Start your Christmas morning off right with one of these amazing Christmas Day Breakfasts. With everything from easy but delicious recipes to flavor bursting casseroles, there is something everyone will love.
The holiday season quickly approaching, a hearty breakfast is always great to have planned. You’re going to need all the fuel you need. A big, delicious breakfast with family is the best way to start off your day as everyone winds down from the excitement. I’ve compiled a list of the best recipes for Christmas Day Breakfasts that will power you through all of your Christmas chaos.
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Expert Tips for Making Christmas Breakfast Recipes
If you’re having trouble finding something to make for the family Christmas morning or to bring to a holiday brunch, then you’ve come to the right place. From feeding a crowd to cooking for a smaller crowd then something like a specialty pancake or waffle would be great.
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- Ultimate Table Setting: Whether it’s for breakfast or dinner, a beautifully set table is always nice to have. Try this Christmas dish set that is perfect for breakfast this upcoming holiday.
- Waffle Tip: While making waffles is rather on the easy side, try out this waffle maker for perfect, fluffy waffles every time.
- Short cut tip: For an even easier morning, most pancake and waffle batters can be made the night before and stored in the fridge until you’re ready to use.
- Allergy Tip: A lot of holiday foods, even breakfast, contains nuts. You can easily remove the nut ingredient or swap it out for one of your choosing.
Easy Christmas Breakfast Ideas
With these easy Christmas breakfast ideas you can find everything from Christmas tree waffles to breakfast wreaths. You can be sure to find something to satisfy your breakfast needs here. A lot of these recipes even have a fun holiday twist!
Looking for a fun and easy Christmas breakfast idea for kids? Learn how to make this easy and delicious Christmas tree waffles recipe!
These Cinnamon Roll Bites are the easiest way to cinnamon roll flavor! Uses homemade or store bought biscuit dough, a great make ahead breakfast or dessert!
Chocolate chip cranberry muffins are soft, tender, & bursting with flavor! Perfect for breakfast or brunch, especially during the holidays.
This Bacon Breakfast Wreath is one of my favorite make ahead breakfast recipes. You can assemble it the day before and bake it in the morning.
All the delicious molasses and spice flavor of gingerbread cookies, in yummy waffle form. Having Gingerbread Waffles for Christmas breakfast is one of our favorite family holiday traditions.
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.
These Easy Breakfast Cookies are one of my favorite breakfast recipes. They are easy to make and chocked full of nutritious ingredients.
This pull-apart star bread is a beautiful, buttery, sugary, and delicious holiday bread that tastes as good as it looks and is actually easy to make.
An Easy Cinnamon Roll Christmas Tree made with store bought or homemade cinnamon rolls, green icing, and Christmas sprinkles.
Cream Cheese Danish Crescent Rolls are a delicious and super quick pastry recipe for holiday brunches, dessert, or parties.
Make Ahead Breakfast
For some people they have to spend all day in kitchen cooking the big holiday dinner, so they don’t want to also spend their morning in the kitchen. Really these make ahead Christmas breakfast ideas are perfect to throw together a day or two before and ready to pop in the oven whenever you want.
This decadent holiday breakfast, brunch, or dessert is studded with golden raisins, sprinkled with nutmeg, & drizzled with a silky eggnog syrup.
Loaded with eggs, breakfast sausage, veggies, and cheesy goodness. You can bake it immediately after assembling or make the night before for a stress-free brunch.
Individual servings of french toast are an easy make-ahead breakfast, and this recipe can easily be doubled to feed a crowd!
I’d argue that these buns are not just for Christmas morning. They’d truly make any day feel like a holiday, whether it is Christmas morning, New Years’ brunch, or just any old Tuesday, they’re that special.
Store-bought frozen rolls make these super easy but delightfully delicious pull-apart cinnamon pecan rolls easy to make for any weekend or holiday brunch.
These Freezer-Friendly 5-Ingredient Pumpkin Protein Pancakes are a healthy, delicious breakfast idea. Pop them in the toaster to reheat last minute!
These yeasted morning buns are filled with a sweet-tart cranberry compote and drenched in a simple, vanilla-rich glaze. Just the right amount for your cozy holiday crew.
A simple and easy breakfast recipe for the whole family. This egg casserole muffin recipe was simply delicious.
I love a good make-ahead breakfast. Especially when it’s buttery soft French toast that tastes a lot like soft gingerbread and molasses cookies.
This dark chocolate raspberry coffee cake combines juicy raspberries, dark chocolate, and buttery almond streusel to make an unforgettable breakfast cake!
Maple Sage Breakfast Sausage is an easy way to make your weekend breakfast a little extra special, or to meal prep your breakfast protein for the week!
Christmas Breakfast Casseroles
These Christmas breakfast casseroles are perfect for a big family breakfast or brunch! Casseroles are great because its so easy to switch out an item for something more preferred.
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This cheesy ham- and bacon-filled breakfast casserole is the perfect make-ahead breakfast for Christmas morning—or any time you need to feed a crowd.
The word “buttery” in the title refers to croissants, which make an especially rich foundation for this golden-topped baked breakfast classic.
This dish has everything you love about a traditional bagel breakfast sandwich, but it's all baked into a creamy, cheesy casserole that can be made the night before.
After church on Christmas morning, our family enjoys this easy, make-head casserole. I’d also recommend this Christmas morning breakfast casserole for a special brunch any time of the year.
Let me start by saying, this Apple Fritter Breakfast Casserole Recipe is out of this world amazing! With layers of flaky croissants, caramelized apples and cream flavored with Apple Butter all baked to perfection.
Eggnog French toast bake is a perfect holiday breakfast or brunch. This easy make ahead breakfast casserole feeds a crowd with minimal effort.
Bread pudding and pancakes at the same time? Yes, it’s as amazing as it sounds.
An eggs benedict casserole is not only delicious, hearty and filling, but it also gives you the ingredients and taste you love from eggs Benedict in an easy, make-ahead form.
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This cherry berry breakfast custard recipe is a jam-packed treat that takes cues from the French clafoutis—a custard-like dish that rises up around juicy fruit.
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This rich, decadent dessert couldn’t be easier: Just combine all the ingredients and bake for 30 minutes.
An easy, crazy-delicious, healthy French Toast Breakfast Casserole with the flavors of a PB&J, plus a luscious topping! A family fave and easy make-ahead!
This Maple Sausage French Toast Bake is a make ahead dish that is perfect for any breakfast or brunch gathering.
Other Christmas Breakfast Recipes
These other Christmas breakfast recipes will be the perfect way to start off a holiday morning.
White Chocolate Cranberry Rolls: homemade dough filled with homemade cranberry filling (or store bought), with a white chocolate glaze – for Christmas!
Tender cake with tart cranberries and a sweet crunchy streusel topping, you’ll def want more than one piece!
Chocolate Cherry French Toast is a decadent, make ahead breakfast perfect for the holidays! So easy, and in the morning you just bake and devour 🙂
This is the perfect make ahead recipe for a holiday breakfast or brunch. A cinnamon spiked eggnog cream filling is sandwiched between two layers of sour cream coffee cake, studded with candied pecans.
This chocolate cherry bread pudding with pistachios is so decadent, you’ll forget it’s made using whole-grain bread. It clocks in under 350 calories, too.
I love the flavors of gingerbread and molasses so much. So I made pancakes that taste like gingerbread cookies.
Not only does the air fryer avoid excess oil, but it also takes just about 6 minutes to cook the donuts, so a warm, buttery dessert or irresistible brunch recipe. You only need 3 ingredients to make the easiest donuts ever.
This flaky puff pastry easily feeds a crowd and looks fancy with minimal effort.
A fabulous Pancake Board with all the toppings and sides is such a creative way to serve breakfast, brunch or brinner!
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Drizzle these sweet and chocolately red velvet waffles with homemade cream cheese icing, and sprinkle a handful of berries on top.
These Nutella cream cheese crescent rolls take only take 20 minutes to make! They are great for breakfast or dessert!
These scones will literally melt in your mouth! They’re not only ridiculously easy they’re ridiculously delicious too!
