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This single serve monkey bread only requires a handful of pantry staple ingredients, store bought biscuits and less than 15 minutes if baked in the air fryer. It can also be baked in the oven.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Satisfy that sweet craving. This ooey, gooey, sweet cinnamon pull apart bread is the perfect thing to enjoy for breakfast, brunch, dessert or with a cup of coffee, tea or a cold glass of milk!
The perfect amount. No need to worry about lots of leftovers, this recipe for easy monkey bread is the perfect amount for one person. Of course you can double or triple it if you need to feed a few more people.
Quick and easy. Thanks to using store bought biscuits and the air fryer you can have this treat ready in under 15 minutes!
Ingredients for Single Serve Monkey Bread
Butter, salted
Sugar. You’ll need granulated sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar if you are adding a glaze.
Ground Cinnamon
Biscuit. I use Pillsbury Grands Flaky, Original refrigerated biscuits. You only need one biscuit for this recipe. You can freeze the remaining biscuits and just take one out of the freezer next time a monkey bread craving hits.
Milk (if making glaze) but you also use water. Use 2 %, skim milk or whatever you have on hand.
How to Make Single Serve Monkey Bread
- Cut one biscuit into eight pieces. Cut in half, cut each half in half and then again cut each of the four pieces in half. Roll each piece of biscuit dough into a ball.
- In a bowl combine 1 Tbsp granulated sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Stir to combine.
- Add in biscuit pieces and toss to coat with sugar mixture.
- Spray a 6 oz. ramekin with non stick cooking spray.
- Add in dough balls. You can sprinkle in any remaining cinnamon sugar mixture if you like, or leave it out.
- In a small bowl, combine 1 tsp of melted butter and 1 tsp of brown sugar.
- Pour mixture over biscuit pieces.
- Place ramekin in air fryer on the air fryer setting at 330 degrees F for 7 minutes. To bake in the oven, preheat oven to 350 degrees F and bake for 20 minutes or until dough is cooked through.
- Remove from the air fryer ad cool for a few minutes.
- While cooling mix up the glaze if you are adding. Combine 2-3 Tbsp of powdered sugar with just enough milk or water to make a nice drizzling consistency. Start with just a small amount and add more as needed.
Tips from leigh Anne
- I like to line my air fryer with a paper liner in case anything bubbles over or spills. Makes clean up much easier.
- When I freeze the leftover biscuits, I lay them out on a cookie sheet and flash freeze them until frozen solid. Then I put them into a zippered freezer bag and I can remove them one at a time as needed.
- If you don’t want to use store bought biscuits you could make your own biscuits. Use this recipe for small batch biscuits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use frozen dinner rolls instead of biscuits?
Yes, you can use two frozen dinner rolls, thaw but don’t allow to start rising. Cut each roll into four pieces, roll into a ball and roll in cinnamon sugar. You could also use Pillsbury crescent roll dough and cut each piece of dough into four pieces and roll into balls.
Can I add nuts to single serve monkey bread?
If you like, you can add in some finely chopped nuts such as walnuts or pecans. I’d use about 1 Tbsp of chopped nuts and sprinkle between the layers of biscuit dough.
I don’t have a ramekin, what else can I use?
You could use a muffin tin if you don’t have a small ramekin.
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Single Serve Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 refrigerated biscuit (2 oz.) I use Pillsbury Grands Flaky Original Biscuits
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 2-3 Tbsp powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp milk or use water
Instructions
- Cut one biscuit into eight pieces. Cut in half, cut each half in half and then again cut each of the four pieces in half. Roll each piece of biscuit dough into a ball.
- In a bowl combine 1 Tbsp granulated sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Mix to combine.
- Add in biscuit pieces and toss to coat with sugar mixture.
- Spray a 6 oz. ramekin with non-stick cooking spray.
- Add in biscuit pieces. You can sprinkle in any remaining cinnamon sugar if you like, or leave it out.
- In a small bowl combine melted butter and brown sugar. Pour mixture over biscuit pieces.
- Place ramekin in air fryer on the air fryer setting at 330 degrees F for 7 minutes. To bake in the oven, preheat oven to 350 degrees F and bake for 20 minutes or until dough is cooked through.
- Remove from the air fryer ad cool for a few minutes.While cooling mix up the glaze if you are adding. Combine 2-3 Tbsp of powdered sugar with just enough milk or water to make a nice drizzling consistency. Start with just a small amount and add more as needed.
Tips & Notes:
- I like to line my air fryer with a paper liner in case anything bubbles over or spills. Makes clean up much easier.
- When I freeze the leftover biscuits, I lay them out on a cookie sheet and flash freeze them until frozen solid. Then I put them into a zippered freezer bag and I can remove them one at a time as needed.
- If you don’t want to use store bought biscuits you could make your own biscuits. Use this recipe for small batch biscuits.
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Cindi Meens says
My kids love this! Thanks for the air fryer instructions.