Chapter 48 – Benedictions over the Five Species of Grain
48.1) When you eat pastry, you do not need to wash your hands before eating or say the benediction Hamotzi (blessing over bread) when the amount eaten is not in the quantity of a regular meal.
48.2) Pat habbaah bekisnin (bread filled with fruit, meat, cheese) and such that is prepared like a coffee cake.
48.3) A regular meal is measured as one that represents the amount a regular person would eat.
48.4) If you eat enough of a food in a quantity considered a regular meal, wash your hands and say the benediction.
48.5) Real bread requires that you wash your hands.
48.6) Bagels and pretzels are considered real bread.
48.7) Law regarding what qualifies as real bread and requires hand washing and the saying of a benediction are discussed here.
48.8) Cooked dough is considered a pastry.
48.9) Say the benediction over food made of matzah (unleavened bread) meals or crumbs.
48.10) Say two benedictions over dough cooked with other foods.