Monkey Bread and a Clean Oven posted by Something Swanky Pin Share Tweet Email SomethingSwanky is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. Monkey Bread is probably my favorite recipe to develop. I’m in love with it, because you can take it in so many different directions… different flavored breads, different toppings, different fillings, etc. I love a recipe that has endless possibilities, and Monkey Bread definitely fits the bill. Plus, it’s like the ultimate comfort food, right? It is literally a pile of ooey, gooey, aromatic, freshly baked and warm carbohydrates that you pull apart with your fingers, which makes licking your fingers an absolute requirement. Does life get any better than that?? Why, yes. YES IT DOES! Because, okay, let’s face it. The ooey-est, gooey-est desserts are always the messiest, right? Always! No matter how careful I am, I always manage to make a gigantic sticky mess in my oven. Usually, it’s because I think I can double the recipe when I can’t. Anyone else have this problem? I’ll fill my bundt pan with the dough and filling, and then I think “why, that’s only halfway full. I bet I could double this and it would be just fine…” Invariably… it turns out that I can’t double the recipe after all. And, instead, there’s an overflow of sticky sweet goodness in the oven (which does not smell good at all!). Oh, and now I have an oven to clean. Lovely. Who has time to clean an oven when there’s Monkey Bread to be eaten?? Good news. It looks like LG heard about my little problem. So they came up with a rockin’ new oven that will have the oven clean in minutes, not hours– and with no smelly or harsh chemicals! All you need is water! It’s called the LG’s EasyClean™ Double Oven Range, and its sole purpose for existing is to make it possible for us to eat our favorite sticky, messy recipes and still have a clean kitchen!! Pretty impressive, right? It provides a quick and convenient way to clean your oven, while still being able to use the conventional self-clean method. Three simple steps take from your “ick” to clean in a matter of minutes: spray the inside of the oven with water, press the EasyClean button, and in just 20 minutes you can wipe away any residual bits of grime! Pretty impressive right?? Learn more about EasyClean Double Oven Range here! And now that we don’t have to worry about cleaning up after ourselves, is anyone else so in the mood for Monkey Bread?? Now it’s your turn to tell me – what is YOUR favorite recipe that leaves your oven messy? Let me know in the comments for your chance to win your own LG EasyClean™ Double Oven Range! Rolo Stuffed Monkey Bread Carrot Cake Monkey Bread Pumpkin Monkey Bread Red Velvet Monkey Bread Easy Cinnabon Monkey Bread Sweepstakes Rules: No duplicate comments. You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods: Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post Tweet (public message) about this promotion; including exactly the following unique term in your tweet message: “#SweepstakesEntry”; and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post Blog about this promotion, including a disclosure that you are receiving a sweepstakes entry in exchange for writing the blog post, and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry. This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winner will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected. The Official Rules are available here. This sweepstakes runs from 5/22/13 – 7/15/13.
well, I pretty much overflow everything, but usually its melty cheese from pizza Fridays – I really need this vien Reply
My favorite messy oven recipe would have to be homemade sticky buns. I usually let them rise too long and then the buttery/sugary mixture pours out everywhere. Reply
Hi Ashton! I just wanted to let you know that the link to the Pumpkin Monkey Bread recipe actually goes to the Carrot Cake one :(.. That’s it :). Gr8 post, btw! I’ve never made Monkey Bread but it sounds divine, so I’ll go search for that recipe on your blog now.. XO. Reply
My favorite messy oven recipe is any casserole I add cheese to because I love cheese and always add too much! My tweet: https://twitter.com/SWarren421/status/337066581421064192 Reply
I hate that smell when self cleaning the oven! It can’t be good for us, I love how they finally made a oven that cleans in safer way. Reply
I always seem to think that the broccoli casserole at Thanksgiving will fit inn one pan and I almost always end up with cheese overflowing! Reply
I like to oven bake my bacon….can you say grease on the inside of the oven? And yes sometimes my heavy on the topping pizza spills over slightly. But boy are they both yummy. Reply
Any fruit Pie…………ALWAYS! I think I’ll grab it before it bubbles over. Nope. And I always think of the foil under the pan AFTER the boil-over…….sigh…. That is some delicious looking monkey bread-I haven’t made one for I don’t know how long, I’ve now got a yearnin for some. 🙂 And that’s one beautiful range-wow! Reply
I won’t lie. When I tried, one time only, to make bacon in the oven, I got grease everywhere. It rolled right off the rack down to the bottom. It was not very pleasant. Reply
I love to make homemade apple or cherry pie (with cherries my grandkids and I pick in Door County). Sometimes the sweet goodness ends up out of the crust. Reply
I love this giveaway! I would love , love, love to win this oven as I overflow things all the time. In fact, my oven needs a dreaded cleaning right now! The last thing I overflowed was a caramelly apple pie! What a mess!! I really like your recipes. This is a very cute font for your comments! Reply
My favorite messy oven recipe is probably my cinnamon streusel banana bread. I always overload the streusel so it spills over the sides. But OMG is it worth it! I LOVE your monkey bread roundup!! Reply
I can’t say I have a favorite thing to make that overflows. However, I have made a few things that did and I am not happy when it does. The last thing was a GF Peach cake. Oh, what a mess it was. That would be nice to have a stove to clean that quick. Reply
Hm…I don’t recall at the moment anything that’s messy, but these monkey bread recipes would have to be it when I try them! Reply
Apple pie. Every time! I love to pile it full of yummy apples which leads to a s spill over every single time. So yummy and worth it though. Reply
I always lose a french fry or two when i’m flipping them in the oven. they end up burning and leaving a big charred mess. gross. Reply
when i bake sweet potatoes. Cooking potatoes directly on the rack always works best for me, but those sweet potatoes, their juices caramelize and get all over the place. big pain to clean! Reply
I would have to say Lasagna. I always seem to fill my pan too full and it bubbles over the side. Reply
My favorite messy-oven recipe would have to be my Lemon pound cake – I always forget I have a smaller bundt cake pan than the recipe requires, and it seems to always overflow… but the product is still absolutely delicious!! I would love the new range, the oven part of mine is on the fritz and if it goes I’m not sure how long I’ll have to go without baking! Reply
Almost always apple pie. I would love to have this double oven. I have had my range for many years. Thanks! Reply
I need monkey bread in my life. Pronto. Thanks for making me realize that! My messy oven meal? Baked mac n cheese. The wife makes it but I make her fill it as much as she can because I could pretty much drink that cheese with a straw. I don’t care how bad my oven is afterwards because it would be worth it. I could eat mac n cheese everyday and be happy. Reply
Overflow? Wow. Let me count the ways. Pie’s overflowing with their juicy goodness. Oven fried veggies, spraying oil everywhere. Something with tomato sauce spilling down the sides and onto the oven walls and floor. Yup. You just about name it and it has fallen somewhere in the oven. Reply
Anything that involves caramel always gets spilled — just because it’s the hardest to clean of course! Reply
Sometimes I try to bake smaller cakes and always end up putting too much batter in the smaller dish and bam all over the oven floor. Reply
I usually have a mess in my oven when I make homemade chicken pot pie…it boils over every time. 🙂 Reply
Lasagna, I always add a little extra cheese and it never fails cheese explosion when will I ever learn Reply
Any time I marinate anything and put it under the broiler, not only does it splatter onto the upper portion of the oven, but overflows onto bottom, too. Boo hiss! Reply
What a great giveaway! Anything that bubbles over (Iasagna) or splatters (barbecue chicken) makes for a messy oven! Reply
It never fails that my berry or peach cobblers always overflow and drip down the sides of the baking dish, making the worst sticky messes in my oven. jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com Reply
tweet – https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/338347394636857344 jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com Reply
I make roast chicken often, and it’s probably my favorite thing to have for dinner. The grease always splatters all over the oven, and sometimes it even smokes. Reply
My favorite recipe to make in the oven that ALWAYS makes a mess? Pumpkin pie! Somehow my pan never seems to be big enough for all the yummy filling….and for a bad smell? Burned cinnamon and nutmeg! Yuck! For a really close second, chicken enchiladas…..nothing is worse than scraping burnt cheese out of the bottom of the oven! Reply
With the kids helping to cook, it seems ALL my recipes leave the oven messy. But the exploding-baked-potato incident stands out in my mind, I must admit. Reply
I use parchment paper under my cookies to keep the pans clean. Once in a while the paper slides off the pan, fully loaded, as I remove the pan from the oven. What a mess! Reply
I tend to overfill my cake pans so I can level them to get a perfect two inch layer, but sometimes they run over into the oven. Reply
You had me at ooey gooey. Oh my gosh, I’m not even kidding, I stinking need this today. What is my deal?! I just want treats!!! Reply
Apple Pie always makes a huge mess in my oven. We just bought this house six months ago and the oven is terrible. Would really like to win this! Reply
When I make my pumpkin bread, even if I skimp on the ingredients, it always explodes or overflows in the oven! Stinky, stinky oven. Reply
oooh – so many but my grandmother’s capirotada and enchiladas! yummy! tvollowitz at aol dot com Reply
The recipe that leaves my oven messy is my enchiladas! I stuff the baking dishes full and use lots of cheese and sauce which, even if I cover them, tends to bubble and slosh over the edge when I pull them out 🙂 Reply
Chicken pot pies always seem to eek out and make a mess in my oven. onefrugalgirl AT gmail DOT com Reply
Cheese enchiladas, my family loves them but the cheese and sauce splatters all over the oven making a big mess for me to clean up. Reply
I bake cinnamon rolls on Christmas and Easter. They have they googiness the your monkey bread has. When that drips on your stove—well is smoke alarm bells instead of Christmas bells. Reply
Oh that money bread looks delish! In my house it’s the berries – berry pie, berry cobbler and the berry explosions. Reply
Since I’m realtively new to the baking scene, I haven’t had much in the way of mishaps, but I can tell you that making ice cream cupcakes can get really messy when they tip over! Reply
My favorite recipe that leaves my oven messy is the meatball pasta bake. It has lots of sauce and lots of cheese. It always bubbled over. This oven would be perfect and so easy to clean up. amy [at] utry [dot] it Reply
My grandmother made monkey bread all the time when I was growing up! Your’s looks yummy, I will have to try it for myself. My messy dish is lasagna from prep to the table! Reply
my husbands homemade loaded pasta dish always leaves the stove an unreal mess. Thanks for the chance to win. Reply
Yum! I love Monkey Bread! One of my favorite (there are many!) messy dishes is peach (or any fruit, really) pie. Reply
Just regular bacon is my favorite thing, and when my father cooks it he gets the oven very messy. Then of course leaves it for others to clean! Reply
Cherry pie always seems to bubble over and make a mess, but I’m going to make it this week anyway. Reply
