Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread

A twist on the classic monkey bread recipe--cream cheese-stuffed Pillsbury® crescent dough oozing with warm caramel and cinnamon.

Ingredients

1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 container (8 oz) honey-nut cream cheese
2 cans (8 oz each) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 2 cans (8 oz each) Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations® refrigerated seamless dough sheet
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted

Steps

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening or cooking spray. In small shallow bowl, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
2 Unroll each can of dough into 1 large rectangle; if using crescent roll dough, press perforations to seal. Cut each rectangle into 8 rows by 3 rows, to make 24 pieces per rectangle (48 pieces of dough total).
3 Place about 1/2 teaspoon cream cheese on center of dough piece. Fold dough over cream cheese, and gently crimp it around cream cheese; roll in sugar-cinnamon mixture. Repeat with remaining dough pieces.
4 Place cream cheese-filled dough balls in pan. Sprinkle with remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture. In small bowl, mix brown sugar and melted butter; pour over crescent pieces.
5 Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan 10 minutes; run knife around edge of pan to loosen. Place heatproof serving plate over pan; carefully turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Cool 10 minutes longer. Cover and refrigerate any remaining bread.

Try plain or fruit-flavored cream cheese in place of the honey-nut cream cheese.

Store any remaining monkey bread in the refrigerator to keep the cream cheese food safe.