Mix and Knead Dough
1-Combine the flour, yeast, sugar and salt: Combine the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in bowl, stir to mix.
2-Add butter, eggs, milk, vanilla and orange: Add butter, eggs, milk, vanilla and orange zest.
3-Mix to combine and form a shaggy: Mix to combine and form a shaggy dough – about 1 minute. (at this point I cover and let the dough rest 15-30 minutes) but if you don’t have time, just proceed – the 1st rising time may just be a little longer.
4-After resting, knead for 3-4 more minutes: After resting, knead for 3-4 more minutes. Dough will still be a bit sticky.

First Rise of Dough
5-Grease the inside of a bowl with: Grease the inside of a bowl with a little oil (about a tablespoon). Place your ball of dough into the oil, then turn it so the oiled side is upwards (this helps the dough from drying out.) Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, waxed paper or a clean kitchen towel and place in a warm spot (80 degrees or so) to rise. (Sometimes at this point I’ll snap a quick picture of the dough on my phone to help determine later when it has risen and doubled in size)
6-Once it’s doubled in size (check your: Once it’s doubled in size (check your photo if you took one) and you can push a finger into the dough, pull out the finger and if the indentation remains, it’s risen enough. Can take an hour or more depending upon how warm your room is and other factors too. Rich yeast doughs with butter and eggs tend to take longer to rise.

Forming the Monkey Bread
7-You’ll need an area to work with: You’ll need an area to work with the dough. A floured surface, a sheet of parchment or a silicone baking mat work well. You’ll want your melted butter in a bowl you can dunk dough balls into. (I use a cereal type bowl) In another same size bowl mix up you sugar, cinnamon and orange zest. I use 2 forks to help with the dunking and rolling.
8-Spray your Bundt pan with baking spray: Spray your Bundt pan with baking spray. (the kind with flour included)
9-Divide the dough into 4 portions: Divide the dough into 4 portions.
10-Take one of the 4 portions and: Take one of the 4 portions and use your hands to roll it into a snake shape – about 12-14 inches long. Cut the snake into 4 equal pieces. Cut each of the 4 pieces into 3 more pieces, you should have 12 pieces.
11-Roll each piece into a ball shape,: Roll each piece into a ball shape, dunk in melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar, then place in prepared Bundt pan. I find I can put several balls in each bowl at once and stir them around. Repeat the process with the other 3 sections of dough. So you’ll end up with about 48 total butter and cinnamon sugar coated pieces of dough in your pan. YUM!

Second Rise of Dough
12-Cover your pan with plastic wrap and: Cover your pan with plastic wrap and let rise for about 30 minutes. It’s okay if it doesn’t double. You’ll see some expansion happening where the cinnamon sugar coating forms cracks on the dough balls.
13-Preheat oven to 350 degrees F: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Oven rack should be in lower-middle position.

Syrup
14-In a small saucepan combine brown sugar,: In a small saucepan combine brown sugar, butter and orange juice. Bring to simmer, stir and simmer for a minute. Once all the brown sugar has dissolved – take off heat.

Bake: 350 Degrees F
15-When ready to bake, remove plastic wrap: When ready to bake, remove plastic wrap and drizzle syrup evenly over the monkey bread dough balls. Cover pan with foil. The foil is going to trap steam and help the dough balls get really puffed and fluffy. Bake for 20 minutes covered. Then carefully remove the foil – hot steam will come out. Then continue baking for another 20 minutes or until the top gets all golden brown. (Bake time total about 40 minutes)
16-Remove the pan to a cooling rack: Remove the pan to a cooling rack and let rest 5 minutes.
17-Place a heat safe platter on top: Place a heat safe platter on top the Bundt pan and invert to release the hot monkey bread from the pan.

Orange Glaze
18-In a small bowl stir together (also: In a small bowl stir together (also works well in a mini chopper) powered sugar and 2 tablespoons of the orange juice. Add more juice as needed to reach desired texture. After monkey bread has cooled part way. Drizzle with the orange glaze.