Air Fryer Monkey Bread

Air Fryer Monkey Bread uses canned cinnamon rolls and 4 more ingredients to deliver a lightly crisped sweet treat that cooks in 15 minutes!

  • Prep15 min
  • Cook15 min
  • Total30 min
  • Yield5 people
  • Calories142

Ingredients Steps Notes

Air Fryer Monkey Bread
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A Satisfying Breakfast Treat

This Air Fryer Monkey Bread has a light crisp outside and a moist tender inside! Pair that with the overflowing flavor of warm cinnamon for the perfect breakfast treat or weekend snack!

Don’t have an air fryer just yet? No worries, try my oven-baked Best Easy Monkey Bread Ever!

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Ingredients For Air Fryer Monkey Bread

To make this Monkey Bread you start with a can of Grands! cinnamon roll dough! Then all you need is melted butter, light brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon!

You can even dress this monkey bread up by drizzling on a topping! My vanilla icing that you can find on my Easy Cinnamon Rolls would be super delicious or even a cream cheese icing!

If you just want to keep it simple easily sprinkle on some powdered sugar and call it good! Topping or not, this bread will secure a spot on your favorite air fryer recipes list!

Delicious Variations!

  • You can use the included can of icing to top the monkey bread or try making my homemade Vanilla Icing!
  • You can make this recipe with Grand’s Jumbo biscuits and then just cut each biscuit into sixths as well! Then simply take the biscuit pieces through the same process of dipping in melted butter and rolling in the sugar mixture!
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How To Make Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

  1. Cut the cinnamon rolls into sixths.
  2. Whisk together brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
  3. Dip all of the cinnamon roll pieces into the melted butter before rolling them into the sugar mixture. Then place in a prepared 3 CUP bundt pan. I used this pan.
  4. Air fry for 10 minutes and then rotate the pan and continue cooking.
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Storage Instructions For Monkey Bread

You can store any leftovers either on the counter in a zip lock bag for up to two days or in the refrigerator for a week.

How To Reaheat Leftover Monkey Bread

To warm up leftovers, I recommend preheating the oven to 350 degrees F and reheating them for about 10 minutes.

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Steps

  1. Preheat the air fryer to 320°F for 5 minutes and grease a bundt pan with nonstick spray.

  2. Separate the cinnamon rolls and cut them into sixths.

  3. In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon.

  4. Dip each sixth of cinnamon roll into the melted butter, then roll in the sugar mixture until evenly coated. Then place in the prepared bundt pan.

  5. Air fry for 10 minutes, then rotate the pan 180° and cook an additional 5 minutes.

Notes

  • You can also use Grand’s Jumbo biscuits and cut each biscuit into sixths as well! Then simply take the biscuit pieces through the same process of dipping in melted butter and rolling in the sugar mixture!
  • You can store any leftovers either on the counter in a zip lock bag for up to two days or in the refrigerator for a week.
  • To warm-up leftovers, I recommend preheating the oven to 350 degrees F and reheating them for about 10 minutes.
  • You can use the included can of icing to top the monkey bread or try making my homemade Vanilla Icing!

Nutrition

  • Calories142
  • Carbs21g
  • Protein1g
  • Fat7g
  • Saturated fat4g
  • Fiber1g
  • Sugar21g
  • Sodium65mg

Estimates per serving, when a serving size is listed.