Pizza Monkey Bread

Recipe by: Cook’s Country February/March 2014 modified by the O’Connor clan

Servings: 5

Amount	Ingredient	Prep Notes
2 recipes	Pizza Dough	Or 2 lbs of any other pizza dough
12 oz	Pepperoni	sliced or diced
3 tablespoons	olive oil	plus or minus a bit
3/4 cups	Parmesan cheese	grated
1/2 teaspoon	dried oregano
8 sticks	Mozzarella cheese sticks

microwave pepperoni in a bowl for 60-90 seconds to render off fat. Move pepperoni to a paper towel lined plate, reserving pepperoni oil in bowl
stir olive oil into pepperoni oil and use a few teaspoons to oil a 12 cup Bundt pan
take one pound of dough and roll it into a ~18x9” rectangle
lay out half of the pepperoni evenly along the entire length of the dough rectangle, running parallel to and ~2” from the long edge
lay down four Mozzarella sticks next to the pepperoni, and sprinkle half of the Parmesan and oregano on top of them
tightly roll up the dough, then cut the resulting dough log in half, thirds, and then half again to get 12 chunks, sealing the ends after each cut
repeat the previous four steps with the remaining pound of dough
take each little ball of dough and brush lightly with the oil mixture to prevent sticking, then place in the Bundt pan
cover and allow to rise for ~30 minutes while preheating oven to 400°F. Adjust oven racks to mid-lower position
when oven is preheated and dough has had a chance to rise, place Bundt pan in oven and cook until browned, ~30 minutes
let cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan