Neiman-Marcus Monkey Bread

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup butter 
• 0.5 cup butter melted
• 1 package yeast dry
• 3.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 cup milk 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 cup sugar 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• kugelhopf pan

Directions

1. Combine milk, 1/2 cup butter, sugar, and salt in a saucepan; heat until butter melts. Cool to 105 to 115; add yeast, stirring until dissolved.
2. Place flour in a large bowl; add milk mixture, and stir until well blended.
3. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85), free from drafts, 1 hour and 20 minutes or until doubled in bulk. Punch dough down.
4. Roll dough into 1 1/2-inch balls; dip each ball in melted butter.
5. Layer balls of dough in a 10- inch tube or bundt pan. Cover and repeat rising procedure 45 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
6. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes. Cool in pan 5 minutes; invert onto serving plate.