World Flavors Cookbook

Pan de Muerto

Mexican Day of the Dead bread — a soft, orange-blossom scented sweet bread topped with bone-shaped dough pieces and sugar.

Cuisine: Mexico

Ingredients

• 500g flour
• 100g sugar
• 100g butter, softened
• 4 eggs
• 7g dried yeast
• 100ml warm milk
• 2 tbsp orange blossom water
• Zest of 1 orange
• 1 tsp salt
• Sugar for coating

Instructions

1. Dissolve yeast in warm milk with a little sugar.
2. Mix flour, sugar, and salt. Add eggs, butter, yeast mixture, orange blossom water, and zest.
3. Knead 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
4. Rise 1.5 hours.
5. Shape into round loaves. Make bone-shaped strips from dough and place on top.
6. Rise 30 minutes.
7. Bake at 180C for 25-30 minutes.
8. Brush warm bread with melted butter. Coat with sugar.