Panera Cinnamon Raisin Bread — Episode 2: R.I.P.

••••••••••••••••

Alas, it's true: reader Mike Harney's comment (above) of this past Sunday says it all.

I just purchased a loaf of the aforementioned bread and can confirm the the unfortunate change.

I headlined my original post, Episode 1 on January 21, 2006, "Panera Cinnamon Raisin Bread — Attention must be paid."

From that post:

••••••••••••••••

While I was fiddling around I got hungry so I ordered a loaf of their cinnamon raisin bread to snack on while I played.

I had them slice it for convenience, which I'd never do if I were taking it home 'cause it jumpstarts the deterioration of the loaf, what with all the additional exposed surface area.

But you knew that — didn't you?

But I digress.

Hey, that bread was good!

The raisins are fresh — plump and moist; the cinnamon is heady; but best of all is a kind of jammy sticky stuff swirled throughout the loaf.

On the web page for the bread

it says molasses is the secret sauce but whatever it is, it makes the bread sublime, crunchy within wherever your mouth happens to find this sweet treat.

Bonus: the top of the bread is covered with confectioner's sugar.

I ate half the loaf before I got out of there.

••••••••••••••••

That was then.

This

is now.

Note the absence of the "... swirl of cinnamon, sugar and molasses" of days gone by.

Sigh.