? Try these other Cinnamon Roll Recipes:

• Overnight Cinnamon Rolls - these rolls rise in the refrigerator overnight and bake in the morning. Perfect for when busy holiday mornings. 
• Freezer Friendly Cinnamon Rolls - I gave these as gifts a few years ago to family and friends. Free printables available too! 
• Frozen Bread Dough Cinnamon Rolls made using frozen bread dough - when you think you don't have enough time for a traditional yeast bread recipe, try this one! 
• Cinnamon Roll Breakfast Casserole - uses refrigerator cinnamon rolls to create a delicious casserole that's easy to put together! 

📖 Recipe Card

This recipe has been updated since it first appeared in 2012 with new photos and a new printable recipe card that includes nutritional information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them!