Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

Pillsbury apple cinnamon pull apart bread with refrigerated biscuits is the best breakfast or dessert! Like an ooey gooey monkey bread recipe but baked in a loaf pan instead is a really fun finger food for breakfast or dessert with a slight caramel flavor.

Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread with Biscuits

We started this whole refrigerated bread journey with this cheesy garlic refrigerated biscuit pull apart bread. This original recipe was such a hit. Since we had a savory version it was time to integrate some fruit and sweetness. Simmered and spooned in between and on top a can of Pillsbury biscuits, it couldn’t be easier.

with frozen rolls

Do you have to use Grands or tubes in the fridge? Nope, you could actually use Rhodes out of the freezer where you defrost frozen cinnamon rolls or their plain rolls instead, either one works. You can add diced fruit inside of each layer or leave it just sticky and sweet with each bite.

Apple Pull Apart Bread Recipe

If you know me at all you know that I would likely eat dessert before dinner any day of the week. That is just how it is around here. I don’t like SUPER sickeningly sweet stuff though. Fruit cuts that and gives this great texture too like in our apple monkey bread.

What are the best apples to bake with?

• There are many varieties you could choose from, I choose Fuji for almost everything.
• Red are going to be too soft when cooked and will likely fall apart.
• Granny Smith are quite tart and don’t soften enough for my liking.
• If I had to choose a close second I might choose Pink Lady.

My choice is a bit more expensive than the others I will admit BUT it is only a few cents in the long run and makes a big difference in the taste and texture. It is worth it even coming from someone frugal like myself, pay the extra fifty cents to make the best of the best friends.

This might be one of our favorite fresh apple recipes we’ve made in a while. Whether it is Fall and all you want are fruit dishes, or Winter is rolling around and company is coming over, this is always a hit. Once you get the hang of how it’s done you can make savory and other sweet versions too.

Are Monkey Bread and Pull Apart Bread the Same?

Basically, I mean the first is just a fun name for a sweet (typically) bread that comes apart easily with 2 fingers. You are pulling it apart piece by piece, potato – potAto right? Whether you use homemade dough, a tube of buttermilk refrigerated or frozen Rhodes rolls defrosted for 45 minutes, they all create the same fun dish.

It is a cheap dessert you can make multiple batches of ahead of time and pop them in to bake throughout the day. This really comes in handy during Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas holidays when everyone is snacking all day long.

Can you refrigerate biscuit dough after opening?

Only for a few hours, beyond that they will start to deflate and become a weird consistency. You won’t want to use them much after that time period.

The only real “prep” you have to do is to cook down the diced apples, cinnamon and sugar. You don’t want to get SOFT, but tender. Just as if you were sauteeing onions to lose that “bite”, it’s kinda’ the same idea.

You could easily make 2 batches at once too. You’d need 2 loaf pans and double the ingredients but if you have a crowd, or making a Christmas brunch recipe it would be easy to do. Now if you made homemade pull apart bread you would need a stand mixer, dough hook, yeast, time for the dough to rise and double in size, a medium bowl to add the eggs….. I just can’t in the morning y’all.

Apple Cinnamon Pull Apart Rolls Ingredients

THIS is what you get when you’re done!! Don’t scrimp on the apples y’all….but of course those are optional technically. If you were to make this as a Rhodes cinnamon rolls recipe, take the time to set them out 30-45 minutes before, just long enough to soften and flatten in your hands.

How to Make Pull Apart Cinnamon Bread

• Finely dice apples and put into a skillet.
• Add brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook over medium heat until fruit becomes slightly tender. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Open your can of refrigerated biscuits and slice each one in half. Then use palms to flatten out into a thinner circle again.
• Put parchment paper (or use non stick cooking spray) into your loaf pan and line flattened biscuits up in a row inside.
• Spoon cooked cinnamon apples in between each piece leaving a bit to spoon over the top.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
• Take pan out of the oven and allow to cool in pan slightly before serving to pull apart into individual servings.

If you wanted to make this in a muffin tin you could. You’d need to cut each piece into fourths and toss with the cinnamon sugar to make as monkey bread muffins like this.

Whether you’re having people over for Christmas breakfast and want something sweet to serve. OR it’s the weekend and you want to treat your family and kids to something incredible, this will definitely be a hit!