Healthier Greek Yogurt Monkey Bread
This healthier Greek yogurt monkey bread is so fluffy, easy to make, high protein and made with einkorn flour and coconut sugar!
Ingredients
Dough Ingredients
- 1 & 1/4 cup Nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 & 3/4 cup plus 1 or 2 tbsp all purpose einkorn flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp pink Himalayan salt
Butter + Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar
- 4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 tbsp salted butter make sure you measure the butter while it’s cold and THEN melt it
Icing
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- about 3 tsp almond milk or milk or choice start with 3 tsp and add a tiny bit more to thin, if needed
Instructions
- First, preheat your oven to 350°F. Grab either a square or round 9 inch glass baking dish and grease with butter then set aside.
- Grab a medium bowl and add all of your dry dough ingredients (einkorn flour, baking powder and salt). Mix well. Then add in the Greek yogurt and mix well with a spatula or your hands until a soft dough forms. (The consistency of the dough should be soft and a tiny bit sticky. You should be able to easily mix it with a spatula and knead it with your hands. You want to add more flour ONLY if it’s so sticky that it’s sticking to your fingers and you can’t roll it with your hands. Only add 1 or 2 extra tbsp of flour and not any more or it will affect the texture of the monkey bread).
- Next, grab a sheet of parchment paper and sprinkle a little einkorn flour evenly on the parchment paper. With your hands, form the dough into a big ball and place it on the parchment paper. Roll the dough in the flour until the surface of the dough ball is lightly coated in a little bit of flour. This is just so it’s easier to handle and slice.
- Slice the dough ball into four even pieces. Then slice those four pieces to make eight pieces. Then take those eight pieces and slice them into bite-size pieces. Please see the photos above for reference! Add the pieces of dough to a medium bowl and set aside.
- For these next steps, you are going to add your melted butter and your cinnamon and sugar mixture to the pieces of dough. The melted butter will be added first, and then the cinnamon + sugar mixture will be added. Measure out 3 tablespoons of cold salted butter. Melt the butter and wait for it to cool. Then, in a separate small bowl, add your coconut sugar and cinnamon and stir well. Pour the melted butter in the bowl with the dough and give it a little shake to coat evenly. Then add the cinnamon & sugar mixture. Very gently mix so that the pieces of dough are coated evenly with the melted butter and cinnamon & sugar. You can gently shake the bowl or stir very gently with a spatula. Just be careful not to break the dough.
- Add the mixture evenly to your greased baking dish. Try to put the dough in an even layer but it’s ok if some overlap.
- Bake for about 17-22 minutes on the middle rack. Mine is perfect at 20 minutes. The monkey bread is done when it’s fluffy and bouncy and a knife or toothpick inserted comes out clean. Don’t overbake!
- While the monkey bread is in the oven, make your icing. Mix your powdered sugar and almond milk (or milk of choice) in a small bowl and whisk well. Pour the icing over the monkey bread after it has cooled for about ten minutes and eat while it’s warm. Enjoy!
Notes
-DOUGH: The consistency of the dough should be soft and a tiny bit sticky. Make sure not to add too much flour.
-BUTTER: Make sure to measure the butter while it’s cold and not after it’s already melted. You will pour the butter over the dough first, and then add your cinnamon and sugar mixture.
-ICING: The measurements I provided make enough icing for the whole dish. I personally don’t like to use a lot of icing so you could even do 1/3 cup powdered sugar with 2 teaspoons of milk for less icing.