America's Best Lost Recipes 2011
Responding to our call, 1,200 of you entered beloved family recipes in our third Lost Recipes Contest, part of our ongoing project to preserve America's culinary heritage. After months of pleasurable eating and agonizing over what to include (or rather, what to exclude), several dozen test cooks and editors cast their votes. Here are our five favorites, adapted and updated where necessary to simplify shopping and cooking. Bring them into your own kitchens to start your own new traditions.
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Winner
Grated Bread and Chocolate Cake
This grand-prize-winning chocolate cake features stale bread crumbs and leftover wine.
Submitted by: Lisa Keys, Middlebury, Connecticut
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Finalist
Chapel Squares
This curious confection pairs almond paste with sour cherries and apples in a flaky pastry square.
Submitted by Jeanne Holt, Mendota Heights, Minnesota
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Finalist
Italian Love Nests
All the comfort of a heaping plate of pasta in a miniature, muffin-sized serving.
Submitted by Tracy Zampaglione, Orlando, Florida
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Finalist
Mom's Gone with the Wind Heavenly Pie
This heavenly homage to Clark Gable sports a light, meringue crust and a fluffy whipped cream topping.
Submitted by: Sandy Farler, Bellevue, Washington
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Finalist
Danish Kleiner
With the proper shaping technique, you don't need a special cookie cutter to form these elaborate cookies.
Submitted by: Ruth Okey, Costa Mesa, California
