Gorilla Bread

If you like monkey bread, then you will like Gorilla bread. Yummy Yummy Yummy!!!! A friend posted that she was making this & I had to try it. I have posted the recipe as it was given, but I put a note at the bottom on how I think the recipe could be improved.

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 cup packed brown sugar
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits (10 count; pay attention to the ounce size of the can)
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.


Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon. In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside. Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes. Press the biscuits out with your fingers and sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon sugar. Place a cube of cream cheese in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the nuts into the bottom of the bundt pan. Place half of the prepared biscuits in the pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar, pour half of the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle on 1/2 cup of nuts. Layer the remaining biscuits on top, sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar, pour the remaining butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup of nuts. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Place a plate on top and invert.


Note- I think it would be better if you mixed 3 tablespoons of cinnamon sugar into the cream cheese. That way it is cinn. & sugar cream cheese & you don't end up with a bite of unflavored cream cheese.

Can be served as dessert or as breakfast with a cup of coffee.