Prager Brothers Artisan Breads

Prager Brothers uses mainly organic ingredients across its product line, a choice the bakery connects to the environmental and animal welfare benefits of organic farming. Grains are sourced from U.S. farms and include ancient varieties such as spelt, rye, buckwheat, teff, and millet. Sourdough breads are leavened with a natural leaven (wild yeast starter) and undergo a long, multi-day fermentation before baking. All shaping is done by hand; the only step not performed by hand is the initial mixing. Filtered water is used throughout. Bread preparation begins the day before baking, with the leaven fermenting first, followed by a long dough fermentation, hand-scaling, hand-shaping, and proofing before the loaves go into the stone-surface oven.