Baking - Monkey Balls!

Ok, fine. The more mature would continue to call this delectable dessert by its given name, Monkey Bread. But when something intends to be dessert then not-so-secretly becomes bkfst, + lunch + dinner, as its become in our household, the pet name that gets such frequent use begins to take a strong hold on the vocabulary. Monkey Balls. heh, heh.

These were gifts from Williams-Sonoma. All risen and ready to bake.
Oh. My. G.
(as in Glorious)

Here are a few recipes, seemingly varied in difficulty. Tackle the Balls, people. Your weekends will never be the same:

• Pillsbury Monkey Balls - they push their product, but so/so/so easy. no excuse.
• Food Network Monkey Balls - lets you watch the stuff rise...i like that. advanced easy.
  
• Martha Monkey Balls - for "kids"? really, martha? geesh. difficult.
• Paula Deen's Gorilla Balls - Add a mini cube of cream cheese in the middle and you can serve big ole gorilla balls to your family for a glorious Sunday brunch. easy.
  

And a few tips for you. 'Cause I'm so wise and full of monkey ball knowledge:

• If mixing your own dough (i think any sweat bread dough could work!) use the stand mixer. Otherwise, bear down for mad/mad/mad stickiness all over your fingers.
• Looks like most recommend using an angel pan as opposed to a bundt pan, but whatevs. Throw the stuff into any or all the pans you own and just keep an eye on the oven.
• Leftovers are great the next day, we micro'd for 45 sec. Jamie also attests that they're pretty good micro'd ala mode for dessert (seems too sweet even for me).
  
• Once you grab the sweet, sweet balls maybe try some savory ones? I'm thinking same process, but with parmesan-reggiano, chives, parsely, and loads of garlic powder. loads.
  

# of times I got to use "balls" in this post = 9.
Oh dear. I'm almost ashamed to call these folks my people.