Of course, if you want to make this recipe even simpler, you can use apple pie filling, but I prefer fresh apples with a little brown sugar and cinnamon. Trust me, they are better. You cook them in a little butter for about 5 minutes and they caramelize so well you might want to eat them before adding them to the monkey bread.
Ingredients
- Cookies – Today we use tubes of store-bought cookie dough. May it be nice and easy for you!
- Apples – Today I used about 8 small apples, peeled, cored, and cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Spices – Today we will only be using cinnamon, the quintessential apple pie flavor!
- Sugar – Brown sugar to add some notes of caramel and molasses.
- Lemon – Fresh juice of about 1 lemon. This will prevent our apples from browning too quickly and will also add some shine to our filling.
- Butter – Unsalted to control the sodium content of our dessert.
- Sauce – Store-bought chocolate sauce – totally optional but completely delicious!
Do you want to make your own cookies?
Well, you certainly are ambitious! But I won’t blame you for it, I mean, I always say fresh is best. I have a perfect recipe here on the blog for cookies, so drop in the raw dough and bake as directed in the recipe above.
How to make Apple Pie Monkey Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Grease a pan with cooking spray.
- Prepare the cookies: Cut each cookie into quarters, place them in a bowl and reserve.
- Combine the apple mixture: Mix the chopped apples with the cinnamon, brown sugar, and lemon juice. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the apple mixture and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Let the apple mixture cool for about 5 minutes.
- Assemble the monkey bread: Add the apples to the bowl with the cookie quarters and stir well, breaking up any cookie pieces that stick together. Add this to the prepared pan.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until golden. Let cool for about 10 minutes, then take the cake out of the pan and place it on a cake plate and drizzle with chocolate sauce.
What can I top my monkey bread with?
Some drizzled chocolate sauce would go great on top, Nutella, maybe a pinch of powdered sugar or some grated chocolate, and a dollop of whipped cream. I think I’d better stop there before I run into the kitchen and finish the rest of these.
