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A LITTLE TASTE OF THE TROPICS IN MARCH

ok, so, yeah, i probably could be a little more pretentious. not MUCH more, but there's still a little wiggle room here.

i felt like making monkey bread yesterday, and the frozen sweet dough is sold in a bag of three loaves, and instead of doing the smart thing -- thawing one loaf at a time -- i thawed all three. yesterday i made classic monkey bread -- and it was goo-ood. but i had two more thawed loaves of sweet bread dough in the refrigerator, so i came up with this. making its world debut -- tropical monkey bread.

one loaf thawed sweet dough (found in frozen bread dough section). cut the loaf into small (donut-hole sized) nuggets

1 stick (1/4 pound) of unsalted butter, melted

1 cup sugar

the zest of THREE (yes -- three) small oranges

1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

1/4 cup not-too finely chopped macadamia nuts

mix the sugar with the orange zest in bowl. lightly oil (i just used pam) a bread loaf pan, sprinkle the bottom of the pan with maybe a tablespoon or two of the orange sugar, about a tablespoon of the chopped nute, and 2 or three tablespoons of the coconut.

roll the dough nuggets in the melted butter and then in the orange sugar. place in loaf pan, creating only one layer. this should take about half the nuggets. sprinkle this layer with half the remaining nuts and coconut, taking care to fill the little gaps. place the second layer of dipped nuggets on top. mix the little bit of remaining butter with the little bit of remaining orange sugar. sprinkle on top of the second layer, along with the rest of the coconut and chopped macadamia nuts.

cover the loaf pan with a towel, place in a warm place, and let the dough rise (it SHOULD double). close to double is good enough.

bake the loaf at 325 degrees (f) for about 45 minutes. Test for doneness by pulling one of the nuggets out with a fork. if it looks like bread (and not dough), it's done.

if i do say so myself, this is unbelievably good. oh. and the macadamia nuts were bill's idea.

Posted by Stacey at March 8, 2004 07:58 PM