Short-Cut Monkey Bread - La Times

2 packages refrigerator crescent rolls

1/2 cup butter -- melted

Grated Parmesan cheese -- optional

Unwrap crescent roll packages and separate triangles.

Dip each triangle in melted butter and place, overlapping in layers, sprinkling each layer with Parmesan cheese if desired, in 8-inch ring mold.

Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

Bake at 350 degrees until golden, 30 to 40 minutes. Serve hot.

6 servings. Each serving: 429 calories; 743 mg sodium; 41 mg cholesterol; 31 grams fat; 29 grams carbohydrates; 5 grams protein; 0 fiber.

Recipe from Rose Dosti and the LA Time Recipe Archive.

Cheese Monkey Bread was a rage in the `60s and `70s, when bakeries in Los Angeles began selling it. Clever readers reconstructed the recipe, and we`ve been printing it ever since: See Cheese Monkey Bread - LA Times. The staff at the LA Times later developed this short-cut recipe.

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