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Wake up to the best smells of Christmas morning with these top Christmas breakfast ideas. From bakery-style sticky buns to a hearty make-ahead bacon and egg casserole and the softest buttery coffee cake, these recipes make holiday mornings feel super magical without the stress.
My from-scratch Homemade Cinnamon Rolls are soft and fluffy. For a quicker, fun option, try my shortcut TikTok-Viral Cinnamon Rolls, made with almost no effort. Or if you want it in bread form, my Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread is tender and ready in minutes.
If you love a hearty breakfast, my Bacon Egg Casserole is packed with cheese and is perfect for feeding a crowd on Christmas morning. For a quicker, grab-and-go option, my Bacon Egg Bites are bite-sized and easy to make!
30+ Christmas Breakfast Ideas
Cinnamon Roll Christmas Tree
This Cinnamon Roll Christmas Tree is made with either homemade cinnamon roll dough or store-bought options like Rhodes frozen cinnamon rolls and covered in a creamy frosting.
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Sweet Cream Ricotta Pancakes
Light and fluffy sweet cream ricotta pancakes that will literally melt in your mouth!
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Bacon Egg and Cheese Casserole
Bacon Egg and Cheese Casserole. An easy breakfast casserole recipe. Green Chili Bacon Cheese Egg Breakfast Souffle.
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Coffee Cake
This cinnamon brown sugar sour cream coffee cake is made with a buttery cake layered with a brown sugar cinnamon layer and topped with a streusel topping and a sweet glaze. The best coffee cake recipe perfect for breakfast or brunch. A perfect Christmas breakfast recipe.
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TikTok Cinnamon Rolls
The famous, viral TikTok Cinnamon Rolls with heavy cream are even better than Cinnabon! These TikTok Cinnamon Rolls made with canned cinnamon rolls, a homemade buttery cinnamon drizzle, and a cream cheese frosting are the easiest cinnamon rolls you will ever make!
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Buttermilk Waffles
How to make the best homemade Belgian waffles at home. Buttermilk waffles with crispy edges and chewy centers make the perfect weekend breakfast!
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Hayley’s Famous Cinnamon Rolls
How to make the perfect homemade cinnamon rolls every single time. These warm, ooey, gooey, buttery brown sugar cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing are literally the perfect cinnamon rolls.
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Star Bread
This Star Bread is a pull-apart bread that is perfectly soft and fluffy and filled with your favorite fillings. This is a Cinnamon Sugar Star Bread with layers of butter, cinnamon, and sugar, and shaped into a beautiful star.
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Goldie’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes
Fluffy, soft, and tender buttermilk pancakes. A family favorite!
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Best French Toast Recipe
There is an art to making the best French toast and I will share tips and tricks for achieving the perfect balance of buttery, crisp edges and custardy centers. These tips will elevate your French toast at home.
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Easy Almond Croissants
How to make the easiest homemade almond croissants ever! These buttery, flaky croissants filled with a homemade almond filling and topped with crunchy almonds will rival any bakery. You can make these bakery-style almond croissants in 25 minutes!
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Swedish Pastry (Danish Kringle)
Flaky, buttery crust layered with baked almond filling and topped with sweet almond frosting. This can also be called a Danish Kringle.
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Croissant Bread Pudding
Croissant Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce is made with croissants baked in a custard sauce and topped with a homemade vanilla bean sauce. The most decadent dessert or breakfast recipe!
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Chocolate Chip Ricotta Pancakes
Chocolate Chip Ricotta Pancakes Creamy homemade one-bowl ricotta pancakes with chocolate chips. How to make easy 5-minute chocolate chip ricotta pancakes from scratch!
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Caramel Pecan Rolls
Caramel pecan sticky buns are homemade sweet rolls filled with a brown sugar cinnamon filling and topped with a rich caramel sauce and pecans. These caramel pecan rolls are sweet, nutty, and rich. This is the best sticky bun recipe!
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Homemade Biscuits and Gravy
Buttery, flaky homemade biscuits topped with a creamy, savory sausage gravy. The best biscuits and gravy recipe!
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Blueberry Cheesecake Stuffed French Toast
This Blueberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast Recipe is made with soft, thick bread stuffed with a homemade blueberry cream cheese and dipped in a vanilla custard batter and cooked until golden.
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Orange Roll Breakfast Cake
Your favorite orange rolls made easy in this moist breakfast cake.
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Easy Croffle Recipe (Croissant Waffle)
How to make the famous croffle which is croissant dough baked in a waffle iron that makes a buttery, flaky waffle that is the perfect breakfast or dessert recipe. A croffle is the ultimate fusion of a buttery, flaky croissant and a golden, crispy waffle. Top it with your favorite waffle toppings!
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Bacon Egg and Cheese Egg Bites
Mini Egg Bacon and Cheese Bites A quick and easy bite-size high-protein and low-carb breakfast. These mini egg bites are the perfect start for your day!
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Homemade Orange Rolls
Sweet homemade orange rolls with fresh orange cream cheese frosting.
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Mini Dutch Baby Pancakes (in a muffin tin)
These mini, bite-size Dutch Baby pancakes are made the same way as traditional German pancakes but these are baked in muffin tins. These easy, golden and buttery mini puffed pancakes are perfect to serve to family and friends.
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Best Banana Bread Recipe
How to make the best banana bread using both oil and butter, sour cream and buttermilk, sweet ripe bananas, all topped with a brown sugar topping.
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Flour Bakery Banana Bread
How to make the famous, award-winning Flour Bakery Banana Bread. This is the best banana nut bread recipe and is perfectly moist with sweet banana flavor.
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Easy Chocolate Almond Croissants
These quick and easy chocolate almond croissants use a shortcut by using day old croissants and filling them with a homemade almond filling and rich, decadent chocolate and baking until warm. These are the best almond chocolate croissants!
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Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread
Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread. Soft and moist cinnamon swirl quick bread with cinnamon sugar streusel is perfect to share with neighbors and friends!
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Easy Buttermilk Drop Biscuits
Flaky, tender biscuits with a crispy, buttery outer crust and made in less than 20 minutes.
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Pancake Charcuterie Board
Breakfast Pancake Board. The perfect breakfast for entertaining! Homemade buttermilk pancakes topped with all of your favorite toppings — fresh berries, whipped cream, homemade syrup, Nutella, chocolate chips, peanut butter, and more.
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Homemade Buttermilk Syrup
Homemade Buttermilk Syrup A homemade caramel syrup made with butter, sugar, Karo syrup, vanilla, and buttermilk. It is perfect to drizzle on pancakes, waffles, crepes, or aebleskivers!
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If you more Christmas recipe inspiration, check out my round-up of Christmas Desserts and the best Christmas Cookies.
