This ooey gooey Praline-Pecan Monkey Bread Using Rhodes Frozen Yeast Rolls is a Southern spin off of a pull apart bread classic. Rounds of dough, quartered then coated in melted butter, cinnamon and sugar are then soaked in a buttery praline sauce laced with toasted pecans. It’s truly a one-of-a-kind sensation. For the lovers of all things gooey these Praline-Pecan Monkey Bread never disappoints.
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Praline Pecan Monkey Bread Using Rhodes Frozen Yeast Rolls
Prep Time45 mins
Cook Time40 mins
Rise Time45 mins
Total Time1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 16
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecan pieces toasted & divided
- 20 frozen yeast rolls thawed & quartered [I used Rhodes]
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter [1 1/2 sticks]
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 tsp pure vanilla or rum extract
- sea salt
Instructions
- minutes prior to preparing: Place the frozen yeast rolls in a single layer on a platter, and thaw on the counter for 30 minutes. If the rolls are slightly frozen in the middle, they're much easier to quarter. Use a sharp knife and quarter each roll.
- Toast the pecans: Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Spread the pecan pieces in a single layer on a baking sheet and toast for 6-8 minutes. Cool completely
- To assemble: Spritz a tube pan with cooking spray. [The rolls will rise while baking. A Bundt pan is not quite deep enough for this monkey bread]
- Mix together 2/3 cup of granulated sugar and 1 Tbsp of ground cinnamon.
- Toss with the quartered rolls in a large plastic storage bag until evenly coated.
- Sprinkle 1/3 of the toasted pecans on the bottom of the tube pan.
- Layer half of the quartered rolls on top of the pecans in the pan.
- Sprinkle the first layer of rolls with 1/3 of the remaining pecan pieces.
- Layer the remaining quartered rolls on top.
- Sprinkle any leftover cinnamon and sugar over all.
- Top with the last 1/3 cup of toasted pecan pieces.
- On the stove top, melt the brown sugar, butter and heavy cream together over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook for 1 minute.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla or rum extract. The mixture will be hot, handle carefully.
- Pour evenly over the rolls in the pan. Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise for 45 minutes.
- Bake at 350 °F for 35-40 minutes until golden. Rest for 5-10 minutes before carefully inverting onto a platter.
- All of the gooey praline sauce will drizzle down the sides. Sprinkle the top with sea salt.
- Pull apart and enjoy!
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Melissa says
February 16, 2014 at 2:25 pmHi Donna, so happy you enjoyed this. Thanks so much for stopping by to let me know.
Donna Tuttle says
February 16, 2014 at 2:21 pmHands down the BEST Monkey Bread I’ve ever had! Thanx sooo much for sharing. (Hubby thanx you as well!)
Donna
Litchfield Park, AZ
Melissa says
May 24, 2014 at 5:17 pmMy pleasure, hope he loves it!
Kari La Mee says
May 24, 2014 at 5:10 pmOHHH THANK YOU Melissa, my man is gonna love this. There’s a bakery that’s 3 hours from us that makes the best monkey bread. We HAVE to stop every time we go that way(which hasn’t been in a long time). We just got a new bundt cake pan also, this will be a great first recipe to bake in it.
Have a GREAT Memorial Day Weekend.
Kari
Rhodes says
September 9, 2015 at 12:39 pmJust revisiting this delicious monkey bread post. YUM YUM!
Melissa says
September 9, 2015 at 1:15 pmThanks so much for stopping by!
Denise says
September 16, 2015 at 8:42 amCan the praline monkey bread be assembled the night before and baked the next morning?
Melissa says
September 16, 2015 at 9:48 amI don’t see why not. I usually make it and bake it but go for it!
Melissa says
December 13, 2016 at 2:01 pmDo you put it in the refrigerator if you have it all ready to go in the oven,but want to cook in the morning?
Melissa says
December 13, 2016 at 2:16 pmThat’s such a great question but, I’m not sure I have a definitive answer. Yeast type rolls and bread will continue to rise in the fridge. I’ve never tried it with these but, my thought is they likely would do OK, I just can’t tell you from personal experience. If you try it, let me know how it goes.
Ellen says
October 1, 2015 at 6:39 pmCould you bake in a bunt pan if you use less amount of rolls? I don’t have a tube pan.
Melissa says
October 1, 2015 at 6:40 pmYou can sure!
Patti Mann Mitchell says
February 10, 2019 at 8:50 pmBundt pans also come in different…I have a large one. I use it when I make it with two cans of Grans Biscuits/if in a hurry LOL Going to do the yeast rolls now.
Linda Blanton says
February 10, 2016 at 1:18 pmDelicious
Melissa says
February 10, 2016 at 1:36 pmThanks Linda!
Misty says
April 14, 2016 at 4:10 pmIf using a tube pan is there a need for doubling the sauce? And if using a bundt pan, about how many less rolls would you use?
Melissa says
April 14, 2016 at 5:30 pmThere’s no need to double the sauce unless you’re doubling the recipe. I made this in a bundt pan so follow the recipe and you should be good to go.
Jennifer Berr says
November 1, 2016 at 10:21 pmCan you make this using canned biscuits instead of the frozen rolls??
Melissa says
November 2, 2016 at 8:40 amYou probably could but, I make this just as written.
Karen says
January 1, 2017 at 4:30 amIs this only served warm? Can it be served the next day at room temperature? Does it stay moist and soft, or does it harden because the sauce (sounds like a caramel sauce?) the next day? Thank you.
Melissa says
January 1, 2017 at 9:22 amThis should be served warm. Leftovers can be reheated but, this isn’t a make-ahead dessert.
Lois says
January 15, 2017 at 8:39 pmI made this, this afternoon. It is wonderful. Thanks so much.
Melissa says
January 15, 2017 at 8:42 pmGlad you enjoyed this one!
Michele L Davis says
February 10, 2017 at 4:35 pmdid you ever use pudding in your recipe
Melissa says
February 10, 2017 at 4:43 pmYes, I have but not this one.
Michele L Davis says
February 11, 2017 at 7:07 pmthanks for an absolutely fabulous recipe. It took less that 20 minutes after I took it out of the oven and half of it was gone. I did the praline sauce adding the cooked pudding mix with the brown sugar, butter and cooked it using your directions. I should have taken a picture. Thanks again. M L Davis.
Mandy says
March 9, 2017 at 6:35 pmDid u use Rhodes RAW dough yeast dinner rolls…. https://www.rhodesbread.com/products/view/dinner-rolls
Or
The warm and serve cooked soft yeast rolls. https://www.rhodesbread.com/products/view/soft-dinner-rolls
?????? Help asap please!
Was just confused cause the raw ones usually raise for a few hours and the warm and serve are precooked. Please let me know thanks. Want to make for party this weekend.
Melissa says
March 9, 2017 at 7:40 pmThe UNcooked dough rounds as you see in the pictures.
Mandy says
March 9, 2017 at 8:01 pmAwesome thanks. Of course I quickly scanned the recipe and bought the wrong ones. Oh well, extra buns for me! Back to the store, bound and determined to make this.
Melissa says
March 9, 2017 at 8:16 pmYou won’t be sorry both rolls are delicious but, definitely the dough rounds for this recipe.
Jess says
April 13, 2017 at 11:04 pmHey, I was planning on making this the night before for Easter service this year and I was wondering what the best way to you think to reheat it would be? There is no way around reheating it, I wish there was. Lol.
Melissa says
April 14, 2017 at 10:11 amI’m not sure i have a definite answer as I usually bake and serve this bread. However, any way you feel comfortable gently reheating bread, be it in the microwave or oven should work for this as well.
morven.m says
November 8, 2017 at 12:04 amI’m from Scotland and we don’t have Rhodes frozen yeast rolls, so could you tell me how much 20 rolls worth of dough weighs so I can make it from scratch myself? it would be a huge help! 🙂
Melissa says
November 8, 2017 at 8:57 amYou could adapt this recipe using homemade dough, sure. Here are a couple of rolls recipes from the MSSK archives. No Knead Yeast Rolls. Honey Yeast Rolls.
Erin Kap says
April 8, 2018 at 11:17 amHey! I see a lot of people asking about making this ahead, so I thought I would share what I did.
I followed the recipe as is up until the sauce step. Once I had the rolls cut, covered in cinnamon and sugar and placed in the pan with the pecans I covered it with plastic wrap and placed in the fridge overnight. When I was ready to bake I pulled the rolls out and continued with the sauce portion of the recipe. They turned out great! Thanks for the recipe I will make this again and again!
Rebecca Hathaway says
February 3, 2019 at 12:13 amI made this exactly as its written except I added 1 cup of raisins in with the pecans. I also let the sauce cool down to 130 degrees before pouring over the dough so it didn’t ruin the yeast in the bread. It was amazing!!!!!! Oh my gosh my husband and I ate half in one sitting. LOL. Don’t add up the calories though if you are on a diet.