These Christmas Breakfast recipes are easy, delicious, and festive for Christmas brunch. Perfect to make ahead or serve any time during the holidays.
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From make-ahead breakfast casseroles to charcuterie boards, hot chocolate bars, and coffee too, pastries, muffins, and more. You’ll find delicious ideas for everything from sweet to savory recipes to create the perfect Christmas breakfast.
55 Easy Christmas Brunch Ideas
Simple and delicious Christmas Morning brunch and breakfast recipes to celebrate the most wonderful morning of the year!
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Hot Chocolate Bar
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Set up an easy Hot Chocolate Bar for Christmas morning and enjoy it throughout the week!
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Egg and Potato Casserole
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A quick and easy Christmas Brunch casserole for the holidays, Sunday brunch, or breakfast any day of the week!
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Overnight Eggs Benedict Casserole
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"Eggs Benedict Casseroleis the perfect holiday breakfast!It’s brimming with salty Canadian bacon, rich eggs, hearty English muffins and it’s finished off with a creamy, flavorful hollandaise sauce. It’s the perfect indulgent, comforting breakfast to serve your loved ones and friends and you’ll love that you do half the prep the night before!"
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Christmas Coffee Bar
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For the coffee lovers among you, set up an easy Christmas coffee station to get the festivities started.
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Easy Christmas Breakfast Charcuterie Board
Set a festive mood with this easy Christmas Breakfast Charcuterie Board that's simple to put together. Filled with delicious holiday treats that are both sweet and savory, including fresh fruit, mini quiche, pastries, yogurt, granola, and more. It's a 5-minute holiday brunch charcuterie board everyone will love.
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Fruit Christmas Tree
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This Fruit Christmas Tree is not only healthy and delicious, but makes a stunning presentation as well. It’s the perfect addition to a brunch menu and a great breakfast recipe. The tree is easy to assemble but impressive to look at and will delight family and guests of all ages.
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5 Minute Christmas Mini Pancake Stacks
These Christmas Mini Pancake Stacks are the quickest, cutest, easiest holiday breakfast or brunch pancake skewers you'll ever make. With ready-made ingredients, fresh fruit, and festive skewers, they are sure to liven up the party for kids and adults alike.
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Christmas Breakfast Casserole
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"Spicy sausage, herbs and vegetables fill this casserole with hearty flavor. I like to make it for my family's Christmas breakfast or it's also a fabulous Christmas brunch idea!"
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Deliciously Easy Asparagus Mini Cheese Tarts
These Asparagus and Cheese Mini Tarts are an easy, favorite treat for afternoon tea, brunch, or any time asparagus is in season. A simple tart that’s minutes in the making.
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Chocolate Chip Croissant Bread Pudding
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"The most epic Chocolate Chip Croissant Bread Pudding for all those stay at home brunch celebrations with your family!"
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Sausage Breakfast Casserole
This Sausage Breakfast Casserole is a savory, make-ahead baked casserole you will love. It's rich in flavor with toasted croissants, dreamy custard, browned sausage, and onion. It's a holiday-worthy meal for breakfast or brunch that's as simple as it can be.
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Easy Sweet Potato Breakfast Casserole
ThisSweet Potato Breakfast Casseroleis an undeniably delicious way to begin Christmas day. It's an easy, meatless egg casserole that is packed with wholesome ingredients like sweet potatoes, bell peppers, spinach, and incredible spices that combine all the flavors beautifully!
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Open-Face Egg and Griddled Ham Breakfast Sandwiches
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Poach a "dozen eggs at once in a muffin pan in the oven, making his cute and tasty breakfast sliders extraordinarily easy to prepare for entertaining."
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Baked Cinnamon Crème Brûlée French Toast
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"If there was ever a decadent french toast, this has got to be it. It’s pretty much one of the best holiday breakfast/brunch recipes you can find, and it’s delicious."
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Fluffy Pancake Recipe
This fluffy pancake recipe is one you'll want to memorize. It's simple, easy, quick... and utterly delicious! A perfect stack of thick pancakes for weekends or holidays.
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Swedish Pancakes Recipe
HomemadeSwedish Pancakesare a vision of beauty with their lacey crisp edges and light, thin batter. Much like French crêpes, they’re made quickly in a shallow skillet and folded or rolled into a delectable breakfast or snack with delicious fresh berries and jam.
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Blueberry Amish Baked Oatmeal
Blueberry Amish Baked Oatmeal is a cozy, hearty breakfast that's healthy and oh-so-satisfyingly delicious. Crispy oats warmed with cinnamon and sweetened with blueberries. It's a breakfast and healthy snack to love.
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Cranberry Orange Muffins (Refined-Sugar Free)
These Cranberry Orange Muffins are a healthier, 100% whole grain, naturally sweetened version of a classic holiday favorite. Bursting with cranberry and orange flavors, and warm spices too, these soft and tender muffins are a festive addition to your holiday table!
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Ginger Pecan Cranberry Scones
Ginger Pecan Cranberry Scones, a cozy holiday treat, made perfect with a cup of tea. Or with coffee on Christmas morning. Festive, easy, and delicious. Each bite is like a taste of the holidays.
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Easy Bacon and Egg Tart
Welcome spring with this Breakfast Tart with Bacon and Eggs on puff pastry. It's perfect for a season of brunch, Easter, and spring gatherings. Easy to make... and utterly delicious!
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Almond Cinnamon Babka Star Bread
Almond Cinnamon Babka Star Bread is an elegant, pull-apart sweet bread, intensely flavored with cinnamon, almonds, and raisins. Soft and tender, and addictive. A perfect holiday bread, like Christmas or Easter, or delicious with morning coffee!
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Holiday Gingerbread Waffles
Festive and robustly flavored Gingerbread Waffles are the perfect Christmas morning breakfast. A treat that will live on in the memories of those you love.
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Easy Apple Strudel
This Easy Apple Strudel recipe, or Apfelstrudel, isa centuries-old classic made easy with store-bought pastry. Perfect for entertaining, bake sales,or simply inviting the neighbors over for tea... and strudel.
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Easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish
These easyCranberry Cream Cheese Danisheswill bring the holidays to your table! Twirls of flaky puff pastry are braided over layers of sweetened cream cheese and a delicious cranberry filling with hints of cinnamon and citrus. Every bite of this glazed braided danish is holiday-worthy!
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Make Ahead Easy Vegetable Egg Bake Breakfast Casserole
A make-ahead egg breakfast casserole fills up your crowd before the festivities begin! Lots of protein, lots of energy for the day!
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Christmas-Morning Casserole
“Chef Bryan Voltaggio loves this make-ahead dish: a classic baked bread-and-egg casserole with bites of pepperoni, mushrooms and gooey cheese. It’s as good for dinner as it is for breakfast.”
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Easy Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole Recipe
This Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole is an easy and delicious casserole, perfect for a weekend brunch, holiday morning, or simply to make ahead for the week. This savory breakfast casserole is packed with flavor and everything you love for breakfast. It's made with hashbrowns, eggs, bacon, and cheese. Perfect for a make-ahead breakfast.
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Easy Homemade Biscuits
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"With just 6 ingredients that I bet you already have on hand, these homemade biscuits are so simple to make. You end up with perfect biscuits every single time."
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Easy Bacon, Cheese and Spinach Quiche
This Easy Bacon, Cheese, and Spinach Quiche recipe is familiarly delicious and simply executed with a mere 10 minutes or less of prep.
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Eggnog Pancakes
Perfect for Christmas morning… “Easy, fluffy Eggnog Pancakes topped with syrup and powdered sugar.”
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Swedish Tea Ring: Festive Sweet Bread
Christmas Swedish Tea Ring, filled with cinnamon, sugar, and raisins and topped with a simple powdered sugar glaze, is a beautiful and delicious Scandinavian recipe for the holiday season!
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Easy Petit Pain au Chocolat (Chocolate Croissants)
If you love Pain au Chocolat, otherwise known as Chocolate Croissants, you will be over the moon with this easy, I mean incredibly easy adaptation on the traditional French Pain au Chocolat.
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Crescent Bacon Breakfast Ring
“This beautiful Crescent Bacon Breakfast Ring will be everyone’s Christmas breakfast of choice, it’s loaded with bacon, eggs and cheese.”
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Easy Classic Spinach Quiche
This easy Classic Spinach Quiche, in the tradition of Quiche Florentine, is a soft and custardy quiche that's simple to make, utterly delicious, and perfect for brunch or tea.
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Spinach, Ham and Cheese Strata Recipe
This Spinach, Ham and Cheese Strata is a breakfast casserole, perfect for a holiday brunch. It's incredibly delicious and simple, simple, simple.
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Easy Christmas Granola Recipe
Christmas Granola is an easy, healthy homemade treat packed with wholesome grains, nuts, and fruit, that tastes like Christmas in every bite. Perfect for Christmas food gifts!
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Apple Dutch Baby: German Pancakes
This Apple Dutch Baby, or German pancakes, is an oven-baked puffed pancake, deliciously perfect in the fall apple season, and always a popular breakfast treat.
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Early-Riser Oven Omelet
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"Everyone will rush to the table when you serve this big fluffy omelet. Packed with tomato, broccoli, ham and cheese, it makes a hearty brunch dish that easily serves a bunch."
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Cheesy Hash Brown Cups
"Filled with everything you love about a hearty breakfast… in cup-size portions. Easy to make with muffin tins and 25 minutes in the oven."
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Overnight Sausage-Egg Bake
"Prep this egg bake the night before, and enjoy the tasty flavors of eggs, sausage, veggies and cheese!"
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Caramelized Onion Breakfast Casserole
“Sweet ribbons of caramelized onions contrast with salty bacon and creamy Muenster in this holiday-worthy breakfast bake. (Don’t be surprised when this dish is requested again for New Year’s brunch!)”
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Easy Overnight Egg Bake with Sausage and Kale
“When you’re serving a crowd or preparing for brunch, nothing could be more simple than this Easy Overnight Egg Bake with Sausage and Kale. Prep the breakfast brunch casserole the night before and it’s ready to pop into the oven the next morning, 35 minutes before serving.”
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Make Ahead Quiche with Bacon, Cheese and Spinach
Make-Ahead Quiche with Bacon, Cheese, and Spinach is a delicious and easy freezer-friendly, easy recipe for afternoon tea, brunch, or even dinner.
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Make Ahead Meal Prep Mini Frittatas in Muffin Tins
Make these mini frittatas ahead and have them ready for Christmas morning. Easy to make 3 ways, with simple ingredients, savory flavors, and healthy vegetables. Simple to make in muffin tins, these frittatas will satisfy everyone around your table!
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Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls
“Make sure your butter is very soft when you spread it on the rolled dough so the dough doesn’t tear.”
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Gingerbread Muffins with Vanilla Bean Glaze
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"Festive gingerbread muffins with vanilla bean glaze are light, airy and fluffy with warm fragrant festive spices and rich molasses. A perfect holiday treat."
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Coconut Pancakes
“For brunch chef Adam Schop sprinkles shredded coconut onto his pancake batter; when the pancakes cook on the griddle, the coconut gets nicely toasted. The finished pancakes get a layer of extra coconut before serving.”
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One-Dish Blackberry French Toast
"Perfect for a holiday breakfast or a weekend brunch, this French toast recipe is loaded with tasty, sweet ingredients like cinnamon, vanilla, and brown sugar, but the reduced fat cream cheese helps lighten the meal."
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Ham-and-Cheese Slab Pies
“Flaky, gooey, and with just a little mustardy zing, these savory slab pies will be a hit around your holiday breakfast table. And if you’re a devotee of careful holiday planning, these easy-to-make pies are right up your alley: They store beautifully in your freezer up to two months in advance!”
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Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spice Granola with Maple, Dates and Pecans
This slow cooker favorite is easy to make ahead and have ready, or make throughout the morning for a late morning brunch.
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Fresh Cranberry and Orange Zest Holiday Loaf
A delicious bread filled with the flavors and scents of the season, perfect for Christmas morning.
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Lighter Christmas Cake with Apple and Fruit
This Christmas Cake is a delicious and moist cake packed with dried fruit, citrus zest, and applesauce. And with every bite, you will taste the holidays.
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SunShine Egg and Bacon Cups
Simple and individual egg muffins with toast and bacon. A fun and easy Christmas morning breakfast!
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Eggs Benedict Bake
"Impress holiday guests with an easy breakfast recipe that has all the wow factor of homemade eggs benedict and none of the fuss. It takes less than a half-hour to bake, and much of the preparation can be done the day before."
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Amish Baked Oatmeal with Apples: Simple Comfort Food
Make this ahead and reheat on Christmas morning. Although, for me, it's just as delicious cold as warm!
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Make Ahead Ham and Asparagus Strata Recipe
This Make-Ahead Ham and Asparagus Strata recipe is an easy custardy, bready, cheesy breakfast or brunch casserole that's always a crowd-pleaser. Perfect for spring brunch, Easter, or Mother's Day.
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Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal Recipe
Baked Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal is a healthy, make-ahead breakfast recipe that kids and adults alike love. Delicious served warm from the oven, and just as yummy as a cold afternoon snack.
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Easy Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
This warm from the oven Homemade Cinnamon Rolls recipe is a deliciously decadent, gooey cinnamon bun that's easier to make than you might think! Especially when you're craving true comfort food -- all year long!