Kraków Potato and Bran Flake Loaf

Chleb Prądnicki

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    one 1½

    lb
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      5 hr

Appears in
Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond

By Laurel Kratochvila

Published 2025

  • About

A true chleb Prądnicki is a giant round bread, its weight starting at a minimum of 10 pounds [4.5 kg], with large loaves reaching almost 33 pounds [15 kg]. The scale is incredible, often stretching well beyond 3 feet [1 m] across. Its soft, light crumb made succulent with a bit of potato contrasts with a thick, brown crust coated in bran flakes. This bread’s impressive size is matched only by its impressively long history. Chleb Prądnicki was first made in Kraków six hundred years ago and n