Lemon Pull-Apart Monkey Bread

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After making pull-apart bread, I don't think I have a need for cinnamon rolls. Each bit of pull-apart bread is like eating the middle of a cinnamon roll. And everyone knows that the middle of the cinnamon roll is the best part! I'm sure you could use orange zest and juice if you wanted to do orange pull-apart bread.

 In stainless steel bowl or in your mixer mix:

2 cups white flour
1 T yeast

In a glass pyrex or liquid measure cup dump in this order and then microwave for about a minute. You want the butter to be almost melted, but not scorching hot:


1 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1/2 tsp salt

Now add this to the flour and mix until incorporated. Now add and mix until incorporated:


2 eggs

Now add and mix for 2 minutes:


2 cups white flour

Allow the dough to rise for an hour. Then form little balls and place in a greased 9x13 pan.

Sprinkle over dough 1/2 of this mixture:

zest of 1 lemon

1/2 cup sugar

Let the dough rise until doubled in size. Then sprinkle the other half of lemon sugar.

Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

Glaze:

1/2 c powdered sugar

1 T lemon juice