Picture this: It’s Christmas morning, you’ve got a cup of coffee in one hand and a serving of warm, gooey, chocolate-cream cheese-filled breakfast bread in the other. Who needs presents when you have sweet tender dough pockets to tear into? A twist on the classic monkey bread, this sweet treat will have even the adults waking up early on Christmas day.
Nutella® Cheesecake Monkey Bread Loaf
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 4 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup Nutella® hazelnut spread with cocoa
- 2 cans (8 oz each) Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent dough sheet
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
Make With
Pillsbury Crescents
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Generously spray 9x5-inch loaf pan with baking spray with flour, or grease pan with shortening and lightly flour.
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Step2In small bowl, stir together cream cheese and 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar until smooth. Add 1/4 cup of the Nutella® spread; stir until smooth.
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Step3Unroll 1 can of dough into 1 large rectangle. Cut rectangle into 6 rows by 3 rows, to make 18 pieces. Place 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture in middle of each rectangle. Fold dough over filling (do not stretch dough), and gently pinch to seal around filling; roll into ball. Repeat with second can of dough.
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Step4In small bowl, place remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar. Roll dough balls in sugar until coated. Place sugar-coated dough balls in pan. Sprinkle any remaining sugar over dough.
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Step5Mix melted butter and brown sugar. Pour butter mixture on top.
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Step6Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until deep golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Loosen from edges of pan with metal spatula. Turn upside down onto serving plate, replacing any biscuit pieces and caramel from pan.
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Step7Spoon remaining 1/4 cup Nutella® spread into 1-quart resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut small opening from 1 corner of bag, and drizzle over top of warm monkey bread. Pull apart to serve. Serve warm.
Nutrition
460
Calories
22g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
61g
Total Carbohydrate
36g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 460
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 34%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 47%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 550mg
- 23%
- Potassium
- 110mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 61g
- 20%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 36g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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