Good Thyme Cooking Club with Nancy Kaufer: Italian Monkey Bread
Interested in cooking, but don’t know where to start? Nancy demonstrates how to make some simple, easy, and delicious Italian dishes.
Impress your family, friends, and any seasoned cook by making these easy and delicious dishes. Designed for ages 10 and up.
Italian Monkey Bread:
Preheat oven to 350°
Coat a Bundt pan with cooking spray
Ingredients:
– 2 packages crescent rolls
– 16 oz (approximately) mozzarella cheese cut into cubes
– 1stick of butter, melted
– Approximately 1 tsp garlic powder
– Approximately 1 tsp oregano
(I say the more garlic and oregano the better, but that’s entirely up to you!)
– Pinch of salt
– 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
– Pepperoni slices, diced or cut into strips
Here we go:
1) Pop open the crescent roll packages
2) Unfold, one roll at a time, onto a cutting board
3) Cut dough into 2″x2″ squares
4) Place a cube of mozzarella into a square of dough and gently fold up the dough around the cheese, covering the entire cube
5) Roll the dough between your hands making nice round, uniform balls
6) In a separate bowl, Melt the butter, add your seasonings, and mix well
7) Roll HALF of the dough balls in the seasoned butter and drop into the Bundt pan
8) Top with the pepperoni and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese
9) Coat the remaining dough in the butter and top off the pan
10) Pour the extra seasoned butter over the dough
11) Bake in a 350° oven for approximately 35 minutes, or until nicely browned on top
12) Allow to cool for about 15 minutes
13) When cooled, turn the pan over and carefully loosen the bread from the sides of the pan with a dull knife
14) Place a platter on top of the pan and flip over (you may need to jiggle the pan a little bit in order to get the bread out)
15) Enjoy dipped in Marinara sauce or Ranch dressing… or just on its own!
CIAO!
All video production by Samuel Kaufer