4. Truknin – Thick baked product [i.e. Pancake]:[1]
Its Law: The blessing over Truknin bread is Mezonos and Al Hamichya.
Its Definition: It is a very, very, thin batter which is baked into a thick bread, as it is poured into a steep hole in the oven. It is thus a little thick after the baking. However, there are those who are stringent and rule that if the batter is not very thin and the baking is not very thin then it is Hamotzi and Birchas Hamazon. However if both the batter and the baking is semi thick it is Hamotzi.
The Final Ruling: If the batter is very, very, thin and has been baked into semi thick bread, then according to all its blessing is Mezonos and Al Hamichya. If, however, the batter is not very, very, thin, then one should suspect for the above stringent opinion and only eat this bread within a meal [and only for the purpose of satiation]. In a time of need, one is to say the blessing of Mezonos and Al Hamichya on such breads, although it is proper to wash one’s hands without a blessing.
[1] Seder 2:5-6; Ketzos Hashulchan 48:3
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