Today's Momentos feature the Tenth Age chicos and the Eighth Age chicas. Since this year's Tenth Age students did not have Spanish until the Eighth Age, they did not learn the color song, Los Colores by Susy Dorn. They have been asking to learn it but there was never enough time at the end of the lesson to teach it. Today, the boys understood and practiced the lesson so well that we had time at the end of class to learn the color song. Please enjoy the video below of them singing.
Since Día de los Muertos is tomorrow, the chicas in the Eighth Age enjoyed another batch of pan de los muertos that I made for them last night. They seemed to like it more than the chicos and finished both loaves! While they enjoyed the bread, I read an illustrated story about Day of the Dead in English. Afterwards, the girls used the Venn diagrams that we created last class to compare and contrast Halloween and Día de los Muertos to complete a summary of what they have learned in this unit.
Finally, here is the recipe that I use to make pan de los muertos. It has been adapted from a couple of recipes that I have found over the years. I also use a bread machine to help with the kneading and rising. Therefore, the ingredients are in bread machine order.
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cups water
1/2 cup butter
4 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cups granulated sugar
4 to 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoons whole anise seed
2 packages active-dry yeast
Glaze:
2 egg whites
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Place all ingredients for the dough into the bread machine in the order above and use the dough setting. If you are not using a bread machine, you may need more flour. Combine the ingredients and knead into dough. There are a few methods out there to help dough rise faster. At times, I use the warm oven method which involves placing dough in an oven that was heated to 200 degrees then turned off. I have also just placed the dough in a bowl covered with plastic wrap and set it in the kitchen, which tends to be warmer. Once it rises, you will need to knead it again and let it rise again.
Once the dough has risen for the second time or is at the end of the dough cycle of the bread machine, divide the dough in half. Pinch off a handful from each half and set it aside. Knead each half of the dough and form into two bun shapes. With the set aside dough, separate each ball in half and roll into "bone" shapes. Place two "bones" across the top of each bun/loaf to form an x. Let the loaves rise one more time. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Once the loaves rise for the last time, combine the glaze ingredients and brush over the top of each bun on all areas except the cross bones. Bake on a greased cookie sheet for 40 minutes. It should sound hallow when thumped. ENJOY!!
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