Best 5 Gorilla Bread Recipes

GORILLA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch tube pan.
• Cut bread dough apart 2 1/2-inch pieces. Chop cream cheese into 1/2-inch cubes. Flatten the same number of dough pieces into small circles as you have pieces of cream cheese (reserve remaining dough). Fold a piece of cream cheese into each flattened dough circle and pinch the seams closed. Roll all the filled and unfilled pieces of dough into balls.
• Combine sugar with cinnamon in a bowl and roll all the dough balls in the cinnamon sugar; set aside. Bring butter and brown sugar to a boil in a saucepan, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 minute.
• Layer half the filled and unfilled dough balls with half the walnuts and raisins in the prepared tube pan; pour half the brown sugar syrup over the mixture. Layer remaining dough balls, walnuts, and raisins into the pan and pour remaining syrup over the gorilla bread.
• Bake gorilla bread in the preheated oven until golden brown and the dough has baked through, 35 to 45 minutes. Let bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a serving platter. To serve, pull the bread apart.

STICKY BUNS (GORILLA BREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly coat a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Mix the cinnamon and sugar together.
• In a scaucepan over low heat, melt the brown sugar and butter, stirring well.
• Remove the brown sugar mixture from the heat.
• Next, press out each biscuit and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon of the cinnamon sugar mix.
• Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes and place each one in the center of a biscuit.
• Seal the cream cheese by completely wrapping the biscuit around the cube.
• Sprinkle ½ cup of walnuts into the bottom of the bundt pan and cover them with half of the prepared biscuits.
• Sprinkle the biscuits in the pan with the cinnamon sugar, pour half of the brown sugar mixture over them, and sprinkle them with ½ cup of walnuts.
• Place the remaining biscuits in the pan and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar.
• Pour the remaining brown sugar mixture over the biscuits and sprinkle with the rest of the walnuts.
• Bake the bread for 30 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
• Place a serving plate on top and invert the pan.
• Serves 12.

MONKEY AND GORILLA BREAD

Steps:

• Butter and flour a bundt pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon. Cut refrigerator biscuits in half and toss in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; then add nuts. Line the bundt pan with biscuits and pour butter mixture over them.
• Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid
• Butter and flour a bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon. Separate biscuits and flatten each slightly with your hand. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon and sugar mixture onto each biscuit. Place one cube of cream cheese in center of biscuit and fold in half to resemble a half moon. Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; remove from the heat. Place 1/2 cup nuts on the bottom of the bundt pan and then line the pan with a row of cream cheese filled biscuits. Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Drizzle half of the butter mixture on top and then repeat steps, beginning with nuts.
• Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid sticking.

MARDI GRAS GORILLA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. PLEASE READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE RECIPE BEFORE YOU BEGIN:
• 2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• 3. Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• 4. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
• 5. In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside.
• 6. Cut each cream cheese block into 20 equal cubes.
• 7. Press the biscuits out with your fingers, cut in halves; sprinkle each with 1/3 teaspoon of cinnamon sugar. Place a cube of cream cheese in the center of half of the biscuits, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese. Roll into a ball. Place half a strawberry in the center of the other half of the biscuits, wrapping and sealing the dough around the strawberries. Roll into a ball.
• 8. Sprinkle 1/3 of the nuts into the bottom of the bundt pan. Pour 1/3 of melted butter mixture over the nuts. Place half of the prepared biscuits in the pan. You can mix the cream cheese balls with the strawberry balls or have one layer of the cream cheese balls and then the other layer with the strawberry balls. It's your call.
• 9. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, pour 1/3 of the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle on 1/3 of nuts.
• 10. Layer the remaining biscuits on top, sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar, pour the remaining butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/3 of nuts.
• 11. Bake for 30-45 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes.
• 12. Place a plate on top and invert. Decorate the top with colored sugars (green, gold, purple), in alternating sections, about 2 inches each.
• 13. Don't forget to hide the plastic baby charm inside one of the dough balls, but warn everyone to look for it!

MONKEY AND GORILLA BREAD

Steps:

• .::||Monkey Bread Instructions||::.
• Butter and flour a bundt pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon. Cut refrigerator biscuits in half and toss in cinnamon and sugar mixture.
• Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; then add nuts.
• Line the bundt pan with biscuits and pour butter mixture over them.
• Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid sticking.
• .::||Gorilla Bread Instructions||::.
• Butter and flour a bundt pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon.
• Separate biscuits and flatten each slightly with your hand. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon and sugar mixture onto each biscuit.
• Place one cube of cream cheese in center of biscuit and fold in half to resemble a half moon.
• Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; remove from the heat.
• Place 1/2 cup nuts on the bottom of the bundt pan and then line the pan with a row of cream cheese filled biscuits.
• Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Drizzle half of the butter mixture on top and then repeat steps, beginning with nuts.
• Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid sticking.
• Place the Monkey on the Gorilla's back and enjoy!