Pan de Muerto – Mexican Bread of the Dead

Pan de Muerto – Mexican Bread of the Dead

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If you visit Mexico in October, you'll come across Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead) in bakeries and markets and even in the handcarts of street vendors. It's a

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Ingredients

  • zest of 1 orange
  • 60 grams (2 oz) raw sugar
  • 150 grams (5.3 oz) milk
  • 1 tsp orange blossom water
  • 1 heaped tsp dried yeast
  • 500 grams (17.5 oz) baker’s flour
  • 1 tsp fine salt
  • 1 tsp ground anise
  • 2 eggs
  • 100 grams (3.5 oz) unsalted butter, softened
  • caster sugar, for sprinkling after baking

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