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bread roll
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made foo ...
is a small, often round loaf of
bread
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...
served as a meal accompaniment (eaten plain or with butter). A roll can be served and eaten whole or cut transversely and dressed with filling between the two halves. Rolls are also commonly used to make
sandwich
A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a po ...
es similar to those produced using slices of bread.
Bread rolls
There are many names for bread rolls, especially in local
dialect
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One usage refers to a variety (linguisti ...
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British English
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. The different terms originated from bakers, who labelled different bread rolls depending on how they made the dough and how they were cooked. Over time, most people have come to use one name to refer to all similar products regardless of whether or not it is technically correct by the old terms.
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Asado roll – Filipino bread roll with savory-sweet
pork asado
Philippine ''asado'' refers to two different Filipino braised meat dishes. The name originates from Spanish ''asado'' ("grilled"), a reference to the original dish it was applied to, the Chinese-Filipino version of ''char siu'' barbecues usual ...
filling
* Bap – larger soft roll, roughly 5–6 inches (12–15 cm) in diameter. May contain fats such as lard or butter to provide tenderness. Can come in multiple shapes dependent on region. Baps as traditionally made in
Scotland
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are not sweet, unlike the
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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version, which may contain
currants. The 9th Edition of the ''Concise Oxford Dictionary'' (1995) says that the word "bap" dates from the 16th century and that its origin is unknown.
* Batch (generally the same as a bap) – term used in North Warwickshire, Nuneaton, Coventry and Cheshire as well as on the Wirral, England
* Barm or
barm cake
A barm cake is a soft, round, flattish bread roll from North West England, traditionally leavened with barm.
Chips are a popular filling, sold in most fish and chip shops in the North West of England and often called a chip barm. Another popu ...
or flour cake – flat, often floured, savoury, small bread made using a natural leaven including mashed hops to stop it souring; a term often used in Liverpool, Manchester, South Lancashire and West Lancashire.
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Belfast bap
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– white bread roll with a dark top.
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Blaa
A ''blaa'' , or Waterford Blaa, is a doughy, white bread bun (roll) speciality, particularly associated with Waterford, Ireland. It is currently made in Waterford and South Co. Kilkenny.
Blaas are sold in two varieties: "soft" and "crusty". So ...
– doughy, white bread roll. A speciality found in Waterford, Ireland.
* Breadcake – term used in Yorkshire and Annesley in North Nottinghamshire
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Breakfast roll
The breakfast roll ( ga, rollóg bhricfeasta, ) is a bread roll filled with elements of a traditional fried breakfast. It is served at a wide variety of convenience shops, newsagents, supermarkets, petrol stations, and casual eateries throughout ...
– (chiefly Irish) a bread roll usually filled with elements of a traditional fry (fried Irish breakfast foods).
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Bublik
Bublik (also ''booblik'' or ''bublyk''; rus, бублик, búblik, plural: ''bubliki''; uk, бублик, lit=, translit=búblyk) is a traditional Eastern European bread roll. It is a ring of yeast-leavened wheat dough, that has been boiled ...
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Bulkie roll – type of roll with a crust that is usually slightly crisp or crunchy and has no toppings.
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Bun
A bun is a type of bread roll, typically filled with savory fillings (for example hamburger). A bun may also refer to a sweet cake in certain parts of the world. Though they come in many shapes and sizes, buns are most commonly round, and are g ...
– term for a bread roll, bread batch, or bread
barm cake
A barm cake is a soft, round, flattish bread roll from North West England, traditionally leavened with barm.
Chips are a popular filling, sold in most fish and chip shops in the North West of England and often called a chip barm. Another popu ...
, primarily used in Northern England and in much of Canada.
* Butterflake roll – a New England originated roll made of several layers of dough oriented vertically and separated by thin butter layers. When cooked in a muffin cup the layers fan out at the top. Also called a Fan Tan roll or Yankee Buttermilk roll.
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Cemita
The ''cemita'' is a torta originally from Puebla, Mexico. Also known as ''cemita poblana'', it derives from the city (and region) of Puebla. The word refers to the sandwich as well as to the roll it is typically served on, a bread roll covered ...
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Challah Roll –
Jewish
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Challah bread dough formed into a roll, often in a knotted or swirled form. It is found in most
Kosher
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sections of grocery stores, and therefore is commonly eaten by Jewish families across the
United States
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.
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Cloverleaf roll
A Cloverleaf roll is an American type of bread roll consisting of three separate sections. It is named after the leaf of the clover plant, which has three lobes. They are made by placing three small balls of dough in the cups of a muffin tin; as ...
– American version, consisting of three small balls of dough in a muffin cup, proofed and baked together.
* Cob – round roll, can be crusty or not; a term often used in the English Midlands
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Concha – Mexican pastry that is famous for its shell-like shape
* Dinner roll – smaller roll, often crusty
* Finger roll – soft roll about three times longer than it is wide
* French roll – generic term for the bread roll. Also a sweeter, softer roll with milk added to the dough.
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Fritter
A fritter is a portion of meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables or other ingredients which have been Batter (cooking), battered or breading, breaded, or just a portion of dough without further ingredients, that is deep-frying, deep-fried. Fritters ar ...
is a stuffed bread roll.
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Hoagie roll
A hoagie roll or hero roll is a type of long roll used to prepare hoagie sandwiches. Some hoagie roll dough is fermented prior to baking. Hoagie rolls are sometimes toasted before being used to prepare a sandwich.
Ingredients used in hoagie ...
– used to prepare
hoagie sandwiches
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Houska
* Huffkin – kentish roll with a dimple in the middle
* Italian roll or
hoagie
A submarine sandwich, commonly known as a sub, hoagie ( Philadelphia metropolitan area and Western Pennsylvania English), hero ( New York City English), Italian ( Maine English), grinder (New England English), wedge (Westchester, NY), or a spuc ...
roll, long roll or steak roll – long, narrow roll with an airy, dry interior and crusty exterior.
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Kaiser roll – crusty round roll, often topped with
poppy seed
Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy (''Papaver somniferum''). The tiny, kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years. It is still widely used in many countries, ...
s or
sesame seed
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s, made by folding corners of a square inward so that their points meet.
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Kummelweck –
kaiser roll or
bulkie roll that is topped with a mixture of
kosher salt and
caraway seed
Caraway, also known as meridian fennel and Persian cumin (''Carum carvi''), is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to western Asia, Europe, and North Africa.
Etymology
The etymology of "caraway" is unclear. Caraway has been ...
s. This type of roll is a regional variation found primarily in parts of Germany and in
Upstate New York
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* Llonguet – oblong bread roll with a groove in the top originating in the
Catalan countries
The Catalan Countries ( ca, països catalans, , ) refers to those territories where the Catalan language is spoken. They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, Valencia, and parts of Aragon (''La F ...
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Manchet
Manchet, manchette or michette, is a wheaten, yeast-leavened bread of very good quality, or a small flat circular loaf. It was a bread that was small enough to be held in the hand.
History
One of the first recipes printed in English for manc ...
– yeast roll popular with the Tudor Court of which there are many variations.
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Morning roll
* Nudger – long soft white or brown roll similar to a large finger roll common in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
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* Onion roll – roll flavoured or topped with
onion
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s,
sometimes with
poppy seed
Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy (''Papaver somniferum''). The tiny, kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years. It is still widely used in many countries, ...
s.
* Oven bottom – flat, floury, soft roll; a term often used in Lancashire
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Pampushka
Pampúshka ( uk, пампушка, pl. пампушки ''pampushky''; diminutive of pampukh or pampukha) is a small savory or sweet yeast-raised bun or doughnut typical for Ukrainian cuisine.
Etymology
The Ukrainian word ''pampukh'' comes via ...
– a small savory or sweet yeast-raised bun or doughnut typical for
Ukrainian cuisine
Ukrainian cuisine is the collection of the various cooking traditions of the people of Ukraine, one of the largest and most populous European countries. It is heavily influenced by the rich dark soil (''chernozem'') from which its ingredients ...
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Pandesal
Pandesal ( es, pan de sal, salt bread, lit. "salt bread") is a staple bread roll in the Philippines commonly eaten for breakfast. It is made of flour, yeast, sugar, oil, and salt.
Description
''Pandesal'' is a popular yeast-raised bread in the ...
– a Filipino staple bread roll
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Pan de coco
Pan de coco, literally "coconut bread" in Spanish, is a Filipino rich sweet roll that uses sweetened shredded coconut meat ('' bukayo'') as filling.
See also
* Asado roll
*Pandesal
Pandesal ( es, pan de sal, salt bread, lit. "salt bread") ...
– Filipino sweet roll with sweetened shredded coconut fillings (''
bukayo
''Bukayo'' is a Filipino dessert made from sweetened coconut strips. It is traditionally made by simmering strips or shredded bits of young, gelatinous coconut (''buko'') in water and ''sinuklob'', which is sugarcane muscovado sugar melted int ...
'')
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Pan de monja
Monay, also known as pan de monja, is a dense bread roll from the Philippines made with all-purpose flour, milk, and salt. It has a characteristic shape, with an indentation down the middle dividing the bread into two round halves. It is a commo ...
– a dense bread roll from the Philippines with a characteristic indentation down the middle.
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Pan de siosa
Pan de siosa, also called pan de leche, is a Filipino pull-apart bread originating from the Visayas Islands of the Philippines. They characteristically have a very soft texture and are baked stuck together. They can be eaten plain with savory m ...
– Filipino soft pull-apart bread
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Pastel de Camiguín – Filipino soft bread with a custard filling
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Parker House roll – roll made by flattening the center of a ball of dough with a rolling pin so that it becomes an oval shape and then folding the oval in half. They are made with milk and are generally quite buttery, soft, and slightly sweet with a crispy shell.
* Pav – soft Indian bread roll/dinner roll
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Pinagong
''Pinagong'' is a dense bread roll from the Philippines made with all-purpose flour, milk, and salt. It is a variant of ''pan de monja'' (''monáy'') distinguished primarily by its shape and the more complex pattern of scoring on top. The name m ...
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Pistolet
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Putok
''Putok'' or star bread is a dense bread roll from the Philippines made with all-purpose flour, milk, and salt. It is typically dusted with coarse white sugar. It is a variant of ''pan de monja'' (''monáy'') distinguished primarily by the crown ...
– also called "star bread"
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Röggelchen – A small pastry in the form of a double
roll
Roll or Rolls may refer to:
Movement about the longitudinal axis
* Roll angle (or roll rotation), one of the 3 angular degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing motion about the longitudinal axis
** Roll (aviation), ...
made from two pieces of dough.
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Roll or bread roll
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Sally Lunn bun
A Sally Lunn is a large bun or teacake, a type of batter bread, made with a yeast dough including cream and eggs, similar to the sweet brioche breads of France. Sometimes served warm and sliced, with butter, it was first recorded in 1780 in t ...
– Speciality of Bath, England. Brioche-like soft large sweet bun commonly served warmed and buttered.
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Scuffler
A scuffler is a word in Yorkshire dialect originating from the Castleford area meaning a large bread cake. This bread is always baked in a roughly triangular shape and is similar to the Northumbrian stottie, but lighter.
Scufflers often have ...
– roughly triangular bread roll traditionally baked in
Yorkshire
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.
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Speķrauši
''Speķrauši'' or ''speķa pīrādziņi'', sometimes also colloquially known simply as ''pīrāgi'' or ''pīrādziņi'', are Latvian oblong or crescent-shaped baked bread rolls or pastries filled with finely chopped fatty bacon cubes and onion ...
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Spuccadella
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Stottie cake – thick, flat, round loaf.
Stotties are common in
North East England
North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The region has three current administrative levels below the region level in the region; combined authority, unitary authorit ...
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Sweet roll, also called a breakfast roll (chiefly US) – can refer to a variety of sweet, yeast-leavened breakfast breads or dessert foods.
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Tahini roll
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Teacake
A teacake in England is generally a light yeast-based sweet bun containing dried fruit, typically served toasted and buttered. In the U.S. teacakes can be cookies or small cakes. In Sweden, they are soft, round, flat wheat breads made with m ...
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Zeeuwse bolus – spiral-shaped bun covered in dark brown sugar, lemon zest and cinnamon
See also
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Breakfast roll
The breakfast roll ( ga, rollóg bhricfeasta, ) is a bread roll filled with elements of a traditional fried breakfast. It is served at a wide variety of convenience shops, newsagents, supermarkets, petrol stations, and casual eateries throughout ...
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Croissant
A croissant is a buttery, flaky, Austrian viennoiserie pastry inspired by the shape of the Austrian kipferl but using the French yeast-leavened laminated dough. Croissants are named for their historical crescent shape, the dough is layered wi ...
(crescent roll)
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List of baked goods
This is a list of baked goods. Baked goods are foods made from dough or batter and cooked by baking, a method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item ...
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List of breads
This is a list of notable baked or steamed bread varieties. This list does not include cakes, pastries, or fried dough foods, which are listed in separate Wikipedia articles. It also does not list foods in which bread is an ''ingredient'' which i ...
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List of bread dishes
This is a list of bread dishes and foods, which use bread as a primary ingredient. Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history it has been popular around the world and is one of ...
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List of buns
This is a list of buns. A bun is a small, sometimes sweet, bread, or bread roll. Though they come in many shapes and sizes, they are most commonly hand-sized or smaller, with a round top and flat bottom.
Buns
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* Anpan - A bun that is filled, u ...
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Ovelgönne bread roll
The Ovelgönne bread roll is the remaining part of a bread roll originating from the Pre-Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe, which was found in 1952 during archaeological excavations in a loam mine in the Buxtehude district Ovelgönne in Lower Sax ...
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Sweet roll
References
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Rolls
Roll or Rolls may refer to:
Movement about the longitudinal axis
* Roll angle (or roll rotation), one of the 3 angular degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing motion about the longitudinal axis
** Roll (aviation), ...