Pan De Muertos ( Day Of The Dead Bread)

Total Time: 3 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons dry yeast
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 eggs
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup orange juice

Recipe

• 1 mix all dry ingredients together except the 4 1/2 cups of flour.
• 2 in small pan, heat the milk, the water, and the butter.
• 3 add liquid mixture to the dry mixture.
• 4 beat well.
• 5 mix in the eggs and 1 1/2 cups of flour. beat well.
• 6 put in rest of flour, little by little.
• 7 knead the mixture for 10 minutes.
• 8 put dough in bowl and allow to rise until has doubled in size, or about an hour and a half.
• 9 punch dough down and reshape it with some "bone" shapes on top to decorate it.
• 10 let rise another hour.
• 11 heat 1/2 cup sugar and the 1/3 orange juice over stove until melted.
• 12 brush over dough.
• 13 bake at 350°f for about 40 minutes.