Pull Apart Peanut Butter and Jelly Monkey Bread

Monkey bread is all the rage! In fact, our Pizza Monkey Bread is one of our all-time, top, fan favorite recipes on our site. We get requests for monkey bread ideas a lot! So, we wanted to share a fun and unique Monkey Bread idea – Peanut Butter and Jelly!

That means… Monkey bread for lunch…snack…dessert…breakfast…appetizer…an all-around monkey bread!

Similar to how we shared the Pizza Monkey Bread, we will share some additional tips for quick, healthier and Gluten-Free options so your options open even wider! See those tips at the bottom.

Doesn’t this look and sound just amazing!?! Peanut butter and jelly monkey bread! My mouth is salivating and I can’t wait to make it again.

Here’s how to make Peanut Butter and Jelly Monkey Bread!

Ingredients needed for Peanut Butter and Jelly Monkey Bread:

• 2 Cans of Pillsbury biscuits or homemade dough (made from this Focaccia Bread Recipe)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 TBSP cinnamon
• 1 cup butter melted
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup of creamy peanut butter
• Ziploc bag for coating the biscuit pieces.
• Jar of jelly to melt, drizzle (the berry ones are best, but grape is a good frugal option and is great too)

Directions forPeanut Butter and Jelly Monkey Bread :

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and coat bundt cake pan with pam spray. Set aside.
• Cut the biscuit into 8 pieces and place aside.

• In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon and mix. set aside.
• Take each piece of the cut dough and flatten out so that you can add in a dollop of peanut butter.

• Pinch the dough closed and roll into a ball and set aside until all pieces are done.
• Roll the balls of peanut butter dough in the cinnamon and sugar mixture.

• Spray pan with pam spray until coated.
• Put the biscuits into the pan.
• In a small sauce pan, combine the butter and brown sugar. mix until melted and combined.
• Pour into pan with biscuits.
• Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
• When the timer goes off, pull it out. The center will still be jiggly.
• Let sit for 5 minutes before place the serving plate on top of the pan and flipping the pan.
• Lightly tap the sides of the pan to loosen the monkey bread.
• Once the monkey bread is out and onto the plate, drizzle the jelly on top.
• Enjoy!

Make it quicker:

• Use canned biscuits and cut each biscuit into 6-8 pieces and roll in the balls.
• Add the balls of peanut butter and dough into the ziplock bag with the sugar and cinnamon. Shake bag until all pieces are coated. This is faster, but do it gently!

Make it healthier:

• Use a whole wheat dough from scratch or from cans.
• Add ground flax seeds in your mixing process.
• Use freshly ground peanut butter with no added sugar and a low sugar jelly.

Make it gluten-free:

• Use an all-purpose gluten-free flour to make a dough (and you can use this homemade gluten-free mix recipe)

Also, here’s a printable recipe for you!

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Be sure to also see the Pull Apart Pizza Monkey Bread too!