Step 1

Add the yeast, sugar and warm milk to a bowl and allow them to get frothy.

Step 2

Now add the sourdough starter and mix until well combined.

Step 3

Now add the flour and salt and mix into a rough dough. You can use your hands to do this or a dough scraper - whatever you find more natural to you. Allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes.

Step 4

Now it's time to knead in the butter. Add the butter a little at a time to ensure that it incorporates more easily (see notes for extra tips on this step).

Step 5

Cover the dough and allow it to rise. You want it to double.

Step 6

Before you can assemble the monkey bread, you need to prepare the melted butter and cinnamon sugar mixture listed in the ingredient list above.

Step 7

Take the dough that has doubled and turn it out onto the counter. You need to form the dough into small balls. I have chosen 30g per ball, but anywhere between 20 to 30g is perfect. Weigh each piece and form into a small ball. They don't have to be perfect as they will expand inside the bread pan.

Step 8

Dip each of the balls into the melted butter, then into the cinnamon sugar and then layer the balls inside a well buttered bundt pan until you've used all the balls.

Step 9

Cover the pan and allow the dough balls to proof and rise again.

Step 10

Once the dough has risen in the bundt pan and is light and fluffy, it's time to add the sauce and bake the monkey bread.I recommend preheating the oven at this stage, so it's ready once you've added the sauce. Preheat the oven to 350F (175C).

Step 11

Melt the butter and then stir in the brown sugar and vanilla to create the brown sugar and butter sauce.

Step 12

When you're ready to bake the sourdough monkey bread, pour the sauce all over the dough balls. Gently tap the bundt pan on the counter a few times to ensure that the sauce goes all the way through the dough.If the sauce seems like it's too much, you don't have to add it all. The amount you need will depend on the size of bundt pan you use.

Step 13

PRO TIP - If the bundt pan is quite full, place it on a cookie sheet before placing it in the oven so that the base of your oven doesn't get sugar sauce dribbled on it.

Step 14

Bake the sourdough monkey bread on the lowest shelf of your oven for around 40 minutes - or until it's baked through. Keep an eye on it as the top will burn really easily!If it's burning easily in the oven, pop a sheet of aluminium foil over the pan to protect the top.

Step 15

When the monkey bread is cooked, take it out of the oven and let it sit for around 15 minutes. Be very careful as the sugar sauce will be very bubbly and hot!

Step 16

Place a wire rack on the base of the bundt pan and carefully invert the sourdough monkey bread. If you want to catch all of the caramelised sauce, use a plate instead of a wire rack.

Step 17

Mix together the sugar, milk and vanilla until it forms a thick paste. Drizzle this all over the sourdough monkey bread.