905 tender recipes

Tender chocolate muffins made with applesauce instead of extra fat. Warming spices and optional raisins turn breakfast into a treat that feels indulgent but sneaks in fruit.

Green beans with shallots, blanched crisp-tender then tossed in butter with sweet shallots and brightened with lemon and parsley. A simple, elegant French side dish that comes together fast.

Lemon poppy seed cake builds a tender tube cake with butter, cream cheese, lemon juice and zest, whipped egg whites, and poppy seeds, finished with a tart lemon glaze.

Yeast pumpkin biscuits are soft, fluffy yeast-raised rolls tinted gold and tender with pumpkin puree. Lightly sweet and pillowy, they're a beautiful addition to the Thanksgiving bread basket.

Famous peach pound cake folds fresh chopped peaches and sour cream into a buttery, vanilla-almond pound cake batter baked in a tube pan until golden and tender-crumbed.

Mom's cranberry orange scones with tart frozen cranberries, bright orange zest, and a buttermilk-tender crumb. An overnight flour-and-fruit rest soaks up excess moisture for the perfect texture.

100 percent whole-wheat bread baked into a free-form round loaf. Yeasted with brown sugar, enriched with egg and dry milk, kneaded and double-risen for a tender, hearty crumb full of fiber.

Thick, creamy cheddar potato broccoli soup made from scratch in one pot. Chunks of tender potato and broccoli in a velvety cheese broth that's ready in about an hour.

Apple pecan pound cake with sauteed Granny Smith apples, toasted pecans and a hot caramel glaze drizzled over a tender bundt. Fall dessert that tastes like apple pie in cake form.

Buttery shortbread dough studded with finely ground almonds bakes into tender, melt-in-your-mouth cookies where almond extract amplifies the nutty richness in every crumbly bite.

Pumpkin apple muffins with chunks of fresh apple folded through pumpkin-spiced batter, topped with cinnamon streusel. Tender fall breakfast bakes that smell like a farmstand on a cold morning.

Crispy polenta is served with tender green beans, a soft-boiled egg, and a tangy yogurt mustard sauce. An easy yet sophisticated gluten-free breakfast to impress.

Daddy's peanut butter cookies: classic crisscross-pressed peanut butter cookies sweetened with both brown and white sugar for chewy edges and tender centers. The everyday cookie kids ask for.

Traditional Irish soda scones made with buttermilk, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Tender, biscuit-style scones with a soft crumb, ready in under 40 minutes. No yeast needed.

Chocolate pumpkin muffins fold semisweet chips and solid-pack pumpkin into a cinnamon-spiced batter, baked hot for tall, tender tops finished with a chopped nut crunch on every cap.

Buttermilk oatmeal raisin biscuits combine tangy buttermilk, rolled oats and plump raisins for a tender, slightly nubbly biscuit. Hot-oven, quick-knead method bakes up flaky in just 15 minutes.