Last year on Christmas, I made this bread and it was fabulous!!!  Yes, you really do need to beat the icing for 12 MINUTES!!!  Ahhhh....but it is worth it!

The receipe comes from: http://www.momswhothink.com/easy-recipes/dessert-recipes.html

Monkey Bread

Ingredients:

4 cans refrigerated biscuits
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter (3/4 cup)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins (these are optional, it's great with or without them)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9-10 inch tube pan.

2. Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a medium sized plastic bag. Cut the biscuits into halves or quarters and place six to eight biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Shake well.

3. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the greased pan. Continue layering until all the biscuit pieces are coated and in the pan. If you are using raisins, place them among the biscuit pieces as you are layering.

4. In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the layered biscuits.

5. Bake for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Pull apart and enjoy!

Icing:

Ingredients:

1/2 pound cream cheese
1/2 pound butter
1 pound powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions:

1.Allow cream cheese and butter to get to room temperature.

2. Beat butter and cream cheese together in a large bowl with a mixer.

3. Slowly add in the pound of powdered sugar.

4. After all the powdered sugar is added mix for 12 minutes (do not mix less than that).

5. When almost done, add in the extract and lemon juice.

Intresting, I've never had monkey bread with icing. Maybe I shouldn't add the icing to mine-I like it without, so why tempt myself with extra calories hahaha. But I haven't had monkeybread in so long, and now I want some! I love this group but it always makes me hungry!

Ooh Shesh I will have to try yours.

I have a Monkey Bread recipe from Hungry girl that is for the dieter and is surprisingly really good:

Ingredients:
3 tbsp. Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated), divided
2 tsp. cinnamon, divided
2 tbsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown)
2 tbsp. sugar-free pancake syrup
2 tbsp. brown sugar (not packed)
1 package Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix 1 tbsp. Splenda and 1 tsp. cinnamon in a large bowl or container. Set aside. Spray six cups of a muffin pan with nonstick spray, and set pan aside as well.

Place a small pot on the stove, but do not heat it. Add butter, syrup, brown sugar, 2 tbsp. Splenda, and 1 tsp. cinnamon. Leave this on the unheated stove, to be melted and mixed later on.

Roll out the dough on a clean dry surface, and sprinkle evenly with baking powder. Gently smooth baking powder into the sheet with your fingers.

Cut dough sheet widthwise into six strips equal in size. Cut each strip into four squares. Roll each square into a ball, for a total of 24 dough balls.

Place 12 dough balls in the bowl with the Splenda-cinnamon mixture. Lightly toss to coat, and then place them gently in the muffin pan, with four dough balls in each of three cups. No need to press the dough balls into the pan -- just let them fall naturally. Repeat with remaining dough balls, so that each of the six muffin cups contains four coated dough balls. Set aside.

Bring the small pot on the stove to medium heat. Stirring frequently, heat just until butter has melted and contents are mixed well. Evenly spoon the butter mixture over the dough balls.

Bake in the oven for 15 - 20 minutes, or until puffy and firm. Allow to cool slightly.

Calories: 154
Fat: 7.5g
Sodium: 369mg
Carbs: 21g
Fiber: 0.5g
Sugars: 6.5g
Protein: 2g

WEIGHT WATCHER POINTS® value 4*

OMG i love, love monkey bread!!! we have a local bakery shop a few blocks from our house that makes the best in the world!

I make this for the kids -  so good!   but we dont do the icing ...just the cinnamon sugar and butter mixture all over it is good enough for us!  :)

mmmm!!! I love Monkey bread! 

I feel my butt getting bigger just thinking about it. :)

I have always wanted to try this, they have a frozen version at the supermarkets, but I never buy it...what does it taste like? Is it like a cinnamon bun?

Very much like a cinnamon roll ... I never knew about the icing part ... the recipe I have doesn't call for it ... but i do use extra butter and cinnamon sugar mixture and I REALLY cover it with it :)   yumm

This is the first time I've ever seen icing on MB buttt......as a sugar addict, it is sooo yummy. 

I've been wanting to try the hungry girl recipe also!  it just came through my email last week

OMG that sounds amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!  What's the hungry girl recipe???