Cranberry Orange Monkey Bread

Sweet and tangy cranberry and orange flavors make this Christmas monkey bread recipe extra special!

Course Breakfast, brunch, holiday

Cuisine American

Keyword Christmas monkey bread

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1 40

Servings people

Calories 421kcal

Place the rolls on a parchment-lined baking sheet to thaw – about 1 hour.
24 Frozen Dinner Roll Dough
Preheat the oven to 350-degrees F. Spray or grease a bundt pan, taking care to get into all the grooves.
Cut thawed rolls in half and stretch them out into a small circle. Place a ½ teaspoon in the center of the dough, then pinch the edges together to make a little pouch.
⅓ cup Cranberry jelly, plus 2 tablespoons
In a small bowl, combine the white sugar and cinnamon.
Dip each roll piece into butter and roll the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place in the bundt pan.
½ cup Butter, 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon, 1 tablespoon Granulated Sugar
Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until double in size.
Remove wrap and bake at 350 degrees F 35-40 minutes. Cool 1 minute and invert onto serving platter.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together ¼ cup brown sugar, the juice and zest from the orange, and 2 tablespoons of cranberry jelly.
1 cup Brown Sugar, plus ¼ cup, 1 Orange, ⅓ cup Cranberry jelly, plus 2 tablespoons
Pour over the hot monkey bread. Let cool 5 minutes before cutting. Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.

Add 1 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or almonds for a delicious crunch!

VARIATIONS:

For Thanksgiving, I add 1 pear or apple, peeled and chopped small in between the dough balls.
Double the cranberry flavor by adding 1 cup whole cranberries. Taste the cranberries - you may want to add just a touch more sugar because cranberries can be tart.
Give this recipe a tweak by adding more warm spices for a gingerbread flavor. Add 1 teaspoon ginger, ½ teaspoon ground cloves and then add 1 tablespoon of molasses to the brown sugar and cranberry jelly mixture.