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A bread roll is a small, often round, loaf of bread that is served alongside meals. It can be eaten plain or with butter. Bread rolls can be served whole or cut transversely with filling between the two halves. Bread rolls can also be used to make fancy sandwiches, the rolls substituting regular slices of bread.
Bread rolls are generally more common in Europe, especially in Germany, Italy and Austria. They are also prevalent in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Just like English, the German language has many local and dialectal terms for rolls, such as Brötchen (Rhineland and parts of Northern Germany; non-dialectal high German uses this term too), Rundstück (in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein),[1][1] Semmel (Bavaria, most parts of Saxony and Austria, from Latin similia wheat flour, originally from Assyrian samidu white flour; the Hungarian term zsemle derives from the same root), Schrippe (in Berlin and parts of Brandenburg), and Weck (especially in Baden-Württemberg, Franconia and Saarland). In Sweden bread rolls are known as Frukostbullar (breakfast buns). In Denmark and Norway, bread rolls are known as Rundstyker (round pieces), and are typically conceived as comfort food served with butter or other toppings such as marmalade, cheese and ham, and are mostly served as a special weekend breakfast.
In Germany and Austria, there is a large variety of kinds of bread rolls, ranging from white rolls made with wheat flour, to dark rolls containing mostly rye flour. Many variants include spices, such as coriander and cumin, nuts or seeds, such as sesame seeds, poppy seed or sunflower seeds. One of the popular variants is The Doppelweck, a Saarland specialty which consists of two rolls joined together side-by-side before baking.In Italy, a prevalent form of bread rolls is a loaf known as Ciabatta which can be used to make a panino/panini.