Healthy Date Monkey Bread has bran cereal, dates and pecans with a drizzling of maple syrup all over the top. So friggin’ good. Have some fun!
Healthy Date Monkey Bread is made in a bundt cake pan so that it is even prettier. And … how can food be so entertaining. Even the name is fun.
Picking off one of those yummy little rolls with the anticipation of taking a sweet bite is wonderful. There is bran cereal, dates and pecans with a drizzling of maple syrup all over the top.
Just follow the steps in creating your homemade Monkey Bread and it will become an occasion.
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Healthy Date Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup bran cereal - buds/crumbles
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup dairy-free butter, melted
- 3 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 4 1/2 teaspoons baking yeast - 2 packages
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons Flax Seed Meal mixed with 4 Tablespoons water
- 1 cup Dates - chopped up in small pieces
- 1 cup Pecans - chopped
- 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
Instructions
- Have a candy thermometer on hand.
- Oil a 6 Cup Bundt Pan
- Mix the flax seed meal and water and set aside so that it can gel a bit.
- Boil the water and add the bran and mix. Set aside to let it settle to 125 degrees to 130 degrees.
- In a large bowl mix 2 cups of the flour with the yeast, sugar and salt.
- Mix in the warm bran and water mixture.
- Add the dates and enough flour to make a soft dough. You will probably use all the flour. Don't worry if you don't.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead the dough until smooth and elastic.
- Add a little bit of flour as you roll and knead if it is sticky.
- You will see some date pieces all over the dough and that is fine.
- Make a ball with the dough, cover with a clean dish towel and let rest 10 minutes.
- Divide the dough in half and then half again. Make 5 balls out of each of the 4 divisions so that you have 20 balls.
- Dip each ball in the melted butter and place in the bundt pan. Place each ball around the bottom layer.
- Sprinkle half of the chopped pecans on the balls.
- Deliberately build the next layer around the edge of the pan. This will keep the shape of the bundt pan.
- Sprinkle the rest of the pecans.
- The photo below shows the bread after it rose and before it is baked.
- Cover the pan with a clean dish cloth and let rise in a warm area for 60 minutes.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and slowly pour the maple syrup all over the cake while it is still in the pan.
- Cool on a wire rack 15 minutes.
- Remove from pan and let cool completely on the wire rack. You can pour more maple syrup over the top of the Monkey Bread but it is not necessary. It all depends on your sweet tooth. The syrup soaks in.
Nutrition
Wonderful fresh but it also freezes really well.
If you choose to freeze please use one of my methods as described in my article Preparing Food for the Freezer.
No problem Suee33. Kellogg’s All Bran Buds or Nature’s Path organic Smart Bran are both pretty easy to find.
Sorry can you share a brand of Crumbles /buds????
I use the crumbles/buds Catherine. I’m so glad you love the recipe!
I like the list of ingredients in this bread. Will try it sometime. Makes a perfect breakfast.
Mmmmm, love these ingredients! Kudos on the bran cereal in there too! Do you use the flakes or the crumbles? And of course dates are fabulous!
Wow! I didn’t think monkey bread could be healthy. This looks like a winner.
Monkey bread has always been one of my faves. I love that you have found a way to make it healthier so I can enjoy it guilt free now – yum!
This looks so good. I am a big fan of dates and pecans so would eat this monkey bread right up!
This is one monkey bread recipe that’s sure to be a favorite – love the healthy twist!
I love any kind of dessert with dates and pecans, so this sounds perfect!
This bread has an extra oomph, with the addition of bran and dates. Thank you for sharing an awesome recipe..
Love Monkey bread! And now there’s a healthy version? The answers to all my hopes and dreams. Can’t wait to give this a try Ginny!
What a fabulous cake for the holiday – looks and sounds so delicious yet is healthier! Win win in my book!
Love the bran addition in this one. It looks so good you wouldn’t know it’s so healthy!
You’d never know that this was a healthier version of a favorite recipe. Kudos to you!
I have to tell you that I love monkey bread. It’s one of my very fave breakfasts to make, but I’ve been wanting to make it healthier – and now I’ve got your recipe to try! So awesome!!
I grew up eating very tradition monkey bread, but I am so loving all the flavors you can make it into now. This looks delicious!
This bread looks everything a bread should be plus SO much more. Thank you so much for sharing this awesome recipe. Its absolutely delicious looking and I can’t wait to give it a go 🙂
Thanks Lindsay! That is great that you mother in law treats you so well. 🙂
That is fantastic Nancy. Yum, 5 pounds of dates. If you want to check out more of my date recipes go up to the top right corner near my menu bar and type ‘date’ into the search bar. I have at least 10 date recipes that will come up. Another fantastic one if the Decadent Chocolate Torte but date is not in the title so I don’t think it will appear.
This looks so yummy and I love dates! In fact, I made date paste the other day and wondered if I could use that in this recipe? I am so happy to see some date recipes, I bought 5 pounds of them and needed ideas!
Thanks Joelen! I love them.
What a great way to use dates!