Rum Glazed Eggnog Monkey Bread

Ingredients

Bread

• 1/2 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast (recommends bread machine yeast)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Rum Glaze

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup whipping (heavy) cream
• 1 teaspoon rum extract

Instructions

1. Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except rum glaze and pecans in bread machine pan in the order recommended by your machine manufacturer.
2. Select Dough/Manual setting. Do not use delay setting.
3. Grease a 12 cup Bundt pan. Prepare rum glaze. Pour half of the glaze into the pan. sprinkle with 1/4 cup of pecans.
4. Remove dough from pan using lightly floured hands. Divide into 30 equal pieces; arrange in layers over glaze in pan. Pour remaining glaze over dough sprinkling remaining pecans over this.
5. Cover and let rise in warm place for about 45 minutes or until double. Dough is ready when indentation remains when touched.
6. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
7. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
8. Let stand for 5 minutes.
9. Turn upside down onto serving plate; leave pan over bread for 1 to 2 minutes to allow glaze to coat bread.
10. Serve warm.

Notes

If you don't have a Bundt pan, use a 10 x 4 inch angel food cake pan lined with aluminum foil.

Attribution

Gold Medal Flour