Blessing for Sweet Rolls (known as Mezonot Rolls)
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Question
Mezonot rolls that are distinctly sweet and kneaded only with fruit juices, what is their blessing?
Answer
The blessing is 'Hamotzi Lechem Min Ha'aretz', even if one eats only a small amount, as with regular bread.
Source
Rabbi Akiva Eiger in Orach Chaim, Siman 168, Paragraph 17, writes that the blessing after meals covers post facto Pat Haba B'Kisnin, and here are his words: "But Pat Haba B'Kisnin is considered regular bread, but without establishing a meal, the sages did not obligate the blessing after meals. For according to the Torah, there is no obligation for the blessing after meals on regular bread unless one ate to satisfaction, see Even HaOzer, Siman 168, in this the blessing after meals covers it because it is indeed bread, and so it is written in Ganat Vradim, Orach Chaim, Siman 53." And this is the explanation that Pat Haba B'Kisnin is regular bread, but since according to the Torah the obligation is only in the case of satisfaction, they did not obligate on a Kezayit and Kebeitza on Pat Haba B'Kisnin, since it is not customary to establish a meal on it. In our times, when it is customary to establish a full meal on Mezonot rolls, and they are perceived by people as real bread, there is no permission to bless Mezonot on them even when eating a small amount. Moreover, the Darkei Moshe, Siman 168, Paragraph 7, writes regarding sweet challahs: "But the custom is not as he says, for on Shabbats and holidays and weddings, they bless Hamotzi on various types of bread, heavily spiced and noticeable in appearance and taste, therefore it seems that he holds that they do not exit the category of bread by mixing spices or other liquids unless the main dough is kneaded with those things, and it is possible that this is also the opinion of the Rambam, not as explained by the Beit Yosef."
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