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.


** Exported from Now You're Cooking! v5.84 **

koko
--

Food is our common ground, a universal experience
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www.kokoscornerblog.com
updated 10/30/10
Watkins natural spices
www.apinchofspices.com

koko wrote:
>
> 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.

Yes, pan = bread, muerto = death.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:35:51 -0700, koko > wrote:

>
>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.
>

That looks really lovely, Koko. I'm thinking of packing a picnic and
heading for the cemetery!

Boron

On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:
>
> 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.


I thought that was November 1. It's the Mexican celebration of All
Saint's Day, isn't it?

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On Oct 30, 6:50*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:
>
>
>
> > 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.
>
> I thought that was November 1. *It's the Mexican celebration of All
> Saint's Day, isn't it?

Hawaii is so close to the Int. Date Line that I guess they get to
fudge it a bit.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder

--Bryan

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:50:24 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>I thought that was November 1. It's the Mexican celebration of All
>Saint's Day, isn't it?

November 1st is Dia de los Angeles, Day of the angels, for all the
babies and children that have passed on. For that day some of the
breads are made in the shapes of angels. Nov. 2nd for all the others.

koko
--

Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

www.kokoscornerblog.com
updated 10/30/10
Watkins natural spices
www.apinchofspices.com

In article om>,
Janet Wilder > wrote:
>On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>I thought that was November 1. It's the Mexican celebration of All
>Saint's Day, isn't it?


November 1 - All Saints Day
(Hallowe'en comes from an alternate name, All Hallows, and "even" for
"evening" ... in this context, "the night before")
November 2 - All Souls Day - all the dead, not just the recognized
"saints", thus "the day of the dead"

The original "soul food" was food left out "for the dead".

Charlotte




--

Day of the Dead was around waaaay before Cats showed up. Different timeof year (July or August). Just because some Euro-like the name now doesn't make it Christian.

In article >,
Gorio > wrote:
>
>'Charlotte L. Blackmer[_2_ Wrote:
>> ;1543805']In article
>> m,
>> Janet Wilder wrote:-
>> On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:-
>>
>> I made some Pan de Muerto.
>> '_KCB3043 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!'
>> (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.-
>>
>> I thought that was November 1. It's the Mexican celebration of All
>> Saint's Day, isn't it?-
>>
>> November 1 - All Saints Day
>> (Hallowe'en comes from an alternate name, All Hallows, and "even" for
>> "evening" ... in this context, "the night before")
>> November 2 - All Souls Day - all the dead, not just the recognized
>> "saints", thus "the day of the dead"
>>
>> The original "soul food" was food left out "for the dead".


>Day of the Dead was around waaaay before Cats showed up. Different
>timeof year (July or August). Just because some Euro-like the name now
>doesn't make it Christian.

This post reminded me that I need to add foodbanter.com as a whole to the
ol' killfile.

It's incoherent, confrontational, and doesn't talk about food. FAIL all
around.

ObFood: spotted first fresh cranberries of the season at TJ's, so might
be making a Williams-Sonoma orange bread recipe with cranberries and
walnuts as well as another round of those pumpkin cheesecake bar thingies
for an emergency coffee hour host fill-in stint.

Charlotte
--

In article >, says...
>
> In article >,
> Gorio > wrote:
> >
> >'Charlotte L. Blackmer[_2_ Wrote:
> >> ;1543805']In article
> >> m,
> >> Janet Wilder wrote:-
> >> On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:-
> >>
> >> I made some Pan de Muerto.
> >> '_KCB3043 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!'
> >> (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.-
> >>
> >> I thought that was November 1. It's the Mexican celebration of All
> >> Saint's Day, isn't it?-
> >>
> >> November 1 - All Saints Day
> >> (Hallowe'en comes from an alternate name, All Hallows, and "even" for
> >> "evening" ... in this context, "the night before")
> >> November 2 - All Souls Day - all the dead, not just the recognized
> >> "saints", thus "the day of the dead"
> >>
> >> The original "soul food" was food left out "for the dead".
>
>
> >Day of the Dead was around waaaay before Cats showed up. Different
> >timeof year (July or August). Just because some Euro-like the name now
> >doesn't make it Christian.
>
> This post reminded me that I need to add foodbanter.com as a whole to the
> ol' killfile.
>
> It's incoherent, confrontational, and doesn't talk about food. FAIL all
> around.
>
> ObFood: spotted first fresh cranberries of the season at TJ's, so might
> be making a Williams-Sonoma orange bread recipe with cranberries and
> walnuts as well as another round of those pumpkin cheesecake bar thingies
> for an emergency coffee hour host fill-in stint.

Dunno about you but I find the history of a celebration to be
interesting. And Catholicism has a long history of incorporating pagan
festivals into the Church calendar. The particular one was a month long
summer festival that celebrated the dead, with a believe that for that
time they returned to visit from wherever they had gone. It was
customary to picnic near the gravesite of a dead relative and serve his
favorite foods. The Spanish didn't like it (partly, I suspect, because
the Aztecs acted like they actually _believed_ in an afterlife and
didn't just pay lip service to it) and tried to eradicate it, with the
move to November and the conflation with All Saints Day part of the
failed effort.

While there are now traditions built up around the November celebration,
if one goes back to its roots one can have some fun with it, and
possibly some happy memories besides.

Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> I thought that was November 1. It's the Mexican celebration of All
> Saint's Day, isn't it?
>
>
1 Nov is All Saints Day (Todos los Santos), 2 Nov is All Souls Day (and
Dia de los Muertes). Celebrated with the bread and sugar skulls.

I make the bread
(http://notecook.com/bread/pan-de-muerte-bread-of-death, for another
recipe) and have made salt dough skulls, rather than sugar skulls

On 11/1/2010 8:33 PM, Arri London wrote:
>
>
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>> On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> I thought that was November 1. It's the Mexican celebration of All
>> Saint's Day, isn't it?
>>
>>
> 1 Nov is All Saints Day (Todos los Santos), 2 Nov is All Souls Day (and
> Dia de los Muertes). Celebrated with the bread and sugar skulls.
>
> I make the bread
> (http://notecook.com/bread/pan-de-muerte-bread-of-death, for another
> recipe) and have made salt dough skulls, rather than sugar skulls

I guess I should know better living here in almost Mexico.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> On 11/1/2010 8:33 PM, Arri London wrote:
> >
> >
> > Janet Wilder wrote:
> >>
> >> On 10/30/2010 11:35 AM, koko wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >> I thought that was November 1. It's the Mexican celebration of All
> >> Saint's Day, isn't it?
> >>
> >>
> > 1 Nov is All Saints Day (Todos los Santos), 2 Nov is All Souls Day (and
> > Dia de los Muertes). Celebrated with the bread and sugar skulls.
> >
> > I make the bread
> > (http://notecook.com/bread/pan-de-muerte-bread-of-death, for another
> > recipe) and have made salt dough skulls, rather than sugar skulls
>
> I guess I should know better living here in almost Mexico.
>

Just depends on who your neighbours are And I like a celebration,
particularly if it's colourful and involves food :q