Pastor Ryan's Monkey Bread

I got this recipe from The Pioneer Woman.  She's just awesome!

Pastor Ryan’s Monkey Bread

Prep Time: 20 Minutes  |  Cook Time: 40 Minutes  |  Difficulty: Easy  |  Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 3 cans Buttermilk Biscuits (the Non-flaky Ones)
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 teaspoons (to 3 Teaspoons) Cinnamon
• 2 sticks Butter
• ½ cups Brown Sugar

Preparation Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Open up all three cans of biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters.

Next, combine the white sugar with 2-3 teaspoons of cinnamon. (3 teaspoons of cinnamon gives it a fairly strong cinnamon flavor. If you’re not so hot on cinnamon, cut it back to 2 teaspoons.) Dump these into a 1 gallon zip bag and shake to mix evenly.

Drop all of the biscuit quarters into the cinnamon-sugar mix. Once all the biscuit quarters are in the bag seal it and give it a vigorous shake. This will get all those pieces unstuck from one another and nicely coated with cinnamon-sugar. Spread these nuggets out evenly in the bundt pan.

At this point, you’re going to want to melt the two sticks of butter together with ½ cup of brown sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat. This can be light or dark brown sugar. Cook butter/sugar mixture, stirring for a few minutes until the two become one. Once the brown sugar butter has become one color, you can pour it over the biscuits.

Bake for about 30-40 minutes until the crust is a deep dark brown on top. When its finished cooking, remove it from the oven. If you have the willpower, allow it to cook for about 15-30 minutes before turning it over onto a plate.

Recipe ~ Fluffy Biscuits

Prep/Total Time: 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
3 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
2/3 cup milk

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.  Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Beat egg with milk; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.

2. Turn onto a well-floured surface; knead 20 times.  Roll to 3/4-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2 in. biscuit cutter.

3. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.  Bake at 450 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.  Serve warm.

Yield: 1 dozen

Recipe ~ Home-Style White Bread (BREAD MACHINE)

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Bake Time: 3 hours + cooling

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup water (70 to 80 degrees)
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
3 cups bread flour
2 teaspoons active dry yeast

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer.  Select basic bread setting.  Choose crust color and loaf size if available.  Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons water or flour if needed).

Yield: 1 loaf (about 1-1/2 pounds, 16 slices)

Recipe ~ Beefy Vegetable Stew

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound ground beef
1 can (28 ounces) stewed tomatoes, cut up
1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
1 package (16 ounces) frozen California-blend vegetables
1 cup frozen corn
1 cup frozen broccoli cuts
2 cups water
1 tablespoon beef bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon sale
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. In a Dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.  Add the remaining ingredients.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40-45 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Yield: 10-12 servings

Meal Plan Monday #1 2/14

Good Morning!  We've been trying out meal planning for a little while now...Just have to get EVERYONE on the same page.  So here is our plan for this week, I'll be posting the recipes for several of the items on the list shortly.

Monday 2/14 - Beefy Vegetable Stew , Home-Style White Bread

Tuesday 2/15 - BBQ chicken breasts, veggie, potatoes, Fluffy Biscuits

Wednesday 2/16 - Stir fry and rice

Thursday 2/17 - *Box Night* Mac N Cheese

Friday 2/18 - Pastor Ryan's Monkey Bread

Saturday 2/19 - Grilled Cheese & Soup

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