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Made of cookie crumble, chocolate, and cinnamon, “pan dei morti” is still baked by families and bakeries to celebrate All Souls Day.
Every year, children eagerly await Halloween to dress up in scary costumes and get plenty of chocolate and candy. Well before Halloween celebrations made their way to Italy from the United States, however, children in Northern Italy would eagerly wait for the second day of November to get a seasonal treat linked to Catholic festivities.
For centuries, local families and bakeries would celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day with “pan dei morti,” or bread of the dead. Made of cookie crumbles, flour, pine nuts, chocolate and cinnamon, this crumble-like bread has deep roots going back to at least the 15th century.
Continued below.
Every year, children eagerly await Halloween to dress up in scary costumes and get plenty of chocolate and candy. Well before Halloween celebrations made their way to Italy from the United States, however, children in Northern Italy would eagerly wait for the second day of November to get a seasonal treat linked to Catholic festivities.
For centuries, local families and bakeries would celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day with “pan dei morti,” or bread of the dead. Made of cookie crumbles, flour, pine nuts, chocolate and cinnamon, this crumble-like bread has deep roots going back to at least the 15th century.
Continued below.
Before Halloween, Italian Catholics had “bread of the dead”
Made of cookie crumble, chocolate, and cinnamon, “pan dei morti” is still baked by families and bakeries to celebrate All Souls Day.
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