Maida heatter's mile-high cinnamon bread
Bread
While there's a solid line-up of very good swirl breads out there, the first thing you'll notice about Maida's—a "spectacular loaf that deserves some special words of praise" in a book titled <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Maida-Heatters-Best-Dessert-Book/dp/0394578325">Best Dessert Book Ever</a href>—is its incredible height and staggering number of spiraling rings, as if the loaf were a sacred old tree. <br /> <br />That greater number of swirls means a smaller bread to cinnamon-cocoa-sugar ratio, which, in turn, means a higher chance of sweet-spiciness in every bite and more opportunity to unpeel the bread (preferably, toasted and buttered) lobe by lobe, from the crisp outside to the feathery core. <br /> <br />And since the dough itself isn't extremely rich (closer to a delicious white bread than a buttery brioche), it's easy to cut (and to eat) thin slices, perfect for sandwiches—ice cream or otherwise.
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