Pan de muerto

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The pan de muerto is a type of bread from Mexico baked during the Día de los Muertos season, around September and October (holiday on November 2). It is a soft bread covered with sugar, round shaped with pieces of bread representing bones on it, and another bread sphere on the top representing a skull.

The classic receipe for Pan de Muerto is a simple sweet bread receipe with the addition of anise seeds. Numerous receipes, however, also involve the introduction of fruit juice (usually orange). There are two ways to make this addition: the first involves adding a concentrated flavoring. The second involves substituting orange juice for the water required in the recipe. It should be noted that if the bread is to be dipped in sweet drinks, then the addition of orange juice is not advised.

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Day of the dead (Día de muertos)