Upgrade the monkey bread we all know and love with guava and cream cheese.
Guava and Cheese Monkey Bread
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 1 hr 40 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 7 oz guava paste (from 14-oz package), cut into 8 pieces
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cans (16.3 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Flaky Layers Original Biscuits (8 Count)
- 1 container (8 oz) original cream cheese spread
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
Instructions
-
Step1In 1-quart saucepan, mix guava paste and water. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat, and simmer 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until guava paste dissolves and sauce is smooth. Remove from heat.
-
Step2Meanwhile, heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with butter or cooking spray. In 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag, mix sugar and cinnamon.
-
Step3Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Press each biscuit piece out to 1/4-inch thickness. Top each piece with about 3/4 teaspoon of the cream cheese spread. Fold edges of dough up around cream cheese spread, and pinch to seal.
-
Step4Add cheese-filled biscuit pieces to bag; shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan. Sprinkle any remaining sugar over biscuits.
-
Step5In small bowl, mix butter and brown sugar; pour over biscuit pieces.
-
Step6Bake 38 to 43 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Loosen from edges of pan with metal spatula. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside-down onto serving plate, replacing any biscuit pieces and caramel from pan.
-
Step7Pour guava sauce over monkey bread. Pull apart to serve. Serve warm.
Nutrition
540
Calories
26g
Total Fat
6g
Protein
70g
Total Carbohydrate
41g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 540
- Calories from Fat
- 230
- Total Fat
- 26g
- 40%
- Saturated Fat
- 14g
- 72%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 17%
- Sodium
- 760mg
- 32%
- Potassium
- 410mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 70g
- 23%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 41g
- Protein
- 6g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 5 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
4 1/2Tips from the
Pillsbury Kitchens
{{tipItemHeadingFormat.replace('{0}',props.index + 1)}}
© 2025 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved