Our apple cinnamon pull apart bread with refrigerated biscuits is the best breakfast or dessert! Like an ooey gooey easy monkey bread recipe but baked in a loaf pan with a slight caramel flavor.
Have you made easy apple cinnamon roll pull apart bread loaf yet?? You can really use any flavors you want but this type of quick easy desserts is just incredible. I promise it will become your new favorite quick treat.
We started this whole refrigerated bread journey with this cheesy garlic 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.
Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread with Frozen Biscuits
Do you have to use Grands or tubes in the fridge? Nope, you could actually use Rhodes out of the freezer where you defrost rolls or their sweeter frozen cinnamon rolls to make this. You can add diced fruit inside of each layer or leave it just sticky and sweet with each bite.
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.
Can you add apples to cinnamon pull apart bread?
Yes and 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.
Ingredient Notes
You are going to want to start with the basics which is a few cans of Grands (or the larger varieties) of refrigerated biscuits. You could use cinnamon rolls instead really if you would rather. We have made it both ways and either is delicious.
In this case we added some diced Apples into the mix because well those flavors go hand in hand together in the Fall months for sure.
Sugar and cinnamon are a given to sweeten even further. If you use cinnamon rolls instead of biscuits you don’t have to add a lot of other seasonings.
And use room temperature or melted butter to make this. I have used dairy free sticks which works but needs a pinch of salt in there for that option.
You are then going to want a small bowl to mix it together and a 9×5″ loaf pan lined with parchment paper is helpful.
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 version of our chocolate Rhodes Rolls Monkey Bread you’d swap out the fruit and use chocolate chips and cocoa instead.
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.
How Long to Bake Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread
Once prepped it doesn’t take long to bake this because the dough is already thawed. It is a bit longer than if you were to just put these alone on a baking sheet since they are layered together in a larger clump and the heat needs to reach the center to cook all the way thru. Therefore it takes about 35-40 minutes to become golden brown on top and no longer sticky in the middle.
Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread Recipe
Equipment
- 1 9×13 pan
Ingredients
- 1 can refrigerated biscuits, Grands, or refrigerated cinnamon rolls
- 2 medium apples, cored and diced
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
Instructions
- 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 can of biscuits and slice each one in half. Then use palms to flatten out into a thinner circle again.
- Put parchment paper into a loaf pan and line flattened biscuits up in a row.
- 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 out and allow to cool slightly before serving to pull apart into individual servings.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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 rolls defrosted for 45 minutes, they all create the same fun dish.
Other refrigerated dough recipes you’ll love
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.
Is your mouth watering yet?? I bet it is and you’re already thinking of what you should make after this one, well we have it! Our smoked bread is it!! See how easy this cinnamon pull apart bread are to make in just about 30 minutes?
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!
They are made from a stiff dough that when refrigerated becomes even stiffer. It’s usually shaped into a log that is sliced into rounds and can be separated into 8-10 rolls.
Make an easy monkey bread recipe with fruit or just cinnamon and sugar! Dice up, mix with cheese and seasonings and make a savory pull apart bread in the oven! OR use frozen biscuits to make this fun apple cinnamon monkey bread pull apart recipe.
