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The other day my friend called needing help. Her freezer had thawed out the many kinds of dough she had purchased when they were on special.
When I arrived four loaves of bread were baking in the oven. Friend had begun preparing the filling for spinach pies. We made about 3-4 dozen of those. Then she announced she wanted to make Monkey Bread. Monkey Bread, if you don’t know, can probably be described as lazy man's pull-apart cinnamon rolls, normally baked in a bundt pan.
I had not thought of the recipe for Monkey Bread in 5 or 7 years. I remembered another friend used butterscotch pudding mix; however, we had none. After a brief prayer, we winged it.
We put three layers of yeast balls somewhat covered in butter-brown sugar-cinnamon paste into a loaf pan. My friend thought the liquid might drip, so she put the pan on a baking sheet before putting it into the oven.
Several minutes later I noticed the bread was rising nicely. And it kept rising. I was glad for the baking sheet, because a little liquid dripped.
The next time I looked through the oven window one of the Monkey Bread pieces was on the baking sheet. And the top of the loaf was totally irregular in shape. I laughed out loud. My friend needed to know what was so funny. She actually saw two pieces of Monkey Bread lava fall down the side of the Monkey Bread volcano.
By the time we thought the bread had cooked enough, the entire top layer of balls had moved themselves to the baking sheet. Needless to say, we laughed and laughed and laughed some more.
Monkey Bread is not the most nutritious thing in the world. However, when you make it the way we did, perhaps the good health that the laughter provides helps make up what is lacking in the nutrition department.
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