Go Apes over These Monkey Bread Donut Holes With Pecan and Honey

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Who doesn’t love sticky, ooey gooey pull-apart foods like that of the brown sugar and cinnamon treat referred to as “monkey bread?”

Please don’t dare ask me how this particular food got its very peculiar name—-as to be perfectly honest I’m simply clueless and I’m not sure there is a discoverable answer out there.

Furthermore, I doubt if anyone really cares or gives it much thought as they indulge in devouring these sweet round pull-apart sticky treats. However, here is what I do know.

Monkey bread gets its name from how it’s eaten—as a pull-apart treat by hands and subsequently devoured by mouth. Monkey bread are pieces of dough that is rolled into round balls and coated with brown sugar, cinnamon and melted butter. They are then baked and ready to pinch off or pull part and toss in the mouth as your hands are the only utensils here.

Video: Monkey Bread Donut Holes

My recipe is referred to here as Monkey Bread Donut Holes because of its cake-like texture similar to that of several types of cakes donuts or donut holes, and not like that of a plain glazed donut. Either way, they are delicious. However, you can also take a shortcut and use pastry or biscuit dough to roll them up and then proceed to toss them in the sugar cinnamon combo and bake. However, I made my own and this easy recipe is listed below.

SHORTCUT STEPS TO RECIPE

Combine dry ingredients.
Blend together wet ingredients.
Refrigerate the dough.
Roll into balls.
Brown sugar and cinnamon butter drizzle.
Coat all monkey balls with sugar cinnamon.
Baked Monkey Bread Donut Holes
Top with pecans and drizzle with honey.
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Monkey Bread Donut Holes with Pecans and Honey

Sweet cake-like monkey bread donut holes coat with cinnamon and brown sugar and topped with pecans and honey.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword bite sized desserts, breads, cake-like, cookie desserts, donut holes, donuts, monkey bread, monkey bread donut holes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Oat Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 3/4 cup Besti Monk Fruit and Allulose Blend, granulated
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cup Coconut Milk
  • 1/2 cup Light or Dark Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 stick and 2 tbsp Butter, unsalted and melted
  • 1/4 cup Chopped Pecans
  • 3 tbsp Zero Sugar Honey

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven at 325 degrees.

  2. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt) together.

  3. In another bowl, combine and mix the sugar, eggs, vanilla and milk together.

  4. Slowly add the flour mixture with the wet in batches. Continue gently stirring by hand until it’s well combined. Note: The dough will be sticky.

  5. Using a spatula, place dough on a lightly floured surface and gently work to form a large ball.

  6. Refrigerate the dough for 1 hour.

  7. Meanwhile melt the butter and stir in the sugar and cinnamon.

  8. After the hour, pinch off pieces of dough, being sure to keep them uniform in size, then roll the dough by hand into round balls.

  9. Stack each monkey ball on top of each other in a buttered or sprayed, small Bundt pan.

  10. Drizzle the butter sugar cinnamon all over, insuring that all pieces are covered.

  11. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.

  12. Sprinkle the pecans over the top of the monkey bread donut holes, and follow with drizzles of honey.

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