We’re not monkeying around—you actually can make this monkey bread in your slow cooker! Combine Pillsbury™ Grands!™ biscuits with sugar, butter and pecans, then bake until cooked through. Top with a decadent chocolate drizzle and serve warm to your hungry crowd!
Slow-Cooker Turtle Monkey Bread
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 can (16.3 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Southern Homestyle Buttermilk Biscuits (8 Count)
- 3/4 cup pecan halves
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- 1/3 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
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Step1Spray 4 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, mix brown sugar and butter; microwave uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until mixture is boiling and smooth.
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Step2In large resealable food-storage plastic bag, place granulated sugar. Separate dough into 8 biscuits; cut each into fourths. Add a few of the biscuit pieces at a time to bag; shake to coat. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the pecans in slow cooker; top with half of the biscuit mixture. Pour one-third of the butter mixture over biscuits in cooker. Repeat with 1/4 cup pecans and remaining biscuit mixture. Pour remaining butter mixture over biscuits, and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup pecans.
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Step3Cover; cook on High heat setting 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and biscuits are no longer doughy in center. Tops of biscuits will be moist and may appear unbaked. Turn off cooker.
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Step4Carefully remove cover so condensation does not drip onto bread. Cover opening with paper towels; return cover to cooker. Let stand 10 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cooker; turn bread upside down onto heatproof serving plate.
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Step5In 1-quart saucepan, heat cream over medium heat just to boiling. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Drizzle over monkey bread. Serve warm.
Nutrition
330
Calories
19g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
37g
Total Carbohydrate
21g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19g
- 29%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 48%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 380mg
- 16%
- Potassium
- 65mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 37g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 21g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 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; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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