5 from 15 votes
Gorilla Bread
Gorilla Bread is a sweet, layered pull-apart bread made by stuffing refrigerated biscuits with cream cheese, then coating them in cinnamon sugar and brown sugar butter. The assembly in a bundt pan creates a bread with sticky, gooey sections punctuated by crunchy walnuts, perfect for sharing. Baking transforms the sugar mixture into a rich topping, while the cream cheese inside adds a creamy texture to each biscuit portion.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings:
14
Servings
Calories:
461 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar , packed
- 8 ounce cream cheese package
- 24 ounces Biscuits refrigerated
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts , coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a bundt pan with vegetable oil spray.
- Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Add the butter and brown sugar to a glass bowl to your microwave and melt in 30 second increments until fully melted, then stir well until combined.
- Cut your cream cheese into 20 pieces, spread your biscuits into flattened circles on a large cutting board, place a piece of cream cheese in each one and fold it closed over the cream cheese.
- Roll each closed biscuit in cinnamon and sugar and place it in the bundt pan.
- After ten biscuits, top the biscuits with half the nuts and half the butter mixture.
- Add the remaining biscuits, the remaining nuts and top with the remaining butter/brown sugar mixture.
- Top with any remaining cinnamon sugar.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from bundt pan by placing cake stand or plate upside down over the bundt pan and flipping very carefully.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
461kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
49g
(16%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
28g
(43%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Cholesterol
36mg
(12%)
Sodium
572mg
(24%)
Potassium
207mg
(4%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
25g
(50%)
Vitamin A
420IU
(8%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
71mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 14 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 461
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 461kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 49g | 16% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 28g | 43% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 36mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 572mg | 24% |
| Potassium | 207mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 25g | 50% |
| Vitamin A | 420IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 71mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.