Neiman Marcus Monkey Bread

Serve warm with Strawberry Butter 

Ingredients: 

1½ compressed yeast cakes 

1 cup milk 

4 TBS sugar 

1 TBS salt 

½ butter, melted plus melted butter for dipping 

3½ cups flour, sifted 

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees 

2. Place milk in heavy bottomed pan on low heat 

 3. Stir occasionally until small bubbles appear around the edges of the pan and milk is just hot. Remove from heat; let cool slightly 

 4. Place yeast and scaled milk in a large bowl 

5. When yeast is dissolved, stir in sugar, salt and butter 

 6. Add flour, beat well 

 7. Cover and allow dough to rise to almost double (apps 45 minutes) 

8. After dough has risen, turn out onto lightly flours work surface 

 9. Punch down and roll out to ¼ inch thickness 

 10. Cut into 2" diamond shaped pieces 

 11. Dip each piece in melted butter 

 12. Arrange in a 4" pie pan, 4 or 5 overlapping pieces per loaf 

 13. Allow to rise for ½ hour 

 14. Bake 30-40 minutes or until brown 

 15. Remove from oven and brush with more of the melted butter 

Prep Time: 180 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Category: Breakfast Servings: 16