4,353 tender recipes

Original red velvet cake with old-school ermine frosting: tender buttermilk crumb tinted deep red, finished with the cooked-flour boiled milk icing that came before cream cheese took over.

Butternut squash and apple bake with brown sugar, butter, and mace. A sweet, tender fall side dish for Thanksgiving or any autumn dinner.

Chocolate brandy cake doctors a devil's food mix with brandy, eggs, and oil, then bakes into a tender bundt soaked twice with a hot brandy-chocolate glaze. Make a day ahead for full flavor.

One-skillet Spanish rice with ground beef, tomato sauce, and a beef bouillon cube for deep savory flavor. Rice toasts golden before simmering tender.

Tender-crisp asparagus blanched in chicken broth and drizzled with a glossy oyster sauce glaze made with rendered chicken fat, sherry, and sesame oil. A 20-minute Chinese-style vegetable side dish.

Brandy Beef Bourguignon: French-style braised beef with red wine, brandy, pearl onions, mushrooms, and herbs. Marinated for hours, simmered slow into silk-tender bites.

Wild venison steaks slow-braised in cream of mushroom soup with sliced onions and a splash of Worcestershire. A hunter's-camp classic that turns lean, gamey meat fork-tender.

Round steak pounded with flour, browned, then slow-baked with sliced onions, tomatoes, and Worcestershire until fork-tender. Old-school comfort food over rice or mashed potatoes.

Baked barley is a hands-off three-ingredient grain side: pearl barley, chopped onion, and vegetable stock all baked in a covered casserole until tender and chewy. Hearty, healthy, and infinitely riffable.

Low-calorie Irish-style brown scones bake whole wheat flour, oats, and buttermilk into a no-fat round, sliced into wedges. Soft, tender, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Mint Moments are melt-in-your-mouth butter cookies with cornstarch for tenderness, rolled in crushed peppermint candy and powdered sugar while still warm.

Microwave Italian pot roast braises chuck in Worcestershire, oregano, and garlic with potatoes, carrots, and tomato-mushroom gravy. A tender all-in-one roast done in the microwave.

Pork meatball and spinach soup with ramen noodles in a garlic chicken broth. Asian-inspired comfort in a bowl, ready in 45 minutes with tender hand-rolled meatballs.

Baked Swiss steak braises floured round steak in tomato sauce with onion, bell pepper, celery and carrots. Slow-baked until fork-tender for a hearty, family-style oven dinner with built-in gravy.

Strawberry rhubarb custard pie suspends diced rhubarb and sliced strawberries in a silky egg-and-flour custard, baked into a single tender shell. The classic spring duo with creamy backbone.

Griddle cakes made with Cream of Rice cereal for a lightly crisp, tender texture. Quick to mix, 10 minutes to rest, and golden brown on a hot griddle.