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Mezonot is required for any baked goods containing flour made from any of the Five Principal Species—wheat, barley, spelt, oats, or rye.  If they are made with any other type of flour, e.g., potato starch as on Pesach, then Shehakol is required.

However, Hamotzi is required for "Mezonot Bread" or a "Mezonot Roll" except when it is baked like a cake and is not eaten as a substitute for bread.

Angel Food Cake Mezonot Apple Cake Mezonot Apple Strudel Mezonot As with all cakes, the dough is considered the primary ingredient and only Mezonot is necessary (Mishnah Berurah 212:1), even if there is less dough than apple, and even if the cake is eaten mainly because of the apple.  On the other hand, if there is merely a thin strip of dough, which is intended just to help you handle all the apple, the dough becomes subordinate to the apple and only Ha-aytz need be said. Bagel Hamotzi   Provided the dough consisted of flour, water, and salt before baking (see Aruch Hashulchan, Orach Chaim 168:47; see also Chazon Ish, Orach Chaim 26:9, who considers bagels to be like regular bread).  However, Mezonot is required for those bagels made of dough which also contain eggs, honey, or butter (Aruch Hashulchan 168:24). Bran Flakes Mezonot Bread Hamotzi Brownies Mezonot Buckwheat (Kashe) Ha-adamah   Buckwheat is not a kind of wheat, nor is it even one of the Five Principal Species.  It is a legume.  Therefore, neither Mezonot nor Hamotzi can be said over a product of buckwheat unless one of the Five Principal Species, such as wheat flour, even only in part, has been added to it.  Thus, if you eat buckwheat alone, only Ha-adamah is said (see Igrot Moshe, Orach Chaim 65). Buckwheat Muffins Mezonot Buckwheat Pancakes Mezonot Bun       Bread Hamotzi   Cake Mezonot Butter Cookies Mezonot Cake Mezonot Cereal and Milk   Made from corn flakes (maize) Ha-adamah   (See Rav Moshe Feinstein, Sefer Torah V'hora-ah 12:13).   Made from oats Mezonot   Made from rice Mezonot   Made from wheat Mezonot If you add extra milk to cereal (so that the milk becomes a significant ingredient by itself, Shehakol is also required (see rule 5). Cheese Cake Mezonot   As with all cakes, the dough is considered the primary ingredient and only Mezonot is necessary (Mishnah Berurah 212:1), even if there is less dough than cheese, and even if the cake is eaten mainly because of the cheese.  On the other hand, if there is merely a thin strip of dough, which is intended just to help you handle all the cheese, the dough becomes subordinate to the cheese and only Shehakol need be said. Cherry Pie or Cake Mezonot Chocolate Cake Mezonot Chocolate Éclair Mezonot Chowmein Mezonot Cinnamon Bread Hamotzi Coffee Cake Mezonot Cookies Mezonot Corn Bread Hamotzi Corn Muffin Shehakol Cracked Wheat Bread Hamotzi Crackers Mezonot Cupcake Mezonot Date Bread Mezonot Devil's Food Cake Mezonot Doughnut Mezonot Dumpling Mezonot Éclair Mezonot English Muffin Hamotzi Farfel Mezonot Farina Mezonot French Bread Hamotzi French Toast Hamotzi Fruit Cake Mezonot Garlic Bread Hamotzi Ginger Bread Mezonot Graham Crackers Mezonot Griddle Cakes Mezonot Grits (cooked) Mezonot Groats (see Buckwheat) Ha-adamah Hamantaschen Mezonot Hominy Grits Shehakol Honey Cake Mezonot Italian Bread Hamotzi Kashe (see Buckwheat) Ha-adamah Kashe Varnishkes Mezonot   Provided the ingredients include flour made of any of the Five Principal Species. Kishke Mezonot Kneidlach Mezonot Knish Mezonot Kreplach Mezonot Kugel     Made from chalah, lokshen or rice Mezonot Made from potatoes or vegetables Shehakol Lokshen Mezonot Lokshen Kugel Mezonot Macaroni Mezonot Macaroon Shehakol   Unless made with flour of one of the Five Principal Species, in which case Mezonot is required. Matza Hamotzi Matza Ball Mezonot Matza Brei Mezonot   Provided that none of the pieces of matza is as large as a keza-yit (i.e., about one-third of a matza).  If even one piece is that large, then Hamotzi is required. Melba Toast Hamotzi Mezonot Bread or Roll Hamotzi   Only when it is baked like cake and is not eaten as a substitute for bread can Mezonot be said for “Mezonot Bread” or a “Mezonot Roll.” Mince Pie Mezonot Muffin Mezonot English Muffin Hamotzi Napoleon Mezonot Noodles Mezonot Noodles for Pesach Shehakol   Since they do not contain flour made from the Five Principal Species. Noodle Pudding Mezonot Oatmeal Mezonot Onion Bread or Roll Hamotzi Onion Crackers Mezonot Pancakes Mezonot Pastry Mezonot Peach Pie Mezonot Pearl Barley Mezonot Pie Mezonot Piecrust Mezonot Plum Pie Mezonot Porridge Mezonot Pound  Cake Mezonot Pretzels Mezonot   If three or four eggs in volume (approximately 6 oz.) are eaten, Hamotzi is required. Puffed Wheat Mezonot Pumpernickel Bread Hamotzi Pumpkin Pie Mezonot Raisin Bread Hamotzi Raisin Cake Mezonot Rice Mezonot   Processed rice requires only the short Boray Nefashot brachah after eating it, not Al Hamichyah (see Igrot Moshe, Even Ha-ezer 114:5). Rice Kugel Mezonot Roll Hamotzi Rye Bread Hamotzi Sandwich (bread) Hamotzi Spaghetti Mezonot Sponge Cake Mezonot Strawberry Shortcake Mezonot Strudel Mezonot Toast (bread) Hamotzi Tortilla Shehakol Since it is made of maize flour. Waffle Mezonot Wheat Bread Hamotzi Wheat Cakes Mezonot Wheat Germ Mezonot White Bread Hamotzi Whole Wheat Bread Hamotzi Zwieback Hamotzi           American Cheese Shehakol Buttermilk Shehakol Cheese Shehakol Cheese Blintzes Mezonot   Since the ingredients include flour made with one of the Five Principal Species. Chocolate Milk Shehakol Cottage Cheese Shehakol Cream Cheese Shehakol Cream with Fruit   If the Fruit is the main part Ha-aytz If the cream is the main part Shehakol Custard Shehakol Farmer Cheese Shehakol Ice Cream Shehakol   Even if ice cream is eaten in a cone, only Shehakol is necessary, since the cone is eaten only because of the ice cream and is clearly subordinate to it.  Its purpose is actually not so much to be eaten as to hold the ice cream and to prevent the hands from becoming soiled (see Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 212b; Mishnah Berurah 212:5; Kaf Hachaim 15).  However, if you specifically use a sugar cone because you enjoy eating it, Mezonot must also be said before eating the cone. Macaroni and Cheese Mezonot Malted Milk Shehakol Milk Shehakol Milkshake Shehakol Pizza     If made from flour, salt, and water Hamotzi If oil, milk, etc., had been added Mezonot Shamenet Shehakol Skim Milk Shehakol Sour Cream or Milk Shehakol Sweet Cream  Shehakol Swiss Cheese Shehakol Welsh Rarebit Shehakol Whipped Cream Shehakol Yogurt Shehakol       All sandwiches, such as any sliced meat on bread, or hot dogs or hamburgers on buns or rolls, require Hamotzi. Beef Shehakol Beef Stew Shehakol Bologna Shehakol Carp Shehakol Chicken Shehakol Chicken Fricasee Shehakol Chicken Salad Shehakol Chili Con Carne Shehakol Chopped Liver Shehakol Chulent   With barley and potatoes  Mezonot + +   Ha-adamah With barley and meat Mezonot + +   Shehakol Corned Beef Shehakol Derma (Stuffed Kishke) Mezonot Since the ingredients include flour made from one or more of the Five Principal Species. Duck Shehakol Egg Shehakol Egg Salad Shehakol Fish  Shehakol Fishcake, Fishstick Shehakol