¡Vamos a celebrar Día de los Muertos! Let’s celebrate Day of the Dead. Niños (kids), you can make the traditional bread (Pan de muerto or Dead Bread) with your padres (parents). I have listed the ingredients below in English and in Spanish.
Ingredients/Ingredientes:1/2 cup butter/mantequilla
1/2 cup milk/leche (soy milk can be substituted)
1/2 cup water/agua
5 to 5-1/2 cups flour/harina
2 packages dry yeast/levadura
1 teaspoon salt/sal
1 tablespoon whole anise seed/semilla de anís
1/2 cup sugar/azúcar
4 eggs/huevos
In a sauce pan over medium flame, heat the butter, milk and water until very warm but not boiling.
In a large mixing bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, yeast, salt, anise seed and sugar. Beat in the warm liquid until well combined. Add the eggs and beat in another 1 cup of flour. Continue adding more flour until dough is soft but not sticky. Knead on lightly floured board for ten minutes until smooth and elastic or use a professional grade mixer.
Lightly grease a bowl and place dough in it, cover with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1-1/2 hours. Punch the dough down and shape into 3 round loaves. Decorate the tops of the loaves with dough in the shapes of bones or skeletons. Let these loaves rise for 1 hour.
Bake in a preheated 350 F degree oven for 15 - 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for at least 5 minutes before consuming bread that is no longer living. Enjoy eating your “dead bread”. ¡Feliz Día de los Muertos (el 2 de noviembre)!
Recipe adapted from
globalgourmet.com.
