While monkey bread — the sticky, gooey, cinnamon-filled treat — is well-known and loved, there's a wider world of pull-apart breads to explore. The comfort food comes in all shapes, such as in loaves ...

I don’t know about you, but I give bonus points for food I get to play with. Bread that I get to tear into with my hands, and it’s socially acceptable? Sign me up. And there's no pull-apart bread more ...

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It sounds obvious, but the key to making gluten-free, pull-apart dinner rolls that can appease everybody at Thanksgiving dinner is to create a roll that actually, you know, pulls apart. After trying ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Monkey bread gets an update that makes the pull-apart loaf even better thanks to buttermilk, a little whole-wheat flour and a lighter hand with the sugar.

The surprising ingredient that keeps the rolls soft for days is mashed potatoes − instant, if you like.

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