Make-Ahead Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes

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These easy Make-Ahead Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes help you plan a delicious and stress-free Mother’s Day with choices for brunch, including dessert!

Celebrate with some of the recipes my family enjoys year after year on Mother’s Day that can easily be made in advance. For more Mother’s Day recipe ideas, you may want to check out my Mother’s Day category page.

Bacon Egg Cups on a white plate.

General Make-Ahead Tips!

  1.  Plan your menu. Start by planning a menu that includes items that can easily be made beforehand. I’ve included my favorites that I turn to time and again below.
  2. Stock up early. The days leading up to a holiday are a bit chaotic in the grocery store. Purchase whatever items you can before the last-minute rush hits the stores. I like to purchase non-perishable items as far in advance as possible and then any perishables, like dairy, fresh fruits, and vegetables, closer to when I make that dish.
  3. Make a schedule. I have to have a schedule for preparing my holiday meals. It begins days prior to the holiday, all the way through serving the meal. It makes the day more enjoyable and less stressful.

Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole

The breakfast casserole recipe is always a family favorite filled with eggs, sausage, cheese, and 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

This casserole is always a perfect make-ahead breakfast or brunch 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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Mini Quiche

These are perfect for a make-ahead breakfast or brunch. 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

This Bacon and Mushroom quiche is amazing and is easily made ahead for breakfast, brunch, or even supper !

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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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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Eggs Benedict

With this Eggs Benedict recipe, you can make this amazing dish in just a few minutes and have the blender Hollandaise sauce made in about 3 minutes.

Eggs Benedict Recipe - Toasted English muffins topped with ham, bacon, or Canadian-style bacon, and poached eggs and then drizzled with hollandaise sauce make this a favorite brunch recipe. // addapinch.com

Easy Eggs Benedict Recipe

5 from 18 votes
This Easy Eggs Benedict is delicious for breakfast or brunch and simple to make! Toasted English muffins are topped with Canadian bacon and poached eggs, then drizzled with my quick hollandaise sauce. It's ready in minutes without all the fuss!
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Bacon Egg Cups

These bacon egg cups come together so easily. I even like to make large batches of these to reheat for busy mornings.

Bacon Egg Cups on a white plate.

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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Southern Ham Biscuits

A favorite that has graced Southern tables for generations.

Southern ham biscuit with salty ham and honey butter spread.

Southern Ham Biscuits Recipe

5 from 1 vote
These Southern ham biscuits are perfect as appetizers when entertaining or serving for brunch. The best ham biscuit has a delicious spread to enhance the flavors of the biscuit and the salty meat.
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Hashbrown Casserole

This Hashbrown Casserole is an easy casserole to make ahead and bake just before serving.

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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Breakfast Potatoes

These breakfast potatoes are so simple to make and are delicious for breakfast or brunch.

Breakfast Potatoes Recipe

5 from 1 vote
Breakfast Potatoes make a delicious addition to any breakfast or brunch menu. Get this scrumptious, yet so very simple breakfast potatoes recipe.
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Slow Cooker Grits Recipe

These grits are so easy to make in the slow cooker and are a welcome addition to any breakfast or brunch menu.

Slow Cooker Grits | ©addapinch.com

Slow Cooker Grits Recipe

5 from 9 votes
Slow Cooker Grits make any morning easier. Get this recipe for stone ground grits cooked in the slow cooker.
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Frozen Fruit Salad

This make-ahead frozen fruit salad is a refreshing addition to a late-morning brunch.

Frozen Fruit Salad Recipe

5 from 4 votes
Frozen fruit salad is a family-favorite fruit salad recipe served at all special occasions including showers, weddings, parties, and family suppers.
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Honey Lime Fruit Salad

Fruit salad made with fresh, juicy fruits is definitely one of those dishes that people will love.

Honey Lime Fruit Salad Recipe - Made with your favorite fruits with a delicious dressing, this honey lime fruit salad is always a favorite! // addapinch.com

Honey Lime Fruit Salad Recipe

5 from 3 votes
Honey Lime Fruit Salad makes the best fruit salad recipe! Colorful, juicy fruits with a honey and lime dressing make this a refreshing and incredibly delicious crowd favorite.
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Perfect Buttermilk Pancakes

Sometimes, we need breakfast recipes that we can grab from the freezer and reheat for busy mornings. This is one of those recipes we turn to time and again!

Photo of buttermilk pancakes topped with butter and syrup on a white plate.

Perfect Buttermilk Pancake Recipe

5 from 26 votes
Make these classic Buttermilk Pancakes from scratch in minutes – even if you're out of buttermilk! Fluffy, buttery, delicious, and perfect pancakes with this easy recipe!
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Lemon Blueberry Pancakes

These pancakes are light, fluffy, and stuffed full of lemon and blueberry goodness.

Lemon Blueberry Pancakes on a white platter.

Lemon Blueberry Pancakes Recipe

4.67 from 3 votes
Lemon Blueberry Pancakes make a delicious breakfast or brunch anytime of the year!
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Buttermilk Waffles

Buttermilk waffles make a classic breakfast or brunch dish that everyone will enjoy!

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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Salted Caramel Waffles

Waffles are always a favorite, but these salted caramel waffles make for an extra special treat.

Salted Caramel Waffle Recipe

5 from 2 votes
Salted Caramel Waffles take everyone’s favorite breakfast or brunch to new levels! Perfect for a weekend treat.
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Coconut Lime Waffles

Just the smell alone is enough to make you appreciate these scrumptious waffles.

Coconut Lime Waffles Recipe

5 from 5 votes
Coconut Lime Waffles make a delicious waffle recipe perfect for perking up your mornings.
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Classic Cream Scones

These scones are known for their crisp edges and moist, buttery, flaky, tender interior that melts in your mouth. 

How to Make Scones Recipe

5 from 5 votes
This easy scones recipe has crisp edges and a moist, buttery, flaky, tender interior. Ready in less than 45 minutes and great to make ahead.
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Lemon Blueberry Scones

Scones make such a delicious treat for breakfast or brunch, I think. Especially these Lemon Blueberry Scones that taste just out of this world! 

Lemon Blueberry Scones Recipe - Scones make a delicious treat for breakfast, brunch or an afternoon treat. These lemon blueberry scones are full of flavor while being light and moist. // addapinch.com

Lemon Blueberry Scones Recipe

5 from 11 votes
Lemon Blueberry Scones Recipe – Scones make a delicious treat for breakfast, brunch or an afternoon treat. These lemon blueberry scones are full of flavor while being light and moist. 
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French Toast

French toast has such a way of starting the morning off in the best way.

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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Baked Blueberry French Toast

This Baked Blueberry French Toast is always a favorite for a family breakfast or brunch.

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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Blueberry Muffins

I love how quick and easy this Blueberry Muffin 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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Chocolate Chip Muffins

These chocolate chip muffins are a perfect breakfast and brunch treat and are always a hit for snacks.

Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe

4.67 from 6 votes
Chocolate Chip Muffins gives a nod to the classic cookie for breakfast! Made from scratch, these chocolate chip muffins will surely be a favorite!
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Cheddar Biscuits

Light, fluffy southern buttermilk biscuits filled with freshly grated cheddar cheese in every single bite.

Cheddar Biscuits Recipe

5 from 3 votes
Cheddar biscuits make a great addition to any meal! Full of grated cheddar cheese and a crisp bottom, these cheddar biscuits are a family favorite!
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Angel Biscuits

 Made from simple ingredients, these angel biscuits make their way from a quick bread that accompanies a meal to the most favored item on the brunch menu.

Angel Biscuits Recipe

4.91 from 11 votes
Angel biscuits make a delicious addition to any meal. Lightly sweetened, these fluffy biscuits will quickly become a favorite.
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Banana Bread

Banana bread is a “quick” bread made of very ripe bananas, sugar, butter, eggs, flour, vanilla, and a leavener. Perfect for brunch!

The Best Banana Bread Recipe - An updated classic banana bread recipe that makes a moist, tender banana bread every time. Made with simple ingredients this easy banana bread recipe is always favorite! // addapinch.com

Banana Bread

5 from 52 votes
Best Banana Bread Recipe – Moist, tender and so delicious, this recipe is so easy to make and truly makes the best banana bread every time. 
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Zucchini Bread

This is a moist, tender bread filled with grated zucchini, cinnamon, and nuts. Perfect bread for brunch!

Loaf of zucchini bread with slices cut for serving on a wooden surface.

Homemade Zucchini Bread Recipe

5 from 1 vote
This Homemade Zucchini Bread is an easy, failproof quick bread recipe that is always a crowd favorite. Filled with grated zucchini this bread is moist and delicious.
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Bread Pudding

Bread pudding is very similar to a baked French toast recipe in ingredients and cooking method and is absolutely delicious.

Bread Pudding Recipe

5 from 3 votes
Bread Pudding makes a luxurious dessert recipe. Filled with bread, eggs, cream, and sugar, this bread pudding recipe is a favorite.
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Blackberry Breakfast Cobbler

Oh mercy! This blackberry breakfast cobbler is an absolute must-make! 

Blackberry Breakfast Cobbler Recipe

5 from 1 vote
Blackberry Breakfast Cobbler is easy to make for a quick-fix breakfast.
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There are so many dishes you can make ahead of time for Mother’s Day! It’s so easy to plan your menu with this Make-Ahead Mother’s Day Brunch so that you can fully enjoy the holiday with family and friends!

Wishing you and your family a very Happy Mother’s Day!

Robyn xo

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