Artisan Bread

Around the globe, the best bakers know that the best-tasting bread has a dark golden-brown crust. Our Artisan Bread line features unique and exclusive Signature recipes, hand-mixed and hand-shaped by our own bakers. We bake them daily in our exceptional, advanced bread oven to ensure the perfect texture and color, inside and out. They're fresh and flavorful with the perfect ratio of crumb to crust, guaranteed!

Look for these Signature loaves in the Bakery Department:

• Cinnamon Raisin Bread – Made from our exclusive Signature recipe, this tender, lightly sweet bread is mixed and formed by hand and baked daily with real cinnamon sugar and a touch of honey. It makes the world's best toast!
   
• Cranberry Wild Rice Bread – This ode to the Bold North is made with a bit of whole-wheat flour, giving it great flavor and structure. It's especially great for hearty meals and sandwiches. It's mixed and shaped by hand and freshly baked every day.
   
• Steakhouse Table Bread – This unique loaf is soft and fluffy with a beautiful, tender crust. It's mildly sweet and derives its characteristic color from molasses, honey and brown sugar. It's delicious as a table bread with lightly salted butter. Made using our exclusive Signature recipe with oat flour and a touch of stout, this bread is hand-mixed, hand-formed and baked daily, of course.
   
• Bella Bread – Made from our exclusive Signature recipe, this ciabatta-style loaf is mixed and formed by hand and baked fresh daily. Made with a touch of olive oil, it has a flavorful open crumb with a crispy, light crust. It's great for dipping in soups, sauces, and flavored oils.
   
• Focaccia Bread – Made with our exclusive Signature recipe, this olive-oil-rich Italian bread has a crispy, golden crust with an airy, springy interior. It’s equally good for making sandwiches or soaking up sauces. It's available in Rosemary Sea Salt and Parmesan Pepper varieties.
   
• Challah Bread – This egg-enriched bread has a slightly sweet, golden-hued interior and a tender crust that’s similar to brioche. We make it using our exclusive Signature recipe and hand-twist it into a traditional braid shape. It makes amazing French toast!
   
• Parmesan Herb Bread – This unique loaf features a flavorful crust flecked with crispy Parmesan cheese and sea salt. The fluffy interior is flavored with a special blend of herbs, including oregano, thyme, basil, rosemary and sage, plus more Parmesan and olive oil. It makes a great sandwich or grilled cheese and is wonderful as a partner to pasta or pot roast.
   
• Italian Country Bread – This tender white loaf is perfect for making sandwiches or serving as a table bread. We bake it fresh daily in a special oven to ensure the best texture, color and flavor.
   
• Sourdough Bread – Made with our exclusive Signature recipe and our own live sourdough starter, this classic loaf is mixed, formed by hand and baked daily by our bakers. It's great for sandwiches and serving with soup, and its shape is perfect for making a bread bowl.
   
• Multigrain Bread – This well-balanced bread is made with our Signature exclusive recipe and is hand-mixed, hand-formed and baked fresh daily. We add a touch of honey to high-protein, whole-wheat and rye flour and mix it with cornmeal, old-fashioned oats, flaxseed, pepitas and sunflower seeds. It's perfect for sandwiches, toast or served as a table bread with or without butter.

Did You Know?

We are the proud owners of an advanced European stone hearth oven with the capacity to bake up to 400 loaves at once! Special steam tubes within the oven evenly distribute heat, ensuring a perfect bake and superior crust for each loaf. Combining this exceptional technology with the genius of our skilled bakers, and their exclusive recipes, means that we're able to offer artisan breads that rival even the best stand-alone bakeries in Minnesota and beyond. Once you try our breads yourself, you'll taste the difference!

Find Kowalski's Signature Artisan Breads in the Bakery Department. Selection and availability vary by market.