4,353 tender recipes

Any fruit coffee cake layers a tender butter cake with cooked fresh fruit (apples, peaches, apricots or blueberries) and a walnut crumb top. Endlessly adaptable bakery-style coffee cake.

Mushrooms stuffed with escargot in garlic-shallot herb butter, baked until bubbling. A classic French appetizer that swaps snail shells for tender mushroom caps.

One-skillet beef and barley with ground beef, tomatoes, and chili sauce simmered until the barley is tender. A quick, hearty weeknight dinner in 30 minutes.

Veal Oscar stacks crisp breaded veal cutlets with tender asparagus, sweet crabmeat and a velvety homemade hollandaise. The classic steakhouse showpiece, and more doable at home than you'd think.

Super moist friendship cake starts with a 30-day brandied fruit starter, layering peaches, pineapple, and cherries, then bakes into a tender, fruit-and-nut loaf. The shareable holiday baking tradition.

Old-fashioned sugar cookies with a dual-sugar dough of granulated and powdered sugar, flattened with a sugar-dipped glass. Tender, crackly-topped, and buttery.

Classic beefsteak and kidney pie with claret-marinated kidneys, browned beef, and mushrooms baked under a golden pastry crust. Traditional British pub fare done right at home.

Vegetarian ratatouille lasagna layers Provencal vegetables with ricotta, mozzarella, marinara, and bechamel between tender noodles. Meatless, hearty, feeds six.

Soft, buttery sugar cookies with a hint of lemon zest, made with both butter and oil for a tender crumb. Cream of tartar keeps them pillowy. A holiday cookie jar classic.

Vintage 5-ingredient mayonnaise cookies with no eggs, milk, or butter. Real mayo does all the heavy work for soft, tender sugar cookies with a classic fork-pressed top.

Grilled marinated London broil (flank steak) in a red wine, balsamic, garlic, soy, and honey marinade. Sliced thin against the grain for tender BBQ beef.

Apricot filled cookies are buttery thumbprint cookies with a glistening pool of apricot preserves in the center. A classic teatime cookie with a tender shortbread base, makes about four dozen.

Sour cream rugelach rolled with cinnamon-sugar and chopped nuts. The tangy dough chills into a tender, flaky crescent that rolls easily without tearing.

Loggers bread for the bread machine: a hearty whole wheat and oat flour loaf sweetened with applesauce, honey, and molasses, with powdered buttermilk for tender chew.

Kesselfleisch, a traditional German boiled pork with root vegetables, juniper berries, coriander, and clove-studded onions simmered low and slow until tender.

Hickory-smoked leg of lamb rubbed with garlic, rosemary, vermouth, and olive oil. Low and slow on a water smoker for 4 to 6 hours until tender and smoky.