Mateusz’s Łódź Bread with Coffee and Raisins

Łódzki Żulik

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    two

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      4 hr 30

Appears in
Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond

By Laurel Kratochvila

Published 2025

  • About

Żulik is a soft and gently sweet bread from the city of Łódz, the former garment industry capital of Poland now known best for its film school. It’s a dark brown bread heavy on caramel notes made with coffee and molasses, studded with raisins, and enriched with butter and milk. Perhaps not the most politically correct name, żulik can mean little thief or sometimes a street alcoholic, depending on whom you ask. The bread was invented by a Turkish baker, Mehmet Er