Fast simple monkey bread for 2! Gluten-free vegan dough rolled in cinnamon, drowned in date caramel, and microwaved to messy mug perfection!
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED SEPT 26, 2016
PHOTOS + RECIPE UPDATED SEPT 5, 2022
Possibly I don’t need a lengthy slinky tail that may make sporting pants unattainable. And the considered inescapable fur in the course of summer time sounds torturous. And consuming critters with my naked arms doesn’t enchantment to me on taste or texture. However there may be one factor that does make me kinda jealous of monkeys: they’ve the most delectable sticky-sweet bread named after them.
The primary time I tasted monkey bread I fell completely in love with it. Like this-might-be-better-than-chocolate-cake in love. How might you not, it’s gentle cinnamon bread with caramel goo baked proper in between each little puff-ball of candy dough!
Sure that’s proper, I mentioned goo. It’s a really technical time period for a really scrumptious substance normally made from butter and sugar and a whole lot of it. However for this vegan monkey bread recipe we’re protecting it a lot more healthy with a caramel goo made out of dates, almond butter, and cinnamon.
The dates naturally have the precise caramel taste monkey bread wants. The almond butter provides nutty richness, however is non-compulsory in case you favor to maintain it low fats. And the cinnamon…properly I don’t suppose that actually wants an evidence, it’s monkey bread in spite of everything.
The dough itself is slightly untraditional too, made with out sugar or gluten. However maybe probably the most untraditional a part of the complete recipe (and which I’ve in some way uncared for to say till now) is that the entire thing occurs within the microwave! No want to attend 30+ minutes for a mouthful of monkey bread. Simply combine, roll, dunk, microwave, and dive in!
Oh, and there may be an oven choice too since I do know not everybody has/makes use of a microwave.
Some monkey bread recipes combine up an entire separate glaze to go on high. However I’ve a sense there’s a purpose you clicked on this mug cake model of vegan monkey bread: since you like simple simply as a lot as I do! So to maintain issues easier, I simply thinned out the caramel goo with maple syrup to make an simple candy topping and drizzled that on high adopted up with a sprinkling of cinnamon. You might additionally skinny it out with non-dairy milk or water to maintain the recipe fully fruit-sweetened, it’s as much as you.
The skin items which might be drenched in caramel goo—superb. The within items insulated by their doughy pals that keep additional gentle and heat—so yum. And I extremely suggest protecting an additional little cup of caramel goo/frosting/heaven on the aspect for double dipping.
Monkey Bread Mug Truffles (UPDATED!)
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook dinner Time: 90 seconds
- Complete Time: 11 minutes
- Yield: 2 mug muffins 1x
- Class: mug cake
- Methodology: microwave
- Delicacies: american
Description
Fast simple monkey bread for 2! Gluten-free vegan dough rolled in cinnamon, drowned in date caramel, and microwaved to messy mug perfection!
Date paste
- 10 (180g) pitted medjool dates
- 3/4 cup water
Dough
- 2/3 cup (170g) date paste
- 2 tbsp (20g) melted coconut oil (really useful, however might be changed with nondairy milk)
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp (75g) oat flour
- 1/2 cup (60g) tapioca starch (or cornstarch)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Caramel Sauce
- Remaining date paste (about 1/2 cup)
- 3 tbsp maple syrup (non-compulsory)
Directions
- Mix the dates and water till VERY easy, including just a little extra water if want be.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk collectively oat flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, and salt.
- Add date paste and coconut oil. Combine to type a sticky dough (if it’s too dry add just a little extra coconut oil or milk, you need it to be virtually too sticky to roll in your arms). Put aside to relaxation 5 minutes.
- Grease 2 ramekins (larger is best, 8oz or 10oz ramekins work greatest). Pinch off chunks of dough, roll into balls, roll in cinnamon to coat, organize within the ramekins (about 8-10 balls per ramekin, don’t overcrowd them).
- Whisk maple syrup and date paste to type a easy thinner sauce. Spoon over the dough balls, masking the highest fully and letting some fill within the areas between the dough balls.
- Microwave 90 seconds (every ramekin individually).
- Cool briefly, then get pleasure from!
Notes
You possibly can halve the dough and caramel sauce elements to make only one mug cake, nevertheless it’s arduous to mix much less date paste than listed within the recipe. You possibly can simply save the additional date paste (lasts 4-5 days within the fridge) for one more use or one other mug cake!
OVEN OPTION: I personally favor the feel of the microwave choice, however if you wish to bake it attempt 18-22 minutes at 350F. Place the ramekins immediately on the wire rack of your oven not on a pan. Glass ramekins work higher than ceramic in my expertise. To check for doneness, gently press the center ball and if it feels in any respect mushy or unbaked add one other 2-3 minutes.
Key phrases: gluten free, caramel, cinnamon, simple, snack, dessert, wholesome, oat flour
Vegan Monkey Bread Mug Cake (ORIGINAL)
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook dinner Time: 1 minutes
- Complete Time: 11 minutes
Date paste
- 10 Medjool dates
- 1/2 cup water
- Non-compulsory: 1 tbsp almond butter (or any nut/seed butter)
Dough
- 1/3 cup oat flour
- ¼ cup date paste (above)
- 2 tbsps tapioca starch (or cornstarch)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Caramel Goo
- ¼ cup date paste (above)
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Directions
- Mix all of the elements for the date paste. You might have additional date paste, however most blenders can not mix with any much less quantity than this.
- Combine collectively all of the elements for the dough. It must be fairly sticky, however agency sufficient to roll into balls.
- Combine collectively all of the elements for the caramel goo.
- Pinch off a small piece of dough. Roll it right into a ball. Drop within the caramel goo and use a spoon to evenly coat. Place in a microwave protected ramekin. Repeat with the remainder of the dough (I received about 8 balls).
- Microwave for 1 to 1.5 minutes on excessive. *See notes for oven choice.
- Prime with remaining caramel goo and a sprinkle of cinnamon Get pleasure from!
Notes
I truly favor the feel of the microwave model with this recipe, however you possibly can bake it in a preheated oven for roughly 15-20 minutes at 375F.
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