My Instant Pot Monkey Bread Will Be Your New Go To Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Why is my monkey bread doughy? ›

If the bottom of the pieces that haven't been exposed is still doughy, the bread needs to bake longer. If it's fully baked and no stretchy dough appears, it's ready.

While most monkey bread recipes are typically made in a bundt pan, this recipe instructs you to make the monkey bread in a loaf pan. You get a smaller batch of monkey bread, perfect for serving 4 to 6 people!

™ Monkey Bread can be stored, tightly covered, on the counter for 1–2 days. To keep it fresh for 3–4 days, pop it into the fridge. And if you want to put a treat aside for future you, you can freeze monkey bread for up to two months.

Use the glass lid as needed. Slow Cook — Use this feature to re-heat soups, casseroles, sides, and even rolls or bread that you would normally bake to warm up. You put them either in the insert pot itself (soups) or in a container inside (rolls).

It is pretty simple to salvage an undercooked bread and create a decent loaf. Heat the oven to 350 F, return the bread to the oven, and bake for another 10 to 20 minutes. This will work even if the loaf has cooled, which is similar to par-baking bread.

Bake the monkey bread for 30 to 35 minutes, or until it's puffed and crusty on the top. (A skewer or toothpick inserted in the thickest part of the bread should come out clean.) Cool the monkey bread for 10 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate and enjoy!

Monkey bread (also known by other names including plucking cake, pull-apart bread, and bubble bread) is a soft, sweet, sticky pastry served in the United States for breakfast or as a treat. It consists of pieces of soft baked dough sprinkled with cinnamon.

And yes, you can make Bundt cake recipes in regular cake pans, too! Knowing these baking pan conversions is super handy.

Recipes that specifically call for a tube pan and use whipped egg whites for a light and fluffy batter should not be baked in a Bundt pan. The cake may not rise properly, and an airy angel food or chiffon cake will stick in the intricate crevices of the pan, resulting in a messy-looking cake when you remove it.

On the off chance that you have leftover monkey bread, just cover it (or transfer it to an airtight container) and store it at room temperature. It should stay fresh for 2 to 3 days on your countertop whereas it'll dry out much quicker and become stale in the fridge.

What country is monkey bread from? ›

Storage: Monkey bread is definitely best served on the same day that it is baked, preferably fresh out of the oven! Any leftovers should be stored, covered tightly with plastic wrap, at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Not only that—Instant Pots can slow cook, roast, bake, steam, air fry, and dehydrate countless ingredients, helping to create some of the most tasty and memorable dishes.

But we also love this multitasking machine for making dessert. The Instant Pot can gently steam and bake with ease — and keep you from heating up the oven when you want a sweet treat.

Once you've shaped your dough, this rising process prior to baking produces the even, structured crumb you find inside any loaf. If the dough doesn't fill out with gas, perhaps because it hasn't had time to rise properly, the inside of the loaf will remain soggy and dense as the dough won't bake properly.

There may be several reasons for a dense, cake like texture in bread. It may indicate the kneading wasn't enough for the gluten to develop properly, or the dough was proved for too short a time or the dough may have been too dry. It is also worth checking the flour you used.

Too much water can also produce a damp loaf. Try less water with your flour. Uneven heat in your oven can be the culprit – if you loaf is nicely golden on the outside but gummy or moist in the inside, it's baking too quickly on the outside. Trying reducing the temperature you're baking at and bake for a bit longer.

Your homemade bread may be undercooked if it still looks and feels doughy, is pale in color or is not pulling away from the sides of the pan.