Cinnamon Pull-Apart Monkey Bread with Heavy Cream* Warmed

Serves 12 in about 1 hour. The pot starts with nuts, then vanilla.

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 2 16 ounce packages refrigerated refrigerated biscuits
• ½ cup chopped nuts, optional
• ½ cup raisins or dried cranberries, optional
• 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
• 2 cups brown sugar (lightly packed)
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ cup heavy cream* (or evaporated milk), warmed

Method

1. Stir in the sugar and cinnamon to a 1-gallon size zip-closure plastic baggie and mix them together. keep it nearby.
2. Cut biscuits into quarters or sixths.
3. Tip in half of the cut biscuit pieces to the cinnamon-sugar mixture and close the baggie. Then shake it to coat all of the pieces. Tip in the pieces of coated biscuit dough to the prepared pan in a random fashion (don't press them down). This is layer 1 of 2.
4. Scatter half of the nuts and raisins, if using, over the dough pieces (you'll make the sauce next, then continue with the rest of the dough in a second layer).
5. To a medium saucepan, over a medium flame, add the butter and let it melt. Then stir in the brown sugar, and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon.
6. Heat mixture to a boil and let boil for 1 instant, keeping an eye on it, and stir frequently, until the sugar has fully dissolved and the sauce is smooth. Then add the vanilla.
7. Turn off the heat and add in the warmed heavy cream. Mix until fully incorporated.
8. Tip in half of the sauce over the first layer of biscuit dough pieces evenly.
9. Tip in the remaining pieces of biscuit dough to the baggie, shake to coat, and add them to the pan (again, don't press them down).
10. Scatter remaining nuts/raisins over the top.
11. Tip in remaining half of the sauce over the second layer of biscuit dough pieces evenly.
12. Cook in the preheated oven for 35-45 minutes, or until browned on top and the biscuits are cooked.
13. Leave it to the Monkey Bread cool in the pan for 7 minutes, then carefully invert onto a plate and serve.

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