The Blended Blog: Monkey Bread

C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional

Tuesday April 1, 2025

"Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth."-Song of Solomon 1:2

For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour's passion, and for some little time to come we shall linger there. In beginning a new month, let us seek the same desires after our Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps at once to Him; there are no prefatory words; she does not even mention His name; she is in the heart of her theme at once, for she speaks of Him who was the only Him in the world to her. How bold is her love! it was much condescension which permitted the weeping penitent to anoint His feet with spikenard-it was rich love which allowed the gentle Mary to sit at His feet and learn of Him-but here, love, strong, fervent love, aspires to higher tokens of regard, and closer signs of fellowship. Esther trembled in the presence of Ahasuerus, but the spouse in joyful liberty of perfect love knows no fear. If we have received the same free spirit, we also may ask the like. By kisses we suppose to be intended those varied manifestations of affection by which the believer is made to enjoy the love of Jesus. The kiss of reconciliation we enjoyed at our conversion, and it was sweet as honey dropping from the comb. The kiss of acceptance is still warm on our brow, as we know that He hath accepted our persons and our works through rich grace. The kiss of daily, present communion, is that which we pant after to be repeated day after day, till it is changed into the kiss of reception, which removes the soul from earth, and the kiss of consummation which fills it with the joy of heaven. Faith is our walk, but fellowship sensibly felt is our rest. Faith is the road, but communion with Jesus is the well from which the pilgrim drinks. O lover of our souls, be not strange to us; let the lips of Thy blessing meet the lips of our asking; let the lips of Thy fulness touch the lips of our need, and straightway the kiss will be effected.

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Monkey Bread

Monkey Bread
(sorry, forgot to take pictures)

Ingredients
1 & 1/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 large cans refrigerated biscuits (about 32oz. total)
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons margarine
1/4 cup maple syrup

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9 inch bundt pan. Mix together 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut biscuit dough into quarter. Roll each quarter in cinnamon sugar, then toss to coat evenly. Place loosely and evenly in the pan. Placing remaining 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tsp. cinnamon, margarine, and syrup in a sauce pan over very low heat. Heat just until margarine is melted. Do not overheat. Stir to combine. Add any leftover cinnamon sugar from the coating/tossing process. Pour evenly over dough in pan. Bake in oven 30-45 minutes or until top is lightly brown and firm when tapped. Coo. in pan 5 minutes. Turn out onto a serving plate and watch them go bananas.