Oil-Soaked Doughnut [Beyond the Norm]
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Question
A doughnut made from dough kneaded with a lot of oil, where the main taste is oil and not flour, and fried in deep oil, what is the blessing?
Answer
Up to the amount typically eaten for breakfast or dinner, one can eat and bless 'Mezonot'. Beyond that, it is advisable to eat them within a meal and exempt them with the blessing of 'Hamotzi'.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 168, סע' 7; 13); Mishnah Berurah (sub סע' 33). The reason is that according to the opinion of the Rash, brought in the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 168 סע' 13), even if one eats the amount equivalent to a meal for breakfast and dinner, the blessing is 'Al HaMichya'. And although the Shulchan Aruch writes that a God-fearing person should be stringent – this is only with regular dough, but with dough kneaded with a lot of oil, even a God-fearing person can eat up to the amount equivalent to a meal for breakfast and dinner. Azmera Leshimcha (Issue 119).
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