I have titled this blog in honor of Tara's other blog "Not Just 90210." If you haven't checked it out, you must. J and T do an amazing job (I can't believe she picked Tango!!! WHAT was she thinking? She and Chance were MADE for each other! Did you SEE how he rode that dolphin???) Enough about television, on to the cream cheese...
Here's the recipe for Gorilla Bread (not Gorilla Cupcakes):
(recipe may be doubled depending on the bundt pan)
Flour, for pan
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
20 buttermilk canned refrigerator biscuits
8 ounces cream cheese, cut into 20 cubes
1 stick butter, melted, plus more for pan
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups walnuts (optional)
Butter and flour a bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine sugar and cinnamon. Separate biscuits and flatten each slightly with your hand. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon and sugar mixture onto each biscuit. Place one cube of cream cheese in center of biscuit and fold in half to resemble a half moon. Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; remove from the heat. Place 1/2 cup nuts on the bottom of the bundt pan and then line the pan with a row of cream cheese filled biscuits. Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Drizzle half of the butter mixture on top and then repeat steps, beginning with nuts. Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid sticking.
Sounds delicious, right? And if you like cream cheese, it's to DIE for. (P.S. Monkey Bread is the same sans cream cheese...clearly better for you so not as good...) To turn Gorilla Bread into cupcakes, put 2-3 cream cheese biscuits in each cupcake hole (cupcake hole? Is that what they're called?? Whatever, you know what I mean...) And voila! Gorilla cupcakes. Now if anyone out there is impressed by my baking skills, don't be. Nate made these and I can only take credit for eating them...mmm...and here's the requisite proof that the Gorilla Cupcakes did indeed exist. Enjoy!
