Biscuit’s what we’ve been talking about all month. Grands has perfected them and we can get them in a can or frozen by the bag. Our Sister, has yet to let us in on her secret, but who cares when you can eat them by the panful (or as a cinnamon roll or wrapped around a sausage link)! Homemade are soft and fluffy with that perfect golden edge. And, I’ve already told you guys that I’m the luckiest gal because Mr. McKinney < http://arkansaswomenbloggers.com/keisha-mckinney-mr-mckinneys-biscuits/> has them down pat, or at least by the recipe he keeps on the notepad in his phone!
The 5th of this month was our first Anniv and we celebrated by a quick weekend away in Natchez, MS. One of the perks of being in South AR is that it was only a 5 hour drive. We felt like we got away without having to go to far…and you know we made it in to an adventure!
When I was doing my excursion research, I found that they had a biscuit tour. Yep, you read that right. My husband was taking me away for a weekend straight off the set of Steel Magnolias with southern homes, southern cooking, coffee shops, flower gardens, and potentially a trip to the casino. I had to find something to get him through the weekend. We bought our tickets at the visitor center and with our biscuit passport in hand we were off. Except, no one in town on the biscuit tour stop knew they were a biscuit tour stop so showing our card and asking for biscuits really became the best excitement of the trip. If you think ladies in AR get in a tizz when they don’t know what’s going on…you should see a Mississippi 60 yr. old Southern Belle try to figure out what to do with your card so she “still gets paid.”
None the less, biscuits are heaven. We had them traditional with homemade jam. Plain with butter melted on top. Cut like silver dollars (my new personal favorite). But, the best were the savory ones with bits of bacon and herbs spread throughout. They were so magical that one particular restaurant used this biscuit dough as a topper to their brisket pot pie and I could not stay out of it.
Growing up, my mama always kept “cheap” biscuits on hand and I find myself doing the same thing. Whether its to put in the bottom of a cupcake tin as the base of an appetizer, when I forget to get something for Sunday breakfast, or to make the amazingness we really came here to talk about today…Easy Monkey Bread. This is one of those recipes for me I just always remember my mama making. And one of the earliest she let me help her with.
Its easy to make, it only takes a few ingredients. And, you can put it in the oven and still have time to take a shower and fix your hair and serve it piping hot at home or even take it on the road and impress your coworkers.
Nothing crazy or magical, just easy monkey bread.
Now that I’m the grown up, I do sometimes switch out butterscotch pudding mix for the cinnamon and with the melted butter, it makes a super caramel sauce on top.
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Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 10- ounce cans biscuits
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Grease well a 10” Bundt pan. Set aside.
- Combine sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
- Cut biscuits into quarters and coat by dipping each piece in to cinnamon/sugar mixture.
- Place in the Bundt pan, spreading evenly as you drop them.
- Melt butter and add brown sugar; stir together until sugar is dissolved.
- Pour this mixture over top of biscuits.
- Cover pan with foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and cook for 10-15 more minutes or until center is no longer doughy.
- Allow pan to cool for 5-10minutes.
- Flip onto a heat resistant plate
- Enjoy with a big glass of milk or your favorite cup of coffee!
ittman) McKinney is settling in to her new married life in South AR after she #becamemrsmckinney. A Digital Media Director by day for a church in Northwest Arkansas, Keisha is remembering what its like to plan ahead for shopping trips to “the city,” getting resourceful at her small town Walmart and creating online shopping personas everywhere. She blogs @bigpittstop about daily adventures, cooking escapades, #bigsisterchats and the social justice cases on her heart.