Crock Pot Pumpkin Apple Monkey Bread
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This fall-inspired Crock Pot Pumpkin Apple Monkey Bread is easy to throw in the slow cooker at night, then wake up to a delicious breakfast in the morning.
It’s day two of “Thanksgiving Week” on the blog, and today I’m not focusing on the main meal, the big shebang, the winner winner turkey dinner. Instead I’m introducing you to an amazing new monkey bread recipe for the most important meal of the day, breakfast! 
The true unsung hero of Thanksgiving, the meal that starts it all, the deliciousness that sets you up for all of the deliciousness to come!
But I get it, who wants to spend all morning cooking a big breakfast, to then scarf it down, turn around, head right back into the kitchen and start on dinner?!
That’s why I bring you this totally mouth-watering, mind-blowing, ridiculously-scrumptious crock pot monkey bread recipe that you can make the night before Thanksgiving and it’s ready to go for breakfast the next morning!
We all know that monkey bread is sweet, buttery, sticky goodness, but toss in some pumpkin, apples and maple syrup, and you’ve got yourself one amazing fall-inspired breakfast that everyone will go totally nuts for on Thanksgiving morning!
Ser-i-ous-ly I could not stop eating this! Good thing it made a lot, because otherwise I might have eaten it all before I got any pictures taken! 😉
Crock Pot Pumpkin Apple Monkey Bread Ingredients
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 2 (16.3 oz) cans refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
- 2 cups apples (peeled & diced)
- ¾ cup butter (melted)
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Crock Pot Pumpkin Apple Monkey Bread Instructions
In a large bowl combine the white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
Slice each biscuit into quarters, then add the biscuits and diced apples to the sugar mixture.
Toss everything together, then place in a crock pot set to low.
You can actually add all of the ingredients straight to the crock pot, I simply tossed everything together in a bowl to make the pictures prettier 
In a small bowl, whisk the butter, pumpkin puree & maple syrup together.
Pour this mixture over the biscuits in the crockpot.
Cook on low for 7-8 hours.
And the breakfast of champs is served!
I can 100% guarantee you that I will be making this again for “Friendsgiving” this weekend, and then again on Thanksgiving at home in Oklahoma.
It’s definitely one of my prized recipes. You know those recipes that you’re like “how did I even come up with this, it’s so amazing?” Ok, maybe that just happens in the food blogger world! 😉
If you’re making this, or any other WhitneyBond.com recipe, for the holidays be sure to take a photo, post it on Instagram, tag me (@WhitneyBond) & use the hashtag #WBRecipes!
Crock Pot Pumpkin Apple Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 32.6 oz refrigerated buttermilk biscuits, 2 - 16.3 oz cans
- 2 cups apples, peeled & diced
- ¾ cup butter, melted
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
- Slice each biscuit into quarters, then add the biscuits and diced apples to the sugar mixture.
- Toss everything together, then place in a crock pot set to low.
- In a small bowl, whisk the butter, pumpkin puree & maple syrup together.
- Pour this mixture over the biscuits in the crock pot.
- Cook on low for 7-8 hours.
Nutrition Facts
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12 Comments on “Crock Pot Pumpkin Apple Monkey Bread”
What size crock pot did you use? I need to double the recipe and want to ensure I’ll have a crock pot big enough.
Hi Sarah, I made it in a 6 quart crock pot, but it only filled up about half of the crock pot, so you could easily get away with doubling the recipe in a 6 or 8 quart crock pot. Enjoy!!
If I’m making this for a lunch Thanksgiving dessert can I start it in the morning and cook on high for a shorter cook time? Or should I just cook overnight and turn it to warm when the 7-8 hours are up?
Hi Rachael, I would set it to high, then check it after 2-3 hours to make sure it doesn’t burn, then turn it to low once it’s cooked through. Enjoy 🙂
what could you use in place of the refrigerator rolls for a gluten free version
As far as I know, there are no gluten free refrigerated biscuit doughs at this time. I found this recipe for gluten free monkey bread that might be helpful!
This looks AMAZING!! I can’t wait to make it for my little sis! Except I would rather not use that much butter. Is there a substitute for pat of it that I could use, or can I omit part of it? Thank you so much <3
Thank you Bri! You could try it with less butter. I can’t guarantee the exact same results, as I’ve only made it with the full amount of butter, but I would imagine using half the butter would still get great results. Enjoy 🙂
My sister is allergic to pumpkin but this recipe sounds AMAZING! Any suggestions to swap out the pumpkin for something else?
Would a fruit preserve/jam work?
You could simple omit the pumpkin, and add a little more maple syrup.
I haven’t tried it with fruit preserves, so I can’t guarantee the results with that. I’m not sure if it would work because it’s a different consistency than pumpkin puree.
I would say to try it without the pumpkin puree the first time around. Enjoy 🙂