I made some Pan de Muerto.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koko181/5123836447/

It is a dense sweet bread that is typically made for the Day of the
Dead celebrations Nov 2nd.

It's very yummy with a slight anise flavor.

The step by step is on my blog if you are interested.
http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...de-muerto.html

or
http://tinyurl.com/2czbqww

Here's the recipe I used.


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Pan de Muerto

breads, ethnic

1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon anise seed
2 pkgs active dry yeast
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup Water
1/2 cup Butter
4 large eggs
3-4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
for glaze
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons grated orange zest

Mix all dry ingredients together except the 3 - 4 1/2 cups of flour.
In a small pan, heat the milk, the water, and the butter. Add the
liquid mixture to the dry mixture, beat well.

Mix in the eggs and 1 1/2 cups of flour, beat well.
Put in the rest of the flour, little by little.

Knead the mixture on a floured board for 9 - 10 minutes.
Put the dough in a greased bowl and allow it to rise until it has
doubled in size (about an hour and a half at sea level).

Punch the dough down and reshape it with some "bone" shapes on top to
decorate it. Let it rise another hour.

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 40 minutes.
After baking, glaze, then sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and
colored sugar.

For the glaze
Bring glaze ingredients to a boil for 2 minutes, then apply to bread
with pastry brush.


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