Maple Pecan Monkey Muffins

Happy Friday! After an entire week of rain, the sun is finally out this morning! The only good thing about this week's rain is that baking is the perfect activity for a rainy afternoon. So baking is what I did and I made you these Maple Pecan Monkey Muffins. Have you guys ever had Monkey Bread? Small, sticky pieces of dough covered in brown sugar and cinnamon, baked together in a bundt pan. Sounds good right? Well these muffins are individual sized versions of the popular recipe but still just as good. 

These honestly might be the easiest muffins I have ever made. The recipe calls for refrigerated biscuit dough, which is cut up into small pieces and dipped into a mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans. The best part is the ooey gooey maple syrup butter on the bottom of each muffin. Feel free to add more maple syrup to the top of each muffin if you like.

Do you guys have any fun plans for this weekend? My boyfriend and I planned to go Apple Picking on Sunday, but it looks like it is supposed to rain again all weekend. Bummer. Hopefully we get a little bit of sun at some point. All of this rain is also messing up the 5K training I am supposed to be doing. If you know anything about me, you know that I am not a runner. And all of this rain is just one more excuse not to run, which is not good with my race just about one month away. Yikes! Maybe I will go for a run now while it is nice out...or maybe I will just go have another muffin :) 

Maple Pecan Monkey Muffins

Recipe from Very Culinary

1 can of refrigerated Grands Biscuits

3 tbsp unsalted butter

1/4 cup maple syrup

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup pecans, chopped

1 tsp cinnamon

Melt maple syrup and butter in the microwave. Pour mixture into each cavity of the muffin pan, distributing evenly throughout each. 

In a large bowl, mix the brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon until combined. 

Cut each biscuit into eight small pieces of equal size. Place each piece into the brown sugar and pecan mixture, making such that they are evenly coated with the mixture. 

Place five coated biscuit pieces into each cavity of the muffin pan. 

Sprinkle any remaining brown sugar and pecan mixture on the top of each muffin.

Bake for 18 minutes or until muffins are golden brown in color.

Enjoy :)