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Mardi Gras King Cake Monkey Bread

Celebrate Fat Tuesday with this Mardi Gras King Cake Monkey Bread made with premade cinnamon roll dough, pecans, orange zest, and a bourbon spiked icing!
Course Dessert
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 12
Author Jessica

Ingredients

For the monkey bread:

  • 3 - 12.4 oz Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls icing set aside
  • 2/3 cups pecan halves crushed
  • 2 tsp. orange zest
  • 1 stick butter melted

For the icing:

  • 3 icing cups from Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls
  • 1 tbsp. milk
  • 1/4 tsp. orange zest
  • 1 tsp. bourbon
  • Purple green, and gold sanding sugar

Instructions

For the monkey bread:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and generously grease a bundt pan.
  • Cut the cinnamon roll dough in halve and roll into balls. Set aside in a large bowl.
  • Once all the dough balls are formed, add the pecans, orange zest, and butter. Stir to coat all the dough balls completely.
  • Place the dough balls into a bundt pan and pour in any extra butter or pecans. Gently press down the last layer of dough balls so the layer sits evenly in the pan.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Allow the monkey bread to cool completely before turning it over onto a plate.
  • Once the monkey bread is cool, prepare the icing.

For the icing:

  • Spoon the icing cups into a small bowl.
  • Stir in the milk, orange zest, and bourbon.
  • Pour the icing over the cooled monkey bread. Then, decorate with purple, green, and gold sanding sugar.