Pan De Muerto Recipe From Coco To Celebrate Day Of The Dead!

If you haven’t tried Pan de Muerto yet, you are definitely missing out!

Halloween might be over and most people are already moving onto Christmas but there is another holiday before that celebrated in Mexico and that is Day of the Dead! If you watched Coco, you know what i’m talking about.

This holiday is celebrated on November 1 and 2 and is a way to honor and remember the people that are no longer with us. Part of the tradition is create an altar with their favorite food, drinks and activities, as well as, photos and of course the pan de muerto.

If you would like to know how to recreate this iconic treat, take a look at this recipe from Disney Family and have fun:

PAN DE MUERTO

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/4 cup of unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup of mashed bananas
• 2 tsp of maple syrup
• 2 tsp of aniseed
• 1 tbsp of orange zest
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup of water
• 3 cups of whole wheat flour
• 1 packet of yeast

Glaze

• 1/2 cup of orange juice
• 1 tbsp of maple syrup
• Sprinkle of beetroot sugar
• Natural food coloring (varied)

Related – Coco Voice Actor Anthony González Surprises Guests by singing with Mariachi Cobre in Epcot

INSTRUCTIONS:

• In a large bowl, whisk together 1/3 cup of flour, aniseed, applesauce, bananas and maple syrup.
• In a separate bowl, combine water, eggs, and orange zest. Pour into dough mixture adding an additional 1/2 cup of flour and whisking to combine.
• Add another 1/3 cup of flour, along with packet of yeast, and combine with a whisk.
• Add 2 cups of flour and stir with a wooden spoon (dough will start to thicken).
• Cover bowl with a dampened towel, and let sit to rise for one hour.
• Sprinkle flour on your hands, and form 6 balls of dough, setting them on a baking sheet.
• Save about 1/5 of the dough, using the remaining dough to dorm a criss-cross shape on top of each loaf.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for another 45 minutes.
• Bake 30 minutes.
• While cooling, make a glaze by combining maple syrup and orange juice in a small saucepan. Heat the glaze in a saucepan until completely combined and simmering.
• Use a brusher to glaze the pan de muerto and finish off with a sprinkle of beetroot sugar to serve.

Enjoy your pan de muerto while watching Coco with your family on Disney+!

Credit: Disney Family

Let our friends at Destinations to Travel help you book your next Disney Vacation. They are the preferred Travel Agency of Chip and Company and Disney Addicts, and who we use ourselves.

Get started below for your FREE No Obligation Quote.

Book With our friends at Destinations to Travel

Who is your Travel Agent?(Required)

Let us pick for youEric HilesStacy ReedAbbey JohnsonAlisa SullivanAlli WillisAmanda FolsomAmanda VannAmber BrillhartAmber FisherAmy SieburnAndrea SmithAngela AndersonAngie BaycuraAnna PetrilliAnnabelle DuboseApril StefanskiAshley RamseyBeth ParsonsBetsy SantoroBrandie McQueenBrian BuckleyBridget HatchBryan SchwartzCandice SneedCarrie ButlerCarson DockumCasey BoltCharleen HortonChelsea RoyChelsea WuebkerChris BoyerChristie GrubeChristina FratturaChristina SmithCourtney WhiteCraig YoderDan MercedDanielle NorcrossDarby MouritsenDavid ForrestDeborah AlvaradoEmilee BiegelEmily MorrisFaith HakesGail HatchGreg MatzkerHelen HummerHolly CurryJackie CavistonJaclyn PepitoneJamie SwansonJeanine JordanJeff CallahanJenni MaierJennifer BrownJennifer StephensonJennifer StoessnerJessica HatfieldJessica HuffJessica WunderJoe GuertinJon CarpentierJoseph SliwaJulie McCombJustin BrownKat AttridgeKathryn EberhartKathy AndersonKatie HarrellKatie PrevotKayla CookKelsey SullensKim HelmsKimberly HutchinsonKristi GallagherKyle RamsdenLauren DewlenLeanne MonterLinda DurhamLindsay AckermannLindsey VromanLissette BritoLori HardyMallory MorrisonMandi QuinnMaranda PerkinsMarisa AlvaradoMegan TeismannMeghan BlairMelissa ReedMichele KlineMike BeyerMissy McCormickMisty DickersonNancy CasteelNicole ThorntonPatrick O'ConnorPaul SulPeyton Ward-KubikRaylene CooganRegan OstranderRobbie BulusRobert ThomasSara SolbergSarah McCandlishShanna BrowningShelley BennettShelly MetzStacy CristStacy KrzyminskiStacy SmithStephanie DraganoStephanie FerencStephanie WalshSusannah McCordTara SlusserTerri MillerTiffany DobraskiTiffany DrenkhahnTina FarmerTonya LesiukTracy DaneTroy DuncanVeronica RenteriaVicki FesslerWendy CarllWendy HauserWendy KellehanWendy Shelley

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Destination(Required)

Walt Disney WorldDisneyland ResortDisney Cruise LineAulani, A Disney Resort and SpaAulani, A Disney Resort and SpaUniversal FloridaUniversal HollywoodRoyal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian or other Cruise LineI don't know yet

# of Adults(Required)

# of Children(Required)

Check-in-Date(Required)

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Check-out-Date(Required)

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Comments, Questions or Special Requests

Comments

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Δ

For the BEST in Disney, Universal, Dollywood, and SeaWorld Theme Park News, Entertainment, Merchandise & More follow us on, Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube. Don't forget to check out the Chip and Company Radio Network too!