Ronald Reagan's Monkey Bread

Ingredients

• ¾ oz or 1 package dry yeast yeast
• 1⅛ cup 1 to 1 1/4 cups total for the recipe milk
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 3½ cup flour
• 6 oz butter, room temperature
• ½ lb melted butter
• 1 for brushing beaten egg

Method

1. In a bowl, mix 3/4 ounce of yeast or 1 package of dry yeast with some milk (less than 1 cup) until dissolved. Add 2 eggs and beat.
2. Mix in 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt and 3 1/2 cups of flour. Slowly add more milk (for a total of 1 to 1 1/4 cups for the entire recipe), mixing thoroughly. Cut in 6 ounces of butter at room temperature until blended. Knead the dough. Let rise until double in size (1 to 1 1/2 hours). Knead again, and let rise 40 minutes.
3. Roll the dough on a floured board, shaping into a log. Cut the log into 28 pieces of equal size. Shape each piece into a ball, and roll them all in 1/2 pound melted butter.
4. Using two floured, buttered 9-inch ring molds, place 7 balls in each mold, leaving equal space between. Place the remaining balls on top (equal numbers for each mold), spacing evenly.
5. Let the dough rise in the mold. Brush the tops with a beaten egg. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees until golden brown (approximately 15 minutes).

Notes

Serves about sixteen.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.

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