Monkey bread

Monkey bread
Monkey bread

Monkey bread, also called sticky bread, African coffee cake, golden crown, pinch-me cake, bubbleloaf and monkey brains is a sticky, gooey pastry served in the United States for breakfast.[1] The origin of the term monkey bread is uncertain. Possible etymologies include that the bread resembles the monkey puzzle tree,[2] or the act of several people pulling at the bread is reminiscent of monkey behavior.[citation needed] Recipes for the bread first appeared in American women's magazines and community cookbooks in the 1950s, and the dish is still virtually unknown outside the United States. The bread is made with pieces of sweet yeast dough (often frozen) which are baked in a cake pan at high heat after first being individually covered in melted butter, cinnamon, sugar and chopped pecans.[3] It is traditionally served hot so that the baked segments can be easily torn away with the fingers and eaten by hand.

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  • monkey bread — n. 1. the fruit of the African baobab tree, eaten by monkeys 2. BAOBAB …   English World dictionary

  • monkey bread — noun African gourd like fruit with edible pulp • Syn: ↑sour gourd • Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit • Part Holonyms: ↑baobab, ↑monkey bread tree, ↑Adansonia digitata …   Useful english dictionary

  • monkey-bread tree — noun African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread • Syn: ↑baobab, ↑Adansonia digitata • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Adansonia …   Useful english dictionary

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  • monkey bread — mon′key bread n. pln the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys • Etymology: 1780–90 …   From formal English to slang

  • monkey bread — 1. the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys. 2. the tree itself. [1780 90] * * * …   Universalium

  • monkey bread — noun a) a type of gourd, the fruit of the tree, eaten by monkeys b) the tree itself …   Wiktionary

  • monkey bread — n. fruit of the baobab tree shaped like a gourd with edible pulp; sour gourd …   English contemporary dictionary

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