It just gets hard and chewy. Same thing happens if I make a toasted sandwich and wrap it up in foil, I get it out at lunch and it’s just a hard chewy sandwich rather than crispy and toasty?
The starch molecules crystalize after the they expel water molecules. Toasting speeds this up. The chemical process is called syneresis. If you’d like more info, google “bread syneresis”.
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