Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread
2 cans (17.5 oz.) Pillsbury Grands cinnamon rolls
2 medium tart apples, peeled and chopped
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsps. cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, melted
Caramel sauce (optional)
Walnuts, chopped (optional)
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening or cooking spray. Set aside icing tubs from cinnamon rolls. Separate each can of dough into 5 rolls; cut into quarters. Place apples in small bowl. In another small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. Add 1/2 cup sugar mixture to apples; toss to coat. Sprinkle half of apple pieces in pan. Roll half of dough pieces in sugar mixture; place on apples in pan. Drizzle with caramel sauce and sprinkle with walnuts, if desired. Sprinkle with remaining apple pieces. Roll remaining dough pieces in sugar mixture; place on apples. Pour melted butter over top. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown across top. Cool 10 minutes; run knife around edge of pan to loosen. Place heatproof serving plate over pan and turn over; remove pan. Cool 10 minutes longer. Drizzle reserved icing over top of bread, allowing some to drizzle down sides. Pull apart to serve; serve warm.