4,353 tender recipes

Cranberry swirl coffee cake layered with whole berry cranberry sauce in a tube pan, topped with nuts and almond icing. A buttery, yogurt-tender brunch cake with ruby-red cranberry ribbons.

Puerto Rican sofrito chicken made in the slow cooker. Chicken cooks low all day in a base of garlicky sofrito until it's fall-off-the-bone tender and steeped in island flavor. Dump and go.

Orange date scones with bright fresh orange zest, sweet sticky dates, and a cake-flour-tender crumb. A big-batch bakery-style recipe perfect for crowds, freezing ahead, or weekend brunch.

Afternoon tea scones, light tender wedges made by cutting cold fat into the flour and binding with egg and evaporated milk. Baked hot and best served warm with butter and jam.

Cream cheese chocolate chip cookies: a full block of cream cheese creamed with two butters for an extra-tender, slightly tangy cookie loaded with semi-sweet chocolate chips. Makes 4 dozen.

Buttermilk-optional pancakes with a tender, fluffy crumb from a quick batter you can mix in one bowl. Seven pantry ingredients, ready in 20 minutes for a no-fuss breakfast.

Potato bread with pureed russets and the starchy potato cooking water for a soft, pillowy crumb that stays fresh for days. The classic American sandwich loaf with old-fashioned tender texture.

Sourdough-style buttermilk biscuits with a make-ahead refrigerator dough that bakes up tall, golden, and tender. Mix once, stash the dough in the fridge, and bake fresh biscuits all week long.

Low-fat mocha chip muffins with cocoa, instant coffee, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Applesauce replaces most of the oil for a tender, fudgy crumb under 100 calories per muffin.

Nick's peach cobbler tops three and a half pounds of fresh sliced peaches with a tender buttermilk biscuit crust. Cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon zest, and pieces of butter make a syrupy summer dessert.

Mom's cherished sourdough pancake recipe combining active starter with buttermilk mix for tangy, tender pancakes. Customize with fresh berries for a family-favorite breakfast that never gets old.

Country buttermilk biscuits baked tall and golden in a hot oven, with cold butter cut into the flour for flaky layers and tangy buttermilk for tender lift. The flaky biscuit grandma made.

Easy garlic meatballs pack half a head of fresh garlic into tender ground beef rolled with sweet Vidalia onion and Italian breadcrumbs. Simmered in tomato sauce until they soak up every drop.

Super moist carrot cake loaded with shredded carrots, crushed pineapple, and walnuts, topped with orange-zested cream cheese frosting. Bakes in a 9x13 pan or bundt for that signature dense, tender crumb.

Pasta with meatballs in a tomato sauce deepened with bacon and Marsala, the tender bread-bound meatballs simmered right in. The pasta is tossed in butter and sauce, then showered with parmesan.

A simple, one-bowl cocoa layer cake that comes together in minutes and bakes into two tender 9-inch layers. Rich chocolate flavor without fuss—perfect for beginners.