Some of the best things come in a Bundt

Monkey Bread.

The. Best. Thing. Ever.  Everyone loved it "better than cinnamon rolls".  Lily declared that it would be her birthday cake this year & Antonin was sad that his birthday was already over & therefore, too, his chance to have a Monkey Bread birthday cake.  I'd never made it before & so, having very little white sugar in the house & unable to make cookies (but needing to bake), I thought I'd give it a shot.  It was a little  bigger job than I'd first anticipated, having to make a batch of "simple dough" & then go forward with the recipe- but not hard.  (I made more than the intended 36 uniform balls & I believe that just made it better- more ffrequent caramelly goodness.)  I used the recipe from my favorite baking book (thank you Erin) "The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book"- the cookbook put out by the Cook's Illustrated people.  I love Cook's Illustrated- so interesting & informative- but my only complaint comes with their assumption that I have every appealing cooking tool on hand.  I'm happy to hear about these tools & machines that would make my life easier.  I'm not happy to be following recipes that assume I have them & don't even allow for the thought that I may be doing things by hand- ie without this fabulous tool you'll need to use more flour/time/etc...  Humph.  Like recipes that give me "a box of cake mix" or a "can of soup" as ingredients.  (Although that is an unforgivable crime.)