My New Favorite Holiday Bread

It's November which means baking season is in full swing! I love banana nut, pumpkin bread, and cinnamon monkey pull aparts. I'd never heard of gorilla bread until a gal I work with brought it in the other day. It was such a hit I decided to make it for our house guests this weekend and the reaction at home was the same! Grab a cup of coffee to sip because this bread is a rich tasty treat.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese*
2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits (10 count)
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts*

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon. In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside. Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes. Press the biscuits out with your fingers and sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon sugar. Place a cube of cream cheese in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the nuts into the bottom of the bundt pan. Place half of the prepared biscuits in the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, pour half of the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle on 1/2 cup of nuts. Layer the remaining biscuits on top, sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar, pour the remaining butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup of nuts. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Place a plate on top and invert.

*I used pecans instead of walnuts and about half the cream cheese.

This is a Paula Dean recipe courtesy of the Food Network.