Short-Cut Monkey Bread - La Times

1/2 cup butter -- melted

Grated Parmesan cheese -- optional

Unwrap crescent roll packages and separate triangles.

Dip each triangle in melted butter and place, overlapping in layers, sprinkling each layer with Parmesan cheese if desired, in 8-inch ring mold.

Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

350 degrees until golden,

30 to 40 minutes. Serve hot.

6 servings. Each serving:

429 calories;

743 mg sodium;

41 mg cholesterol;

31 grams fat;

29 grams carbohydrates;

5 grams protein;

0 fiber.

Recipe from Rose Dosti and the LA Time Recipe Archive.

60s and '

70s, when bakeries in Los Angeles began selling it. Clever readers reconstructed the recipe, and we've been printing it ever since: See Cheese Monkey Bread - LA Times. The staff at the LA Times later developed this short-cut recipe.