Monkey Bread

Monkey bread has been something I've been wanting to make for a while now and I finally did yesterday. I took it over to my sister's house for dessert and everyone loved it. 

 What You'll Need:
2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter
2 Tbsp shortening
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

Whisk together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. 

Using your fingertips, cut the chilled butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks crumbly and the butter and shortening are pea size. You don't want the butter to melt so do this a quickly as possible. 

 Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in the buttermilk. 

Use a fork to mix in the buttermilk, stir just until the dough comes together. 

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. 

Knead the dough 7 to 10 times, adding just enough flour for the dough to not stick to the surface. 

Roll the dough out to about a 1/2 inch thick.

Using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, dipped in flour as to not stick to the dough, cut the the dough into 1 inch squares. 

In a small bowl mix together the sugar and cinnamon and in another small bowl melt 8 Tbsp of butter. Have these really for dipping!
Round the dough, one square as a time, into a ball. 

Roll each piece in the melted butter. 

 Then round them in the cinnamon and sugar mixture. 

Then arrange them evenly in a buttered bundt pan.

 In a small sauce pan, bring to a boil the brown sugar and remaining butter. Let bowl for 1 minute.  

Pour the brown sugar mixture over the dough piece in the bundt pan. 

Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes. 

Let the bread sit for 10 minutes after you have pulled it from the oven, then turn it out onto a serving plate. 

Serve warm and enjoy.