Claire Saffitz Makes The Best Monkey Bread | Dessert Person

Claire Saffitz Makes The Best Monkey Bread | Dessert Person
In today's episode Claire Saffitz teaches you how to make Monkey Bread. Perfect for any holiday party.
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MONKEY BREAD
3¾ cups (450 grams) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
1 tablespoon (9 grams) instant yeast
2 teaspoons (12 grams) fine sea salt
1 cup (240 grams) whole milk
1 large egg (50 grams)
1 large egg yolk (17 grams)
10 tablespoons (141 grams) Unsalted Butter, cubed and softened
2 cups pecans
1 cup demerara sugar
Pinch salt
½ vanilla bean
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 sticks butter → use to grease bundt pan
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Photographer: Alex Lau
Food Stylist: Sue Li
Prop Stylist: Astrid Chastka
Video Series:
Producer/Director: Vincent Cross
Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson
Theme Song: Michael Guggino
Editor: Hal McFall
Assistant Editor: Asher Rogers
Animation Credits:
Character Designer/Animator: Jack Sherry
Character Rigger: Johara Dutton
Background/Prop Designer: M. Cody Wiley
Background Illustrator: Jagriti Khirwar

[@MaanasVarmaDatla]

Whe...where did that bowl come from?

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Oh my god, it's a shapeshifting bowl!

[@humanoidcat9633]

This one was especially funny, I love how Claire casually said 'I just apologized to the cutting board'

[@SusieCambria]

I should know better, but just took a sip of water when she said that. Water everywhere.

[@kimhesketh2016]

She must have Canadian blood in her.

[@humanoidcat9633]

@@kimhesketh2016 do Canadians do that??

[@riverotters]

That made me smile too because it's certainly something I have done. I've apologized to inanimate objects I've stubbed my toe on. Funny how that's my instinctual response and not swearing: "Ow! Sorry, chest-of-drawers..." And yes, I'm indeed Canadian :P

[@ChristinaMLynn-hi9hj]

The delay on the Verdict: MMM while the cas was barfing in the other room made me LOL.

[@KatherineCooper]

Officially changed my grocery shopping days to Thursday so I can make whatever mouthwatering dessert Claire baked up!

[@loganwaffle]

Ok that is the cutest thing ever

[@KatherineCooper]

@@loganwaffle How kind!

[@barducapepper4063]

Archie upchucking right as Claire takes a bite…that kitty has good comedic timing

[@marycain7424]

My Hungarian mother made this, called Aranguluska. She served it with a vanilla sauce I’ve since learned was creme anglaise.

[@m_a_k_e_n_n_a]

This looks so good, I want to make like a crossover between this and the Cardamom Maple Walnut buns.... tossing the dough balls in cardamom/orange zest/walnut/sugar mixture and then assembling the monkey bread from there. Ideal Christmas breakfast! Thanks Claire!

[@tofubitez]

omg i was thinking that like some cardamom nutty cinnamon version of this would be so good !!!

[@melissaestes9403]

Claire, you are the BEST! My daughter and I are avid fans!! This is the only time I would dare to give YOU a tip! As a monkey bread”expert”, trust me when I say you can skip the shaping of the dough balls, dip the balls several at a time in the butter and then nut/sugar mixture. It will save time and effort and be just as delicious and beautiful! I have been making this every Christmas for 30 years! Thank you for making me a better baker and being so entertaining!

[@kimhesketh2016]

Same here. We never shape the dough. Just dip, coat and find a spot for it. :)

[@florencerabago7221]

so you don't shape, just dip the cut squares into the sugar?

[@lindsayhaugen7660]

I feel like this is perfect timing for the Holidays. Something shareable for the morning when there's lots of people around. Also I can't think of Claire and brioche without hearing Brad say, "breeogge"

[@AnyaChristinaEmmanuellaJenkins]

The Dessert Person brioche recipe is tagged but the video description's recipe is way different than the book's? 6 eggs vs 1.5? Also it says instant dry yeast here but the jelly donut brioche and the book both say active dry, which is what Claire says she usually uses.

[@mileidybernal6407]

The yeast is also different... I ended up following the videos quantities.

[@sherpachlo]

Casually flashing a container full of vanilla beans is like the person who opens their wallet filled with fifty dollar bills

[@valeriehalston2526]

Exactly! Ha! I was thinking that same thing in a less funny way. Good one!

[@ginidragoslavic3615]

I have always made monkey bread with croissant scraps (I worked at a bakery) with a cinnamon/cardamom/butter/sugar schmear, but next time I’ll try them this way!!

[@masimons165]

Your version sounds heavenly too!

[@BP-kg7ti]

Can’t wait to try this! Thanks for continuing to develop recipes using less sugar. I don’t like overly sweet foods. Like the balance you try to achieve.

[@SincerelyBern]

Agreed!

[@CHIEF_420]

🪙

[@laurenschenck5355]

Thank you so much for everyone Claire and making they year full of sweets and joy ❤

[@unendingmasquerade]

Aranygaluska, yay! 😊 I'm Hungarian and it's one of my favourites ❤️ Over here traditionally you would have it with a vanilla sauce that sometimes even has sweet white wine added to it (wine chaudeau if I'm not mistaken) and it's pure walnuty sweet bready heaven on a dessert plate 😍⭐️

[@Larissawesome]

Oh my god that sounds phenomenal, I’m absolutely gonna make that now!!!

[@strayiggytv]

Why does the thumbnail look like Claire is being devoured by giant sentient monkey bread lol

[@twistedkitty1958]

Looks so delicious, making this for Christmas morning! 💗

[@schana96]

I received the new book yesterday as a gift for my birthday, and I'm looking forward to trying as many of the recipes as I can!

[@jacstrandberg980]

I just made these as practice for Christmas morning. They are BEYOND delicious. Cannot wait to serve them to family!

[@jeanniesaltwaterla8718]

Looks amazing! Can’t wait to try this recipe! Thanks Claire!

[@tf7820]

Looks delicious as always!!

[@CreationsOfAMoonChild]

I was just wanting a good from scratch monkey bread recipe yesterday. Well done Claire.

[@danielgoulding4623]

Thank you Claire I'll make this for Christmas day

[@teachertutor5161]

Honestly one of the best things I’ve ever baked!! I love how precise and thought-out Claire’s recipes are- this is the third dough recipe of Claire’s I have made, and all have been successful (her croissant recipe is amazing!)

[@drewlovely2668]

Claire! A friend gifted me your new cookbook. It's incredible! I love all the pictures and I tried out the sesame banana tart. It turned out fantastic and the recipe was so easy to follow. All the little notes are so helpful. Great work!

[@laurenschenck5355]

Looks so beautiful Claire love it love monkey bread ❤

[@laceesandberg2596]

I cannot wait to make this recipe!! My mom used to make this for me all the time as a kid and it reminds me of her

[@stewarth]

I like to take a bit of the melted butter mixed with the sugar mix and pour it over before the final rise. Gives it a beautiful sticky bun top when you turn it out

[@evadaskos]

Can't wait to do Christmas baking with your recipes!

[@gabbixyzart2985]

I made this with the brioche recipe from dessert person and it was a massive hit over christmas. This was the first time I used a thermometer for cooking bread and it made a MASSIVE difference. The dough was perfect. 👌 Thanks for a beautiful recipe!!

[@susantaylor5068]

Looks delicious- luv your naturalness when turning out your monkey bread - and the delight your face when it was perfect - hope your cat was ok 😺

[@gundi5]

Haha I am Hungarian and I was like “wait a minute this looks very much like aranygaluska”. It was my favourite dessert as a child ❤ I am very surprised and flattered that it is featured on your channel

[@araliyagunawardene3384]

That is a beautiful bouquet of flowers behind you, Claire

[@HLWMAX19]

OMG I was watching BA and realized how much I missed seeing you bake! Im so glad to have found your youtube!

[@MiniMii550]

An old high school friend that taught me how to make monkey bread would grab the leftover butter and pour it over the unproofed balls and then dump on top the leftover cinnamon sugar. That extra sugar would make a sort of crust for the pieces that end up at the bottom once turned over and the extra butter made a sort of sauce that covered the whole thing at the end.

[@SnobbyLion]

Happy holidays Claire 😊♥️🎄

[@laurenschenck5355]

Sounds so delicious 🤤

[@nick_as_tolliver]

Growing up in the Hudson Valley makes me love your videos even more, thank you for putting goodness into the world!

[@AngelinaColonna]

Claire! I made monkey bread from scratch 3 days ago! I wish I would’ve waited, but I suppose I could always make more ☺️

[@nomisanchez7195]

Making this for Christmas Eve breakfast. I had a bag of pecans and was thinking what can i make!!! Love it!!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Really, there's no wrong thing to do with a bag of pecans.

[@laurenschenck5355]

Merry Christmas happy holidays Claire ❤️🎅🏻💚

[@fcsolis]

Yum. I can make that. Thank you.

[@FirstBrn]

I love this recipe so much. Sometimes i’ll make the dough balls tiny, use a muffin tray and make mini monkey breads! ✨

[@lisaanderson135]

I made a batch of Claire’s brioche the other night. I let it rise and then put it in the fridge overnight. Yesterday I patted it out into 4 round layers with my favorite cinnamon roll filling. I shaped it into a twisted star, let it proof and baked it! Not only a huge hit but it came out beautifully!

[@nicolemangum5023]

YUM. I had monkey bread for the first time when I was in college and it was overwhelmingly sweet. This looks perfect though. Will definitely be trying this ❤

[@parisXxpedalsXx1]

Looks amazing! Love monkey bread. Would challah dough work well with this?

[@SaraSmiles1213]

why did i always think monkey bread was made with banana bread haha! this would make a great christmas morning brunch!

[@justinpeluso7534]

This looks soooo good! I wonder if you could use the extra toppings in the bag as ingredients to make a caramel sauce that you could drizzle on top if you’d like. Like maybe add more butter to it and reduce it down. Still a wonderful recipe and I definitely need to try it!!

[@michellemcgough7476]

used to love grape nuts mixed in yoplait strawberry - great texture food for a kid

[@mileidybernal6407]

Love this recipe, I made it for the first time after watching the video. I became a Christmas tradition instantly, thank you!

[@suris4079]

Hey! I saw that you made this recipe, and I want to make it too, but I am unsure which recipe of dough to follow because the one in the description is different than the one linked for her jelly donuts. Which did you use? Thanks!!

[@mileidybernal6407]

@@suris4079 I used the cinnamon roll and the brioche recipe in Dessert Person (the book). Hope that helps! :)

[@mominetti]

Archie looks like he is stoned out of his mind. So cute & funny....and another great recipe Claire! 😋

[@christophercreasy6964]

MMMMMMMMMM! I GOING TO BE MAKING THIS OVER THE HOLIDAY!!!

[@Issor_Rossi]

College has been so hard. Imma catch up to Claire contents.

[@AlexandraAndStuff]

Archie looks like he felt betrayed by you telling everyone he threw up.

[@MasterGamer2Dot0]

Am I the only person who can't breathe until the verdict reads - "MMM"?

[@swhoward23]

Best “MMM” sequence ever!

[@laurenschenck5355]

Your the BEST CLAIRE ❤️🎅🏻💚

[@lindawitherby5070]

I'd love to be able to give this to my siblings for Christmas morning with their families. If frozen after the 2nd rise, do you think it would bake up from frozen? Or defrost overnight? I'll be seeing them all Christmas Eve. Thanks.

[@showstopas]

this is so cool

[@omyui]

Can we have a Panettone recipe please 🙏🏻 ❤

[@arianemariano3807]

Love you Claire❤

[@sunrel893]

Love monkey bread but in Hungary it's usually served with custard which I think does alleviate the sweetness a bit. Wonder if the custard part is a fairly new thing or that did not migrate to the US 🤔

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I think in America it's just more common to serve it with coffee. So the sweetness pairs with the bitterness.

[@TGerreGT]

As far as "arany galuska" goes, with the custard included, it's treated like a complete dish. They serve it at school cafeterias as the meal of the day, which is not the most healthy thing in the world, but watchagonnado. At home, on the other hand, I wouldn't feel the need to have anything along with it, but a nice cup of milk. Coffee is fine too. And we also bake it like burger buns, l mean the small "slider" ones, placed closely, to let them rise and stick to each other. Helps with the proportions while serving.

[@kellybates4311]

when I was in girl scouts we would make this in a dutch oven over a campfire :,)

[@JavierFernandez01]

It is Claire o'clock and i am ON TIME! :D

[@bellaboopixi]

The theme song came on and I started whistling happily to it, and boom credit karma ad -_- how rude! 🤣

[@JoshuaFazeli]

We’ve used frozen yeasted dinner rolls since I can remember. It’s way easier and tastes more or less the same.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

This is a great recipe. I'll definitely make it if I have any monkeys over.

[@sarahhebert9421]

Funny this showed up today. For breakfast today I had a similar monkey bread, but mine uses frozen dinner rolls and butterscotch pudding. :)

[@MOLLYLUNCHCO]

Oh wow, Cal is cute! Hahaha 😸

[@LukeCieniawski]

We need more behind the scenes!

[@asuban]

Gonna try this for Christmas :) My Finnish relatives don't know what Monkey bread is :) Should be fun.

[@LaLaLaAllDayLong]

I would like an episode where the camera guys do the cooking please

[@c.a.9814]

Cal is fire!!!!!!

[@teriscallon]

Cal has been paying attention : )

[@TheCRYSTALLURE]

Sooo Claire have you seen the Netflix show Snack vs. Chef???? You should try to get on it!! 👀👀 I loved when you worked with ….company I won’t name…bc you literally brought to life name brand snacks! And it’s like such a step up from the yt version! Idk I just think that’d be dope!

[@tealon82]

Monkey Bread is also the german name for the baobab fruit, which looks a bit like this cake inside

[@michellemcgough7476]

Claire will you do a video on banana pudding? I live in TX and my parents live in AL. Our friends and family either bring or expect banana pudding at every potluck and BBQ and birthday party. A layered dessert with bananas and cookies and vanilla pudding - what's not to love right? The thing is that most folks make it with the instant pudding which tastes like fake vanilla and the texture is weird, and they always use non-dairy whipped topping and I think that stuff is nasty. Can you help us folks in TX and other southern states know how to make a better banana pudding?

[@waverna]

Would be great with a cream cheese drizzle or dip

[@drmntpibb]

the music in the show is like something outa Chowder or Midnight GospeL!!!

[@bridgethaines7127]

My Great Aunt Molly's recipe is still the most perfect for it.

[@twocvbloke]

Of course a cat would decide to interrupt the "mmm" moment, because cats will be cats... :P

[@Aftershk]

I wonder if the butter used to dip the dough balls to make the sugar-nut mixture stick imparts enough flavor to make a noticeable change in the end result if you tried using either browned butter or ghee instead of standard butter?

[@Theaterverslaafde]

oeh! Browned butter sounds good!

[@AvocadoToast-]

Monkey Bread is a classic

[@ittegyadel]

Claire making aranygaluska >>>>

[@scorpleeon]

Hoark! lol the dreaded sound

[@jewels5340]

Do a tiger bread recipe!

[@lechatbotte.]

This makes my mouth water but I’m allergic to nuts so I’ll leave them out. I’ll be the only monkey eating it lol

[@MrGamerCaptain]

my friend likes monkey bread a lot

[@kikih6389]

if somebody makes monkey bread for you, you're loved.

[@Elphiyero10]

curious: what would it look like if a dough did NOT pass the poke test? would it just not spring back? does that mean it needs to proof longer or it's proofed too long?

[@Prokomeni]

Probably under proofed

[@Theaterverslaafde]

Could be both!

[@xjoshi]

If the video has Claire, I’m watching it. It’s that simple.

[@anonymous7851]

Can I humbly ask if there will be end of year bloopers or BTS?

[@chelseanyland]

If we wanted to make a nut-free version, what else could you use to balance the sweetness of the bread?

[@Theaterverslaafde]

less sugar

[@danbev8542]

I would use Claire’s 1 cup raw or Demerara sugar, 1 tablespoons cinnamon, & if you want crunch, try Grape Nuts cereal, or bread crumbs - much less sweet.

[@sadmommy]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm pecans 😜

[@_nichrye]

wait, where'd that glass bowl come from?

[@jayysii]

If you don’t have vanilla bean, you can buy forth&heart vanilla bean ghee! Then dip them in melted vanilla bean ghee 🤤

[@jayysii]

And I’m doing this but I’m thinking of using date sugar because I love a date-pecan flavor combination.

[@LeslieT]

Oh sweet dear Archie! I used to purposefully throw up for attention when I was a kid too 😜

[@sh-nd4cs]

Claire is there someway I could use coconut milk for this?

[@dwaynezilla]

"Mmm it's like a bowl of grape nuts" them's fightin words

[@EatCarbs]

I very much dislike.. not being able to have some. 😂😂 Thanks for the video

[@araliyagunawardene3384]

Claire, where do you get your vanilla beans from?

[@Prokomeni]

Probably that company she collabed with a couple months back from New Zealand