Blueberry Monkey Bread

Do your children have a favorite food? My son Aidyn absolutely LOVES blueberries. So, when blueberries were on sale at the grocery store last week, I grabbed a carton but I didn't really have a plan for them.

Once I got them home, we put them to very good use in this quick and easy breakfast recipe. I'm sure many of you have made monkey bread before. Our family tradition is to make Gorilla Bread (like Monkey Bread, but a little fancier) for Christmas morning breakfast, so the boys were already familiar with how to make it.

Blueberry Monkey Bread

2 cans refrigerated biscuits (8 count)

1 pint fresh blueberries

1 cup granulated sugar, divided

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

2 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
2. Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces. (You will have a total of 64 cut pieces.)
3. Pour 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon into a gallon size ziploc bag. Working in batches, place the biscuit pieces in the bag and shake to coat with the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Transfer the coated pieces to the greased bundt pan.
4. Layer blueberries on top and in between the biscuit pieces in the bundt pan. Pour any remaining sugar mixture over the top of the biscuits and place any remaining blueberries on top.
5. In a microwave safe cup or bowl, melt the butter. Add the remaining granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla. Stir to incorporate.
6. Pour the butter mixture evenly over the biscuits and blueberries in the pan.
7. Bake on the middle rack of the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, until the top is browned and the biscuits in the center of the pan feel firm to the touch. 
8. Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Then invert onto a large plate. The berries and syrup will be hot. Allow to cool slightly before serving. Serve warm.

Here's what it looks like before you bake it:

And then through the magic of your oven, it turns into this!

Notes:

If you have a blueberry lover in your family, I think they will love this recipe too! (And I'll tell you a secret - it's just as easy to make as regular Monkey Bread - it just looks like you spent a lot of time on it!) 

So what does that make this recipe? That's right! It makes it the perfect recipe to bring along to a breakfast or brunch, nobody would ever know that you didn't spend a whole lot of time making the syrup for this. You can keep that info all to yourself! Ha!

If you ARE interested in making a simple Blueberry Syrup for waffles, pancakes, French toast, etc., here's the go-to recipe for that. Approved by Aidyn and so simple, he's learned how to make it all by himself!