Ingredients

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	2 kg All Purpose flour For six loaf
	200 gr. Yeast
	3 cups Water
	1 pinch Salt
	1 cup and a half Extra Virgin Olive Oil
	to taste Sugar
	250 gr Raisin
	2 kg Walnuts with the shell
	to taste Pepper

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Pan Co’ Santi

Name: Pan Co’ Santi
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: Many people
Cuisine: Senese
Ingredients: All Purpose flour: 2 kg; Yeast: 200 gr.; Water: 3 cups; Salt: 1 pinch; Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 1 cup and a half; Sugar: to taste; Raisin: 250 gr; Walnuts: 2 kg; Pepper: to taste

The All Saints' Bread

Cuisine:

A cake I make every year to celebrate All Saints' Day

3 hours and a half
Serves 0
Medium

Ingredients

2 kg All Purpose flour
For six loaf
200 gr. Yeast
3 cups Water
1 pinch Salt
1 cup and a half Extra Virgin Olive Oil
to taste Sugar
250 gr Raisin
2 kg Walnuts
with the shell
to taste Pepper

Directions

The 1st of November is all Saints feast. In Italy we celebrate this solemnity in honour of all the Saints known or unknown. In Tuscany we have our cake to celebrate them that is called “Pan co’ Santi” or saints’ bread… where saints are represented by the precious ingredients that are inside the dough, like walnuts raisins…
This is what my aunt and I made to celebrate this day with our family. The recipe that follows is for 6 loafs of “bread”.

We usually made so many not only for eating them, but also as a good auspicious gift for our best friends.

Steps

1 Done 1 hour and a half	Preparing the dough My aunt usually prepare the dough in a big bowl, but I suggest you to use a kneading machine. Crumble the yeast melt it in the water. Pour the flour into the bowl, add the water with the yeast and a pinch of salt. Work them untill they are well incorporated. Cover with a clingfilm and let it leaven approximately for one hour and a half, in any case untill it is doubled.
2 Done 1 hour	Second leavening Add "Saints" into the dough and knead for few minutes. When the dough is homogeneous divide it into 5/6 loaves. Put them on a tray, cover with a clingfilm or a damp cloth and let them leaven for approximately one hour or when the loaves are doubled.
3 Done 1 hour	Bake When the loaves are well rised put into the oven at 150 °C for approximately one hour Check the inside with a wooden stick. You can serve it lukewarm or cold and accompanied with a good sweet wine like Vin Santo. Enjoy!