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Pizza Monkey Bread

Author: Pavani
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
Course: breads
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 loaf

Ingredients

For the Bread:

  • can pizza dough bread You skip making this step and use store bought for a quick and easy monkey .
  • 3 cups All purpose flour
  • tsps Salt
  • 2 tbsps Pizza Dough flavor (optional)
  • 2 tsp Yeast Instant
  • ⅞ - 1 ⅛ cups Water Warm (Use the lesser amount in summer and more amount in drier winter weather)
  • 2 tsp Sugar

Herb Oil:

  • bread Double below ingredients if making monkey with all of the above dough.
  • 2 tbsps Olive Oil Extravirgin
  • 2 tsp Italian Seasoning
  • 2 tbsp Cheese Grated - (I used cheddar, but mozzarella or any other good melting cheese will work)
  • to taste Salt Pepper &

Other Ingredients:

  • ½ cup Mozzarella cheese - , cubed
  • Marinara Sauce - for serving (homemade or store-bought--I used Trader Joe's Traditional )

Instructions

  • Make the Bread dough: Whisk yeast and sugar into warm water. Set aside for 5 minutes until frothy.
  • Combine all the other ingredients for the dough in the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl. Add the yeast mixture and using the dough hook knead the dough into a smooth and pliable dough, about 5-7 minutes in the stand mixer or about 9-11 minutes by hand.
  • Let rise covered in a greased bowl for 45minutes to 1 hour or until doubled in volume.
  • In the meantime combine all the ingredients for the herb oil in a small bowl.
  • Gently deflate the dough and divide it into 32 small balls (or 16 balls if using only half of the dough). Place 1 mozzarella cube in the center of each ball and cover it completely. Drop each ball into the herb oil and roll it around to coat all sides.
  • Place the rolled balls in the greased baking pan and pour any left over herb oil evenly on top. Cover lightly with a plastic wrap and let rise for 45 minutes - 1 hour or until well puffy.
  • Around the end of the rising cycle, Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes (22-26 minutes for smaller loaf) until lightly browned on top. Cool for 5 minutes before removing out of the pan to cool completely.

Notes

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