It Seems Anyone can Win a Bake-Off!

This past Saturday, our ward participated in the Crop Walk. It's a community effort, but our ward likes to do something fun to go along with it. This year, they sponsored a bake-off and everyone was invited to bring their favorite breakfast baked item for participants in the walk to share. Now, the first thing that has to be said is that I am not a baker. Not at all.

But Natalie was on the committee that helped organize the event, and she was afraid there wouldn't be much participation and asked that I bring something. Anything. Her suggestion was Monkey Bread. Which I love and is easy and yummy, but hardly bake-off material.

Anyhow, I made Monkey Bread. And when I came back from the walk, I was greeted by a Primary child who was so excited to let me know that my Monkey Bread had taken second place in the bake-off. Which just goes to show, anyone can win. And look at my cool apron!!

Here's the 'prize-winning' recipe:

Monkey Bread

3 cans refrigerator biscuits (cheapest you can find!)
sugar/cinnamon mixture (to your own taste)

Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces, and roll in the cinnamon'sugar mixture. Drop pieces into a buttered (Pam works great) bundt pan.

In a pan on the stove: bring to a boil 1/2 c. white sugar, 1/2 c. brown sugar, 3/4 c. butter. You can add nuts and/or raisins but we don't like them so I never do. Pour this mixture over the biscuits.

Bake at 350 for 30 - 40 minutes. I find that 35 minutes is usually about right. You just want to make sure the insides of the biscuits are not still gooey. Cool slightly, run a knife around the edges of the bundt pan, and dump onto a serving plate. Make sure you have plenty of room as the butter/sugar will drip down around on the bottom. To eat, just pull off lumps from the roll. Yummy!!

You can get the biscuits ready in the pan earlier in the day or the night before. Just cover and refrigerate. When ready to bake, just add the sugar and butter mixture.