Orange-Vanilla Monkey Bread

This Orange-Vanilla Monkey Bread recipe features Singing Dog Vanilla’s Vanilla Bean Paste and Organic Vanilla Salt! The hint of salt really brings out the flavors and sweet aroma of this monkey bread. There are only a few ingredients in this recipe, and you’ll be amazed at how delicious it turns out.  This is another recipe made for us by Amy Tong.  She has so many unique recipes with great videos.

For this Monkey Bread recipe, you will get to play with our Vanilla Bean Paste. The sweet vanilla flavor is set off nicely by the vanilla salt. You can use regular salt instead of our vanilla salt, you’ll just want to increase the amount of vanilla paste. But then again, if you have the vanilla salt handy, you can also enjoy it on the rim of your pre-dinner margarita, so we highly recommend going the vanilla salt route!

On top of being strong with vanilla flavor, the orange juice and orange peel zest really bring this monkey bread together. Using a can of ready-to-bake biscuits takes all the hard work out of this recipe so all you have to do is spend about 35 minutes baking and you’re ready to go! Enjoy!

Serves

1 (9-inch) Bundt Cake

Equipment

Measuring Spoons

Measuring Cups

Bundt pan

Mixing bowl(s)

Cook Time

 35m

Ingredients 

½ cup granulated sugar

¼ tsp vanilla salt 

2 oranges, zested 

1 orange, jucied/squeezed 

2 cans of ready to make biscuists 

½ cup unsalted butter

¼ cup brown sugar, packed

1 tbsp vanilla bean paste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large ziploc bag, add sugar, vanilla salt, and orange zest. Seal the bag and shake it around until the zest and sugar are totally combined.

Open ready-to-bake biscuits from the can.

1. Cut the chilled biscuits into bite-size pieces. Add the biscuit pieces to the bag, seal the bag, and toss is around until all the biscuit pieces are coated in the orange sugar.
2. Transfer the biscuit pieces into a bundt pan and set aside.
3. In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar until completely dissolved.
4. Remove from heat and add the orange juice and Vanilla Bean Paste. Stir until well incorporated.
5. Pour the butter mixture all over the biscuit pieces. Bake 30-35 minutes or until the biscuits are slightly golden brown on top.

1. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let sit for at least 10 minutes.
2. Place a plate on top of the pan, carefully turn the cake out of the pan by flipping it once. Let cool slightly before serving.
3. Enjoy!