Introduction to Borei Minei Mezonot
Say the fore-blessing borei minei mezonot on non-bread foods if:
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Grain
The Five Grains (wheat, rye, oats, barley, or spelt) make up at least 20\% of the food's flour volume, AND -
Cooking Method
Food is cooked or baked, AND -
Meal or Snack
You intend to eat the food as a snack and not a meal.Note If you intend to eat a full meal that includes mezonot of a cake-like or bread-like texture, say ha'motzi.
For basing the fore-blessing on the main or preferential ingredient in a food mixture and/or saying two fore-blessings, see Fore-Blessings (Bracha Rishona): Food Mixtures: Main Ingredient and Introduction to Food Fore-Blessings (Bracha Rishona): The Five Grains.
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