Monkey Bread Apple Cobbler
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Monkey Bread Apple Cobbler is a cinnamon lover's delight! It's made with honey crisp apples, cinnamon rolls, pecans, and caramel glaze.
If that's not enough, it's drizzled with icing and garnished with a scoop of vanilla ice cream while it's still warm from the oven!
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What You'll Love About This Recipe
Where are all my cinnamon bun lovers? You gotta make Monkey Bread Apple Cobbler as soon as possible. You won't believe how good your house will smell and how much you'll love this recipe!
It's everything you love about cinnamon spice and caramel all wrapped up in one big skillet. It couldn't be easier to make, and it's also fun to make with kids! The flavor is similar to Apple Pie Filled Cinnamon Rolls which are baked in a casserole dish instead of a skillet.
Ingredients You'll Need
See recipe card for quantities.
- butter
- honey crisp apples
- cinnamon
- brown sugar
- water
- cornstarch
- pecans
- 2 cans refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
- vanilla ice cream (optional)
Why Is It Called Monkey Bread?
Monkey Bread got its name because it's normally picked apart by guests, which is a behavior monkeys often exhibit.
Monkey Bread Apple Cobbler is easier to eat with a spoon since it's in a cobbler form, but it could still be picked apart if you wanted to make a big mess! (I guess monkeys might do that too.)
How to Make It
Melt butter in a 12 inch cast iron skillet on medium heat. Slice apples and place in skillet. You can peel them, or leave the peelings on which is what I like to do.
Sprinkle apples with cinnamon and brown sugar. Stir well. Fry apples for 15 minutes until soft, stirring frequently. Mix water and cornstarch together. Pour on top of apples and cook for 1 minute. Add pecans to skillet.
Slice each cinnamon roll into fourths and place in skillet. Keep one cinnamon roll whole for the middle of cobbler. Reserve the icing for later.
Stir everything in skillet together. Place whole cinnamon roll in the middle. Bake cobbler at 350 degrees for 25 minutes until rolls are done to the touch.
Let cobbler cool for 15 minutes. Drizzle with icing and serve warm from the skillet. Feel free to add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to each serving if desired!
Variations
If you'd like to change the fruit in this recipe, you can experiment with different flavors. I like using apples the best, but any type of berry like raspberries, blueberries or blackberries would work too.
Peaches are a great alternative since they taste especially good with cinnamon. Vanilla ice cream is optional, but highly recommended.
More Spiced Desserts
- Fried Apple Crisp
- Granny Tag's Prune Cake
- Loaded Carrot Cake
- Chocolate Brioche Bread Pudding
- Pumpkin Spice Flip Cake
Recipe Card
Monkey Bread Apple Cobbler
*See notes in blog post for detailed tips, photos and instructions.
Ingredients
- ½ stick butter
- 4 honey crisp apples with peelings on
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 cup pecans chopped
- 2 cans refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
- vanilla ice cream optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Melt butter in a 12 inch cast iron skillet on medium heat.
- Slice apples (with peelings on) and place in skillet.
- Sprinkle apples with cinnamon and brown sugar. Stir well.
- Fry apples for 15 minutes until soft, stirring frequently.
- Mix water and cornstarch together. Pour on top of apples and cook for 1 minute.
- Add pecans to skillet.
- Slice each cinnamon roll into fourths and place in skillet. Keep one cinnamon roll whole for the middle of cobbler. Reserve the icing for later.
- Stir everything in skillet together. Place whole cinnamon roll in the middle.
- Bake cobbler at 350 degrees for 25 minutes until rolls are done to the touch.
- Let cobbler cool for 15 minutes.
- Drizzle with icing and serve warm from the skillet.
Notes
- Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to each serving if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is an auto generated estimate.
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Talk about decadent! This one goes on my list to try, for sure. Pinned.
Thanks Allyson!
How could this not be good????? It has everything I love!
I thought of you when I made this! 🙂
Looks awesome! Going to have to try this one soon. Thanks Debi!
Thank you so much, Melanie! I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment! Did you eat a bite on the way home?