Gorilla Bread

Delicious. Divine. Dangerous. 

Basically, this sums up how wonderful this recipe is! I skipped monkey bread all together this year and tried out Paula Deen's delicious Gorilla Bread. I love the taste of cinnamon, brown sugar, nuts, & butter all mixed up together with a touch of cream cheese! Now you know why I call it dangerous. The New Year hadn't quite rang in yet, so I didn't feel quite as guilty. It's simply irresistible! Easy to make and smells heavenly. 

Ingredients

1/2 cup granulated sugar

3 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup butter

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 (8-ounce) package of cream cheese

2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits (10 count)

1 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°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 and 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 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.