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Pan de muerto (day of the dead bread)

Pan de muerto (day of the dead bread)

Bread

This insanely delicious bread is traditionally made in the last days of October into the first days of November for Mexico's Dia De Los Muertos. There are different kinds of Pan de Los Muertos, but this variety is one of my favorites: a soft, lightly sweetened loaf flavored lightly with orange and anise, then doused in vanilla sugar after baking. The pieces of dough on the top are meant to resemble bones, and can be as detailed or as freeform as you like (the dough is pretty easy to work with)! To read more on the background of the bread, as told to me by Nancy Mendez of Hot Bread Kitchen, see the <a href="https://food52.com/blog/20762">full article</a>.