Monkey Bread, also known as Bubble Bread or Pull Apart Bread, is not only a sinfully delicious breakfast, it’s also fun to eat. This version is dressed up for the holidays with pumpkin, holiday spices and a luscious maple icing.
This Overnight Pumpkin Monkey Bread with Maple Icing is the perfect breakfast treat for the holidays. You do all the work the day before and then your family and guests can wake up to the sweet, spicy smell of this bread baking.
When I make yeast breads, I almost always add the yeast to the flour in my mixing bowl. Then I can use warmer water, which helps the yeast rise faster. But you do have to be careful that your water isn’t too hot, or it could kill the yeast.
That’s why I always use an instant read thermometer to check the temperature of the water. My favorite instant read thermometer is the Thermoworks Thermapen Mk4. It’s super fast, accurate, the display automatically rotates so you can read it in any position, and I love that it has a motion sensor so that it wakes up any time you move it.
Once you’ve made the dough, you need to let it double in size before you shape the dough. Sweet doughs take a longer time to rise than doughs made without sugar. So it can take 90 minutes for the dough to double.
If you’re making the overnight version, you’ll need to let the monkey bread come to room temperature and rise before baking it. Depending on how warm your house is, it can take a couple of hours to rise. You can speed up the rising by using one of these proofing methods.
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Overnight Pumpkin Monkey Bread with Maple Icing
Ingredients
- 3 - 4 cups bread flour
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ½ cup water
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup unsweetened canned pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 stick, melted
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅛ teaspoon maple flavoring
Instructions
- Butter a 12-cup bundt pan generously with softened butter. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, combine 1 cup flour, yeast, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
- In saucepan or microwave safe dish, heat water and butter until melted and warm (120° - 130°).
- Add liquids to flour mixture. Blend at low speed until moistened. Add pumpkin, sugar, egg and beat 3 minutes at medium speed.
- Switch to the dough hook and mix in the remaining flour a little at a time, to make a soft dough, add more or less flour as needed. Knead the dough for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Turn dough onto lightly floured counter and knead briefly to form smooth, round ball. Coat large bowl with nonstick cooking spray. Place dough in bowl and coat surface of dough with cooking spray. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm, draft free place until dough doubles in size, 60 to 90 minutes.
- While dough is rising, mix brown sugar and spices together in bowl. Place melted butter in second bowl. Set aside for the sugar coating.
- Remove dough from bowl, and pat into rough 8-inch square. Using bench scraper or knife, cut dough into 64 pieces.
- Roll each dough piece into a ball. Working one at a time, dip balls in melted butter, allowing excess butter to drip back into bowl. Roll in brown sugar mixture, then layer balls in bundt pan, staggering seams where dough balls meet as you build layers.
- Cover bundt pan tightly with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator overnight. (If you want to bake it immediately, let rise for 30 - 45 minutes in a warm, draft-free place before baking.)
- Approximately one hour before you want to bake your Monkey Bread, remove it from the refrigerator and let the dough come to room temperature and the dough will begin to rise. (It will have risen some in the refrigerator overnight.)
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Unwrap pan and bake until top is deep brown and caramel begins to bubble around edges, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out on platter and allow to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
- For the icing: In a mixing bowl, whisk together powdered sugar,milk, vanilla, and maple flavoring until smooth. Add more milk of powdered sugar until the icing is the desired consistency.
- Drizzle icing over warm monkey bread, letting it run down the sides of the bread. Serve warm.
I originally posted this recipe three years ago as part of The Secret Recipe Club, but it was in need of an update with some better pictures and an updated recipe. Baking And Boys was my blog to pick a recipe from for that month. I combine Katrina’s Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Icing recipe with my Overnight Monkey Bread recipe to create this Overnight Pumpkin Monkey Bread recipe.
Jane
Yummyyy! Gonna try this recipe tomorrow these are looking delicious. Thank you for this great recipe
Nagi@RecipeTinEats
Another dish to add on my list, Monkey Bread. Wow! This is absolutely stunning! Can I have a taste of it? 😀
Bonnie
I need to try this recipe Barbara. It looks so fun!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Bonnie! I’m sure it would be a hit with your crowd.
Mary
The monkey bread looks divine, would go really well with my morning cup of coffee too!
Annamaria @ Bakewell Junction
Barbara,
I love monkey bread and I made a few different varieties but my hubby got tired of them and I had to hold off for a while. I think it’s time to start up again with yours.
Annamaria
Nicole
Will you just make my breakfast for me every morning? Pretty please 🙂
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
What a great prize! Thermometers are fantastic and take all the guess work out of it. Hubby is obsessed with our infrared gun. I think he’s more excited about playing with it than actually cooking with it though! 😛 xxx
Emily
This looks so yummy! I love monkey bread but haven’t made a pumpkin-flavored one. YUM!
Adri
I love Monkey Bread, and this sounds absolutely divine, decadent, and delicious!
Ansh
I was going to search your blog for an overnight bread recipe and so so thrilled you posted this. I will be making it soon! And I LOVE the giveaway!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Ansh – hope you love it!
Liz
My family loves monkey bread, but I usually cheat and buy frozen roll dough. Your version sounds so much better!!! Perfect holiday treat (and your giveaway is spectacular)!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Liz! Sometimes cheating and using frozen roll dough is the best option too. But you really can’t go wrong with homemade.
My Inner Chick
Yum.
Delish.
And MORE)))
I Looove Pumpkin))))) xx
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Kim – So much to love!
Erin R.
THERMAPEN! Holy moly, those things are world class, industrial grade miracles. I got to use one once and was able to time the baking of my loaf to the minute. Not even a tiny bit over baked. Plus, you could use it for candy making, checking the temperature of your pot roast, heating milk to make yogurt, etc. Wow. Excellent giveaway!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Erin – the Thermapen really is the best! Good luck!
Carol
What a beautiful treat….I would be very happy if that was sitting in front of me. It would be tough to stop “nibbling”. I do believe there would be a sizable hole in that ring of deliciousness. 🙂
Katie
We enjoyed these this morning! Thanks for a great recipe.
Barbara
Hi Katie – so glad you enjoyed the monkey bread. With fall in the air, it’s the perfect time to bake them.
angela@spinachtiger
I just pinned this getting ready for the Fall. I love the do ahead part.