The Mexican culture prepared the traditional Breaded bread and dry corn called 'Papalotlaxcalli' or 'butterfly bread'with a round and flattened shaped, to celebrate offerings to the god Huitzilopochtli and share this community bread.
However, the influence of European pastry, especially Spanish and Frenchinfluenced the variations that exist of this bread, which has a more bulky form and usually season with anise, orange water, orange zest and even cempasúchil flower, to give it a more original touch.
According to the country's region, the dead bread can have different forms and flavors.Gerardo Covarrubias / Unspash.
How many types of dead bread exist?
Over time, The original Dead bread recipe has been changingadding elements or forms that reflect the culture of each state of the country, such as threads, triangles, crosses, dolls or braided bones. Some examples are:
Mexico City
Classic dead breadround, sprinkled with white sugar and sometimes pink sugar. However, in this city are the most modern variations, with different flavors and aromas.
Warrior
From bread decorated with a red color Even the one who commemorates women who died in labor, this state has a lot of variants, such as shrimp, dolls, souls with sugar, donkeys and butterflies.
Guanajuato
In this state the dead bread can be shaped like Rabbits, mules, sheep and cinnamon bread or 'souls' in the form of a human figure.
Gentleman
The Moors of flour, cinnamon, egg and pulque, CRUCES adorned with colored sugar and Breads in human form With crossed breeds, they are some of the most common.
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Puebla
The 'Golletes' or adorned threads With colors they are the most common bread for these dates, in addition to 'Sequillo'a dry cake with a yellow color like egg yolk.
Michoacán
The breads in the form of Painted flowers and skulls With the names of the deceased and the living, in addition to the bread called 'rosqueta', Made with banana, anise and piloncillo leaves, it is the most typical of this state.
Morelos
The bread of this region is Anthropomorph, finely decorated with embroidery From the same dough and arms to the sides, unlike other states with crossed arms.
Oaxaca
The most traditional are the 'Scolded', puff pastry breads that are used in offerings and representing the souls of people or animals, although the Egg yolk bread with or without sesame and the cassava bread
Now that you know the history and the different versions of the dead bread, You can't stop trying this traditional piece of the Mexican bakery.