Monkey Bread(2 Loaves)

9 ingredients
57 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 pkg. dry yeast or 3 cakes yeast
  • 1 c. lukewarm water
  • 1 c. shortening
  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 c. boiling water
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • approximately 6 c. flour
  • 2 sticks margarine, melted

Directions

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    Dissolve
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    yeast
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    in
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    lukewarm water.
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    Add boiling water and stir
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    until
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    shortening
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    melts.
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    Add
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    2 beaten eggs.
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    Add remaining
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    flour
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    and
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    yeast
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    mixture alternately until a soft dough is
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    formed.
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    Let
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    rise
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    to
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    double
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    in size. Work dough down.
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    Divide
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    in
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    half.
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    Roll
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    each
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    half of the dough into a rectangle
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    approximately
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    12
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    x
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    17-inch or until the dough is about
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    1/4 to
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    1/2-inch
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    thick.
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    Cut
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    into squares.
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    Dip each piece into melted margarine.
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    Arrange in tube pan until pan is half full. Let rise to top of pan and bake at 350° until real brown on
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    top.
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    When bread is served, let each person pull off a hunk
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    of
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    bread.
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    This bread can also be baked in loaf pans. Lay the
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    pieces
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    standing up in the pan so that the slices can be torn off.
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    This bread also freezes well.
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    Just tear off as much as you
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    need
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    for
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    a
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    family
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    meal
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    and wrap the rest in aluminum foil
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    and
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    freeze. When
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    ready
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    to eat just take the package of bread from the freezer; place in hot oven and heat.

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