Let’s bake this garlicky, fun to make and eat Pull Apart Monkey Bread. Best served warm with a soup and salad.
My family’s love for savoury bakes, especially garlic flavoured is known on this blog already with this Roasted garlic focaccia and garlic cheese bombs ,while others include dominos style garlic bread sticks and Coriander-garlic pull apart rolls.
While checking my bookmarks on what to bake, I chanced upon Samantha’s monkey bread. She had made it with APF (more importantly with readymade buttermilk biscuits) which I converted to wholewheat using stone ground flour and also made the dough from scratch.
The other major changes was to make it vegan and use a little more hydration as the wholewheat flour tends to drink a little more liquid. The idea of a 3-dimensional pull apart bread appealed a lot to the kids and it was fun tearing it apart and dunking them into a hot bowl of soup; the kids especially the elder one who’s the garlic lover in the family loved it a lot.
So,sit back and enjoy this 3D-pull apart bread (aka.monkey bread) that’s sure to bring in cheer to your baking line-up . I used a round bundt pan the next time I made it and it vanished before I could even click decent pics.
FAQs to make a perfect garlicky Monkey bread:
- Can I use APF or bread flour? Yes , the hydration might vary with different flours. As also the outside temperature in your town/ city.
- Can I use Vegan / Earth Balance butter? Certainly. If not vegan, you can use normal unsalted butter. If using table butter, reduce the salt in the recipes / topping
- My bread turned out dense / hard. Often, While using WWF in place of APF / Bread flour in a recipe, add adeqate hydration (not too much, not too less) and knead a lot more. Tent the bread half way if its burning
- Can I add ready-to use garlic paste in this recipe ? Nope. Fresh garlic pods crushed, finely minced work. If you have garlic powder, you can use that too, but you may require a little more / less quantity based on personal preference.
Let’s get to the recipe now. – Wholewheat Garlic Monkey Bread – a VEGAN holiday (actually, anytime) bread 🙂
Prep time – 20 mins ; standing time (per rise) – 60 mins minimum ; bake time – 20 mins
Loosely Adapted from : here
You would need :
Here 1 cup =200ml
- Wholewheat flour – 3 cups
- Vital wheat Gluten – 2.5 tsp (optional)
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Garlic powder – 1 tbsp
- Warm water – 1.25 cups + 3 tbsp (varies according to the quality of the flour)
- Quick rise instant Yeast – 7gm (1 sachet)
- Powdered sugar – 1 tbsp
- Olive oil – 3 tbsp
PIN FOR LATER
For the garlic oil dip (pre-bake seasoning)
- olive oil – 3 tbsp
- Garlic pods – minced fine or peeled & crushed – 4 large
- Pizza seasoning / oregano -1 tbsp
- Salt – 1/2 tsp (if pizza seasoning contains a lot of salt, skip this)
- Red chilli flakes – 1 tsp (or to taste)
- Black pepper powder -1/4 tsp
- Parsley / Chopped coriander leaves – 1/2 TBSP (I used the latter)
How to make WholeWheat Garlic Monkey Bread | Easy Breads for Beginners
- If using active dry yeast, proof the yeast. Else follow the next steps :
- In a large flat bowl or in the stand mixer, add all the ingredients for the dough. Mix well with a wooden spatula. Cover for 8-9 mins and then start kneading for 12-13 mins or till you get a smooth soft dough.
- Cover with wet kitchen towel for about 60 mins or till it doubles.
- Meanwhile for the garlic dip, heat oil and add the crushed / minced garlic. Switch off after 30 seconds. Take off the flame, add rest of the ingredients and let the flavours seep well.
- Once the dough has risen, punch once and make small balls and smoothen/ roll them without any cracks. Dip these mini dough balls into the garlic oil mixture and stack them
- Up in a greased bundt Pan or a deep baking dish. Cover and let them rise slightly for 45 mins. Before placing them into the oven, brush them lightly with any remaining garlic oil.
- Towards the end of this second rise, preheat oven to 180c / 350f and place the baking dish. Bake this golden brown and slightly crispy on top. Tent the baking dish midway if they are browning too quickly.
- Cool slightly and demould the whole bread. Serve these warm with soup or any casserole. It’s sheer fun to pull apart the tiny garlicky buns and savour them 😉
How to make WholeWheat Garlic Monkey Bread | Easy Breads for Beginners
Equipment
- Oven (OTG)
- Stand Mixer
- cups and measures
Ingredients
- 3 cups Wholewheat flour I used Stoneground (here 1 cup = 200 ml)
- 2.5 tsp Vital wheat Gluten optional but recommended for Wholewheat breads
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 TBSP Garlic powder
- 1.5 cup Warm water varies according to the quality of the flour
- 7 grams Quick rise instant Yeast 1 sachet
- 1 TBSP Powdered sugar
- 3 TBSP Olive oil
For the garlic oil dip (pre-bake seasoning)
- 4 large Garlic pods – minced fine or peeled & crushed
- 3 TBSP olive oil
- 1 TBSP Pizza seasoning sub wit dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp Salt if pizza seasoning contains a lot of salt, skip this , also if using Salted butter in place of oil, skip this salt
- 1 tsp Red chilli flakes
- 1/4 tsp Black pepper powder
- 1/2 TBSP chopped Parsley optional, but recommended
Instructions
- If using active dry yeast, proof the yeast. Else follow the next steps :
- In a large flat bowl or in the stand mixer, add all the ingredients for the dough. Mix well with a wooden spatula. Cover for 8-9 mins and then start kneading for 12-13 mins or till you get a smooth soft dough.
- Cover with wet kitchen towel for about 60 mins or till it doubles.
- Meanwhile for the garlic dip, heat oil and add the crushed / minced garlic. Switch off after 30 seconds. Take off the flame, add rest of the ingredients and let the flavours seep well.
- Once the dough has risen, punch once and make small balls and smoothen/ roll them without any cracks. Dip these mini dough balls into the garlic oil mixture and stack them
- Up in a greased bundt Pan or a deep baking dish. Cover and let them rise slightly for 45 mins. Before placing them into the oven, brush them lightly with any remaining garlic oil.
- Towards the end of this second rise, preheat oven to 180c / 350f and place the baking dish. Bake this golden brown and slightly crispy on top. Tent the baking dish midway if they are browning too quickly.
- Cool slightly and demould the whole bread. Serve these warm with soup or any casserole. It’s sheer fun to pull apart the tiny garlicky buns and savour them 😉
Notes
This goes to A-Z Alphabet Challenge where we explore dishes / ingredients in an alphabetical order. This edition its letter G. Hosted by the wonderful Wendy, lets see what others have dished out..
- Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Cheesy Bacon Grits
- Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Chunky Garlic Stuffed Olive Deviled Eggs
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- A Messy Kitchen: Gochujang Sugar Cookies
- Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Golden Diner Pancakes with Maple Honey Syrup
- Blogghetti: Grilled Garlic Honey Boneless Wings
- A Day in the Life on the Farm: Ham, Cheese, and Spinach Packets
- Sneha’s Recipe: Homemade Gluten Free Bread Flour
- Mayuri’s Jikoni: Kadai Aloo Gobi
- Food Lust People Love: Ricotta Gnocchi à la Poêle
- Sizzling Tastebuds: Wholewheat Garlic Monkey Bread
Thanks for hosting Kalyani and for sharing this delicious pull apart bread.
Sounds delicious! Thanks for hosting this month.
That's a delicious looking monkey bread Kalyani. I'm sure it must have tasted amazing.
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Delicious looking monkey bread, love all that garlicy taste. Enjoyed the challenging theme. Thank you Kalyani.
Garlic bread was my favourite , Thanks for hosting this lovely event.
This is such a lovely bake, Kalyani. I just love the aroma of Garlic pull apart bread while it's baking. Yours look perfect. Amazing share!
My kids love garlic bread to soak up the pasta dishes, lovely share
Of all the breads I have never tried monkey bread. Love this garlic flavored one. I know of atleast one person who will love it.
Monkey bread looks delicious. Love the garlicky flavour in the bread. Absolutely irresistible.
I've only had sweet monkey bread before. I love the idea of these savory ones for breakfast.
Monkey bread looks aromatic and absolutely delicious. I would love to have it with hot soup in dinner. Lovely share Kalyani.
Monkey bread is such a fun thing. I love this whole wheat version.
THanks Wendy
Garlic bread is always loved here and this one sure goes as a side to salad, soup, or as such. YUM!
Thanks Radha.
YUM! You can never go wrong with bread! And when it’s monkey bread with garlic…delicious!!!
Hello garlic, yes please and thank you! This is a wonderfully flavored version of monkey bread and I quite like it in the loaf pan.
That’s so lovely to know,Kelly
This looks so pull-apart tasty! Love garlic!
yay! another win for Garlic
Perfect type of bread for seated parties where everyone can break a piece of bread. Love bread with garlic and your recipe is tempting me to bake a Garlic Monkey bread asap.
Awesome, got for it, Mayuri.