4,353 tender recipes

Old-fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies with walnuts, warm cinnamon and clove, and sour milk for tenderness. Crisp golden edges, soft chewy centers, and the kind of nostalgic flavor that beats any bakery version.

Double-chocolate shortbread cookies dipped on each end in white and semisweet chocolate. Rich, buttery, and elegant with a tender snap and triple chocolate flavor.

Lemon raisin cookies made with cake flour, fresh lemon juice, and lemon zest for a bright citrus flavor and tender crumb. Rolled thin and cut, ready in 40 minutes, makes 2 dozen.

Baked fish with orange-chili marinade infuses fillets in fresh OJ, cilantro, garlic, and smoky chipotle, then roasts hot for tender flesh with bright Latin-inspired flavor.

Italian-style lamb chops marinated in red wine, oregano, thyme, soy sauce, and lemon juice, then broiled to medium-rare. Tender rib chops with a savory-herbal crust and rosy pink center.

White coconut cake with a tender crumb from cake flour and folded meringue, covered in boiled white frosting and showered with flaked coconut. A classic Southern layer cake.

Fresh asparagus steamed to crisp-tender and bathed in a warm lemon butter sauce with parsley and a kick of hot sauce. The simplest, brightest spring side dish.

Steamed shrimp with garlic, soy sauce, rice wine, and scallions in a Chinese-style preparation. Butterflied shrimp topped with slow-cooked golden garlic and steamed until tender.

Philadelphia pepper pot soup with ham, leeks, onions, celery, tomatoes, rice, and bouillon, seasoned with pepper and simmered until the vegetables are tender. A quick, hearty American colonial-era soup.

Soba noodles with snow pea greens and shiitake mushrooms in a shallot-chili-soy-rice wine sauce. An oil-free Japanese-style noodle bowl with deep umami and tender seasonal greens.

Authentic Goan pork vindaloo with ground red chiles, cumin, ginger, garlic, and vinegar-spiked marinade slow-cooked low for fork-tender pork and a deep, fiery curry.

Baked fillet of sole with lemon butter and homemade tartar sauce. Tender, flaky fish with a from-scratch dill pickle and pimento tartar in 40 minutes.

Irish cream bread machine bread is a hearty, low-fat oat loaf sweetened with honey and a splash of Irish cream liqueur. Dump-and-press recipe that bakes into a tight, tender crumb. Toast slices for breakfast with butter and jam.

Fasolia Gigandes, a Greek butter bean stew baked in tomato sauce with olive oil, garlic, and parsley. Giant beans braised in the oven until tender and saucy. Vegetarian.

Braised beef brisket slow-cooked with onions, carrots, garlic, and bay leaves until fork tender. Best made a day ahead for easy defatting and deeper flavor.

Spring vegetable soup with matzo balls: a vegetarian Passover-friendly soup brimming with carrots, potatoes, cauliflower, and tender peas, finished with fluffy matzo dumplings and fresh dill.