Bread of the Dead (Pan de Muerte)
Ingredients
- 1 package dry yeast
- 0.5 cup lukewarm water
- 5 cup flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.8 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 6 each eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp anise water
- 2 tbsp orange blossom water
- 1 tbsp grated orange rind
- 0 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
Dissolve yeast in water, then add 1 cup of the flour.
- 2
Stir to make a soft sponge, cover with a cloth, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk.
- 3
Set aside 1/2 cup flour.
- 4
To the yeast mixture add the remaining flour mixed with salt, sugar and the cooled butter that has been mixed with eggs, anise water, orange blossom water and orange rind.
- 5
Mix well and turn out on a board floured with the remaining 1/2 cup flour.
- 6
Dough will be soft, so keep hands floured and knead lightly.
- 7
Pat into a greased bowl and set in a warm place for about 1 1/2 hours to rise.
- 8
Shape into a round loaf in a 9-inch diameter pan.
- 9
Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for about 30 minutes.
- 10
Cool and frost with confectioners' sugar mixed with vanilla extract and only enough milk to make a glaze of frosting consistency.
- 11
Glaze only the top.
- 12
Sprinkle with pink sugar crystals.