Easy Treat Monkey Bread Recipe (With Biscuits in a Can!)

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Easy Treat Monkey Bread Recipe (With Biscuits in a Can!)

Published: with Brigette to April 25, 2026 | This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

This is still a long way off i the majority I asked my kids for a breakfast recipe! THEY LOVE IT. We save this Lazy Monkey Bread for special occasions – birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays – as it’s not the healthiest recipe ever, haha.

But it is so It’s delicious and easier than traditional monkey bread or cinnamon rolls from scratch (and, considering I always make this recipe on busy days, that’s a huge plus!).

You can make your own biscuit dough if you have extra time, but biscuits from a tin are quick to throw together.

This recipe comes from my husband’s side of the family, and I think he’s been eating these divisive songs all his life. I already know for sure that it will be a recipe my kids make for themselves one day, which makes this a very special recipe for me.

I hope you enjoy this easy Monkey Bread as much as our family does!

The ingredients for the monkey bread recipe including canned biscuit dough, corn syrup, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon sugar, and chopped pecans are arranged on the table.

Ingredients for Lazy Monkey Bread

1 butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tins of large biscuits
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons of cinnamon

The finished monkey bread is split and covered with caramel sauce and pecans on top

How to Make Easy Monkey Bread

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large sauce pan, heat and stir butter, brown sugar, corn syrup until boiling.

Butter and brown sugar added to a greased pan.

Melt the butter and brown sugar together in a pan on the stove.

2. Pour into a 9×13 pan and sprinkle with chopped pecans.

3. In a bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.

A baking dish filled with melted butter and brown sugar mixture topped with pecans.

4. Cut each biscuit in half. Coat each half in cinnamon and sugar (make sure each side is tied) then place each side of the biscuit on the bottom of the pan.

Cut pieces of biscuit dough on a table next to a baking dish filled with brown sugar and pecans, showing how to assemble a simple monkey bread before baking.

Pieces of unbaked biscuit dough are arranged vertically in a baking dish and coated with cinnamon sugar, indicating the preparation step.

5. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Turn out onto a cookie sheet or rectangular serving platter as soon as you take it out of the oven.

Make a 9 x 13 pan.

Freshly baked monkey bread covered in crispy caramel and pecans.

How to cook

Lazy Monkey Bread

The author Brigette

Lesson Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish

Food American

Preparation Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 30 minutes

This is still a long way off i the majority I asked my kids for a breakfast recipe! THEY LOVE IT. We save it for special occasions – birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays – as it’s not the healthiest recipe ever, haha. But it is so It’s delicious and easier than traditional monkey bread or cinnamon rolls from scratch (and, considering I always make this recipe on busy days, that’s a huge plus!).

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Ingredients

1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 cup chopped pecans
2 big cans biscuits
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large sauce pan, heat and stir butter, brown sugar, corn syrup until boiling.
Pour into a 9×13 pan and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
In a bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
Cut each biscuit in half. Dip each half in the cinnamon-sugar mixture (making sure each side is coated) and place each cut biscuit on the bottom of the pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Turn out onto a cookie sheet or rectangular serving platter as soon as you take it out of the oven.

Notes

You can make your own biscuit dough if you have extra time, but biscuits from a tin are quick to throw together.

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Cover slices of baked monkey bread with a thick caramel sauce and chopped pecans, showing the sticky coating and separating the layers of this easy monkey bread recipe.

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