What is Monkey Bread? A recipe from the 1980s that was popular. Especially if you needed a dessert really quick and easy. Just thinking about it brings back memories of Saturday evening suppertime. Enjoy!
Have you ever wondered how or where the name “Monkey Bread” came from? Back then I never thought about it but now I have my theories. During my research, I found mention of monkey bread fruit trees in the 1797 London newspaper “The Times”. This term is used to describe what we know today as the fruit from the African baobab tree . These mentions discuss the large grayish gourd shaped fruits and the pulp inside is white with kidney shaped seeds. The individual seeds are pressed together.
What further supports my theory is that I experienced dried baobab fruit during a mission trip to Africa in 2018. On the way to one of the villages we stopped and purchased some of the dried fruits. There were several young children who were selling them alongside the dirt road.
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After a little work hitting them against another fruit we finally got to the dried pulp inside the gourd.
Do you see how the pulp looks like little round shapes all pressed together?
As we pulled each piece apart we ended up with a bowl full of the dried pulp.
The dried fruit has a gritty texture and will dissolve after a little time in your mouth. Inside is a kidney shaped seed. It’s hard to describe their flavor but for my experience they were nutty with a very slight pleasant citrus sensation.
Do you see the similarity now?
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut biscuits in half and shake in a paper bag with sugar and cinnamon.
- Place in a loaf pan.
- Melt butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon and pour mixture over the biscuits.
- Add nuts if desired.
- Bake 20-30 minutes.
- Pull apart to eat.
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Super easy and sounds so good!