How to make WholeWheat Garlic Monkey Bread | Easy Breads for Beginners
Let's bake this garlicky, fun to make and eat Pull Apart Monkey Bread. Best served warm with a soup and salad.
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
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.
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