Breakfast ideas you can easily make ahead and serve for leisurely breakfasts during the holidays, special occasions, or busy mornings!

There are certain types of breakfast recipes that I turn to when we have guests for the weekend, for special occasions, and for leisurely weekend brunches. These same dishes are essential for a hearty, homemade breakfast throughout the week! I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Breakfast casserole in a glass pan.

Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole

The breakfast casserole recipe is always a family favorite. It is filled with eggs, sausage, cheese, and tender buttermilk biscuits.

Breakfast casserole in a glass pan.

Easy Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole Recipe

5 from 8 votes
This easy breakfast casserole is made with eggs, sausage, and cheese and comes together quickly and easily. Makes the best make-ahead breakfast casserole!
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Ham and Cheese Croissant Casserole Recipe

This casserole is always such a crowd favorite! And when you are entertaining, it is a perfect make-ahead breakfast recipe!

Ham and Cheese Croissant Casserole Recipe - An easy and delicious breakfast casserole that everyone loves! Made of ham, two cheeses, and buttery croissants and baked to perfection! // addapinch.com

Ham and Cheese Croissant Casserole Recipe

5 from 4 votes
This Ham and Cheese Croissant Casserole recipe makes a delicious croissant breakfast casserole! Perfect for brunch, easy suppers, and holidays too!
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Baked Blueberry French Toast

This French toast is always a favorite for a family breakfast or brunch and is perfect when you have friends over for breakfast.

Baked Blueberry French Toast Recipe - This Baked Blueberry French Toast makes a delicious breakfast or brunch recipe! Made with bread, blueberries, maple syrup and topped with a streusel topping, this is always a favorite! // addapinch.com

Baked Blueberry French Toast Recipe

5 from 3 votes
This Baked Blueberry French Toast makes a delicious breakfast or brunch recipe! Made with bread, blueberries, maple syrup and topped with a streusel topping, this is always a favorite!
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Mini Quiche

These are perfect for quick breakfasts on the go and for so many occasions. I love to have a stash of these delicious mini quiches made ahead and stored in my freezer.

Mini Quiche Recipe

4.81 from 31 votes
This delicious mini quiche recipe is a favorite quiche recipe for breakfast, brunch, or parties! Fluffy quiche in a flaky pie crust is simple to personalize with optional ingredients and easy to make ahead!
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Bacon and Mushroom Quiche

There is something delectable about a fresh-from-the-oven quiche recipe with a flaky crust. This Bacon and Mushroom quiche is amazing!

Bacon and Mushroom Quiche Recipe

4.93 from 14 votes
Bacon and Mushroom Quiche makes a wonderful breakfast, brunch, lunch or supper meal. Recipe may easily be made ahead and baked the next morning.
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Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche

A simple biscuit crust holds an easy egg mixture, sausage, and cheese. The quiche comes together quickly and easily.

Photo of sausage cheddar quiche with pastry crust and fork with bite of quiche on white plate.

Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche Recipe

5 from 3 votes
This Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche recipe makes a quick and easy brunch, lunch or dinner. Ready and on the table in 30 minutes, it is a Southern update to a classic!
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Cinnamon Muffins

These muffins are so easy to make and bake within 30 minutes. They make your kitchen smell amazing.

Cinnamon Muffins Recipe

4.34 from 3 votes
Cinnamon Muffins are an easy yet elegant muffin recipe! Topped with a simple streusel topping, these muffins are perfect for entertaining and make your home smell amazing as they bake!
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Perfect Pancake Muffins

These pancake muffins make an even easier version that is grab-and-go portable, make-ahead friendly, and always a favorite. They are practical for those rushed mornings since you can reheat the number of pancake muffins you need in the microwave.

Pancake Muffins Recipe - Pancake muffins make a great breakfast or treat for brunch. So simple to make, you get the ease of a muffin with the deliciousness of pancakes! // addapinch.com

Perfect Pancake Muffins Recipe

5 from 22 votes
Pancake Muffins are the perfect easy breakfast recipe! Simple to make with the ease of a muffin and the deliciousness of pancakes! A make-ahead favorite!
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Cinnamon Rolls

This classic, homemade cinnamon roll recipe is a definite family favorite! 

Photograph of cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting on a white plate with the inside with gooey cinnamon roll filling showing.

Cinnamon Roll Recipe

5 from 138 votes
The Best Cinnamon Rolls Recipe – These easy homemade cinnamon rolls are the best I've ever tasted! They are soft and delicious with a classic cinnamon swirl and topped with cream cheese frosting. This cinnamon roll recipe includes options for making ahead and baking fresh the next morning and freezing them for later.
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Cranberry Orange Muffins 

These Cranberry Orange Muffins most certainly showcase the best combination of the cranberry and orange flavors! They are the perfect combination of tartness from cranberries and oranges with moist, buttery sweetness from the bakery-style muffin.

Cranberry Orange Muffins Recipe

4.96 from 84 votes
Cranberry Orange Muffins Recipe – Delicious bakery style Cranberry Orange Muffins are full of cranberries and drizzled with a sweet orange glaze! Easy muffin recipe that's breakfast and brunch favorite!
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Cinnamon Apple Muffins

Cinnamon Apple Muffins are so scrumptious and full of warm cinnamon and crisp apple bits and finished with a cinnamon sugar topping. This favorite bakery-style muffin recipe with amazing flavor and aroma is perfect for enjoying anytime.

Cinnamon Apple Muffins Recipe

4.95 from 539 votes
Cinnamon Apple Muffins make the perfect addition to any breakfast. Get this family favorite recipe for Cinnamon Apple Muffins.
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Homemade Granola

Homemade granola is a classic recipe I go to time and time again. With just a few basic ingredients you have stocked in your pantry, you can have the best homemade granola full of the oats, nuts, and fruits your family loves.

Photo of homemade granola on a baking sheet with a spatula.

Homemade Granola Recipe

5 from 5 votes
This delicious homemade granola recipe is quick and easy! Made with oats, nuts, coconut oil, and more, and is naturally sweetened with honey or maple syrup! It makes the best homemade granola!
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Buttermilk Waffles

Buttermilk waffles make a classic breakfast, brunch, or even “breakfast for dinner” for so many families.

Our Favorite Buttermilk Waffles Recipe - Our favorite buttermilk waffles are crisp on the outside, yet tender and fluffy on the inside. This is the buttermilk waffle recipe I turn to again and again! // addapinch.com

Our Favorite Buttermilk Waffles Recipe

5 from 2 votes
Buttermilk Waffles Recipe – Our favorite buttermilk waffles are crisp on the outside, yet tender and fluffy on the inside. This is the buttermilk waffle recipe I turn to again and again!
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Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry Muffins have always been one of my family’s favorite muffin recipes! I love how quick and easy this recipe is to make for breakfast, brunch, or snack. 

Blueberry Muffins on white platter

Blueberry Muffin Recipe

5 from 15 votes
Blueberry Muffins Recipe – This BEST Blueberry Muffin Recipe is easy, delicious, and made in one bowl! Bakes beautiful, bakery-style blueberry muffins every time!
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Citrus Scones With Orange Glaze

These Citrus Scones are full of flavor and so easy to make! This scone recipe is so bright and fresh, tender and delicious, and it comes together in 30 minutes and freezes well, too!

Citrus Scones Recipe with Orange Glaze

5 from 4 votes
Citrus Scones with Orange Glaze are wonderful for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Bright and delicious, this scones recipe is like a slice of sunshine and is ready in 30 minutes!
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Make Ahead Breakfast Burritos

These flour tortillas filled with sausage, eggs, spinach, and cheese are great for a grab-and-go breakfast on those busy mornings.

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Make-Ahead Breakfast Burritos Recipe

5 from 3 votes
Make-Ahead Breakfast Burritos Recipe – Stock your freezer with these easy make-ahead breakfast burritos for even easier mornings!
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Make Ahead Biscuits

 Add in any special additions you’d like to your biscuits such as sausage, cheese, or ham and then freeze to make busy mornings go even more quickly.

Make Ahead Biscuits Recipe - Make and bake biscuits ahead of time for quick and easy mornings! In less than 30 minutes, you'll have a week's worth of breakfast ready to grab, reheat and go! // addapinch.com

Make Ahead Biscuits Recipe

5 from 2 votes
Make Ahead Biscuits Recipe – Make and bake biscuits ahead of time for quick and easy mornings! In less than 30 minutes, you’ll have a week’s worth of breakfast ready to grab, reheat and go!
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How to Cook Bacon

Having cooked bacon in your freezer makes breakfast on a busy morning that much easier!

Photo of bacon on a white plate.

How to Cook Bacon Recipe

4.82 from 11 votes
Learn How to Cook Bacon in the Oven for perfect bacon every time! Enjoy delicious, crispy bacon and less mess with this oven-baked bacon recipe.
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French Toast

French toast has such a way of starting the morning off in the best way. Paired with a bowl of fresh berries, a few slices of bacon, a drizzle of maple syrup, and a dollop of whipped cream, this meal is always a crowd favorite!

Best French Toast Recipe

5 from 226 votes
This French toast recipe makes a delicious breakfast or brunch. Make this simple, yet perfect French toast recipe that everyone will love.
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Hashbrown Casserole

Perfect for novice cooks and busy experts, it can be made ahead and with less than 10 ingredients!

Hashbrown Casserole Recipe - A cheesy potato side dish that comes together in a snap! Perfect to serve when entertaining and a staple on the holiday table! // addapinch.com

Hashbrown Casserole Recipe

5 from 20 votes
The Best Hashbrown Casserole Recipe is a cheesy potato casserole that is always a favorite! The ultimate easy, comforting side dish!
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Bacon Egg Cups

These bacon egg cups come together so easily and are just as perfect for serving a group as they are for two people! But I even like to make large batches of these to reheat for busy mornings.

Bacon Egg Cups Recipe - Bacon Egg Cups make a delicious recipe perfect for serving for breakfast, brunch or snack! Great to make for a crowd or to make ahead and reheat for busy mornings! // addapinch.com

Bacon Egg Cups Recipe

5 from 8 votes
Bacon Egg Cups Recipe – Bacon Egg Cups make a delicious recipe perfect for serving for breakfast, brunch or snack! Great to make for a crowd or to make ahead and reheat for busy mornings!
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