Neiman Marcus Monkey Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 compressed yeast cakes
• 1 cup milk
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, melted plus melted butter for dipping
• 3 1/2 cups flour, sifted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 place milk in heavy bottomed pan on low heat.
• 3 stir occasionally until small bubbles appear around the edges of the pan and milk is just hot (do not boil) remove from heat; let cool slightly.
• 4 place yeast and scalded milk in a large bowl.
• 5 when yeast is dissolved, stir in sugar, salt and butter.
• 6 add flour; beat well.
• 7 cover and allow dough to rise to almost double (approximately 45 minutes).
• 8 after dough has risen, turn out onto lightly floured work surface.
• 9 punch down and roll out to 1/4 inch thickness.
• 10 cut into 2" diamond shaped pieces.
• 11 dip each piece in melted butter.
• 12 arrange in a 4" pie pan, 4 or 5 overlapping pieces per loaf.
• 13 allow to rise for 1/2 hour.
• 14 bake 30 to 40 minutes or until brown.
• 15 remove from oven and brush with more of the melted butter.