Breads & doughs
Pan de Muerto (Day of the Dead Bread)
Fluffy sweet bread flavored with orange blossom, typical of Day of the Dead.
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 500 g bread flour
- 120 g sugar
- 10 g fresh yeast
- 120 g warm milk
- 4 eggs
- 120 g butter
- 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1 pinch salt
- Extra sugar and butter for decorating
Step-by-step
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- Put the warm milk and yeast in the mixing bowl and mix 10 sec/speed 3.
- Add the flour, sugar, eggs, orange blossom water, zest and salt.
- Knead 5 min/closed lid/dough mode.
- Add the butter in pieces and knead again 5 min/closed lid/dough mode.
- Let the dough rise, covered, 1 hour until doubled in size.
- Shape into rounds, save some dough for the bone shapes and decorate the top.
- Let rise 30 more min and bake 25 min at 180°C.
- Brush with melted butter and coat in sugar as soon as it comes out of the oven.
Tips
- Orange blossom water is key to the traditional aroma.
- Don't overbake it so it stays light and fluffy.
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