I found this recipe for Pizza Monkey Bread on Pinterest, and just had to try it. Apparently Monkey Bread is a ‘thing’? I’d never heard of it before, but I love the concept! I decided to make this as a treat dinner for us one day when I had the full day off, and P was coming home at dinner time (these days are rare in our industry). I bought a turkey sausage and goat cheese to put in the balls, and a red pepper so there’d be at least some veggies in our dinner that night.

I found it easiest to cut 48 of everything, so I wouldn’t have to go back and cut more sausage in the middle of everything. I rolled 48 little goat cheese balls, and cut 48 little pieces of a red pepper.

I also divided up the dough before starting to roll, to make things easier.

I found it easiest to flatten the dough into circles (like making tiny pizzas), put a piece each of sausage, goat cheese, and pepper in the middle, and pinch the dough closed around everything. Dough is stretchy, so it’ll fit around the most awkward pepper slices. Just mold it like playdough until all the edges meet and you can pinch them.

I found it easiest to dip the finished ball into the frying pan of garlic butter (drool) rather than faff about with the pastry brush.

It was at that point my camera died, so you’ll just have to take my word for it that this was one of the most delicious and fun meals I’d made in a while. I did serve it with pizza sauce for dipping, which made it a little messy. If you included a dab of sauce in the ball though, it’d be a very neat meal. We want to try it again as an appetizer if we have people over, with different fillings. I also want to try a dessert version! Cream cheese and jam maybe?

And, as there are only 2 of us, and this was equivalent to about 2 pizzas, it reheats well in the microwave. Just put however many balls you want (heh) on a plate and nuke!