45+ Christmas Breakfast Ideas - The Recipe Rebel (2024)

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written by Ashley Fehr

Last updated on November 24, 2021

Tons of Christmas Breakfast Ideas to start off your day in an extra special way! From casseroles and pancakes to baked goods, fruit salads and even drinks!

If you’ve been hanging around here for a while, you know that breakfast and brunch are my favorite meals. I could eat breakfast food for every meal of the day and I’m so glad my family feels the same way!

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We love cooking up a big breakfast on the weekends, and a great big Christmas breakfast is one of my favorite ways to celebrate.

There’s nothing better than gathering the family around the table for a holiday brunch!

Here are some of our favorite Christmas breakfasts, and a few from friends. There’s really something for everyone: sweet and savory!

Christmas Breakfast Ideas

Tons of Christmas Breakfast Ideas to start off your day in an extra special way! From casseroles and pancakes to baked goods, fruit salads and even drinks!

Sweet Breakfast recipes

It's the holidays! Go ahead and eat dessert for breakfast 😉

These sweet Christmas breakfast recipes range from pancakes and french toast to breads and baked goods -- some you can even make the night before!

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French Toast Casserole

French Toast Casserole is perfect for prepping the night before and popping in the oven for a weekend or holiday brunch! An overnight French toast bake with cinnamon, vanilla and maple and crispy cinnamon sugar topping.

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The BEST Cinnamon Buns Recipe

These are the best Cinnamon Buns you’ll ever make! They are soft, fluffy cinnamon rolls, and have the best gooey caramel sauce in the bottom of the pan. They’re easy to make ahead and freezer friendly!

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Monkey Bread recipe

This classic Monkey Bread recipe is made with yeast dough (the best way!), coated in cinnamon and sugar and baked to golden caramel perfection. Make ahead and freezer friendly!

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Overnight Caramel French Toast

This Overnight Pumpkin French Toast is so easy — you can make ahead for holiday gatherings and brunches and bake together in one pan! Naturally sweetened and made with real ingredients.

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Apple Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping Recipe

This Apple Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping is the perfect fall breakfast or dessert — Greek yogurt makes it so moist and it’s loaded with apples and the best crunchy brown sugar streusel!

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Healthier Cinnamon Roll Baked Pancake with Maple Cream Cheese Syrup

This Healthier Cinnamon Roll Baked Pancake is whole wheat, low in sugar, and bakes in a pie plate so there’s no flipping or waiting! Drizzle with easy Maple Cream Cheese Syrup for a special treat!

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Whole Wheat Pancakes

These fluffy Whole Wheat Pancakes are healthy and delicious! They’re freezer friendly and great for easy breakfasts, or load them up with your favorite holiday favorites for a healther Christmas breakfast.

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Cranberry Spiral Bread with Ginger and Pecans

This stunning holiday cranberry spiral bread is inspired by a Swedish tea ring but has a cranberry, ginger, and pecan fruit filling that will make your holiday table look spectacular.

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Cinnamon Roll Bites

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!

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Pumpkin Donut French Toast Casserole

This Pumpkin Donut French Toast Casserole is such an easy breakfast recipe! The easy french toast casserole recipe gets a fun fall twist with the addition of baked donut holes and pumpkin. The whole easy breakfast casserole is topped with a brown sugar crumb topping.

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Brown Sugar Glazed Apple Cinnamon Baked Donuts

These Apple Cinnamon Baked Donuts are packed with apples (healthy, right?!) and cinnamon — the perfect fall treat! Smothered in a brown sugar glaze that makes these a decadent dessert or special breakfast

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Ricotta Waffles Recipe

These Ricotta Waffles are crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside and have a flavour that can’t be beat! An easy waffle recipe that’s freezer friendly and perfect for busy mornings

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Sheet Pan Pancakes

This recipe for Sheet Pan Pancakes streamlines the pancake-making process so that you can enjoy homemade buttermilk pancakes any day of the week!

No flipping required!

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Perfect Eggnog French Toast

Eggnog French Toast – Traditional Fluffy Challah is dipped in a wonderfully spicedEggnogcustard and fried to perfection. This Eggnog French Toast is holiday breakfast perfection!!

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Glazed Lemon Monkey Bread

This Glazed Lemon Monkey Bread is made with homemadebun dough rolled in lemon sugar, baked, and covered in a thick lemon glaze. The perfect make ahead breakfast, brunch or dessert!

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Crockpot French Toast Recipe

This Crockpot French Toast is rich and moist and loaded with cinnamon and vanilla flavors — it’s an overnight french toast casserole that will impress all of your guests!

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Orange Sweet Rolls

These orange rolls, are soft, tender, and fluffy sweet rolls, with both orange juice and zest throughout, in the dough, filling, and icing on top making them so fresh and citrusy!

Take plain crepes up a notch by filling them with a luscious cream mixture and beautiful, fresh strawberries. TheseStrawberry Crepesare next level in taste and presentation, but very easy to make, and perfect for a weekend breakfast, brunch, or even dessert!

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Almond Croissants

Sweet, buttery and flaky Almond Croissants made with store-bought croissants, almond syrup, and almond cream filling. A delicious bakery-like treat made at home. Ready in under an hour with an option to make-ahead.

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Eggnog French Toast Casserole

Eggnog French Toast Casserole is an easy make ahead French toast bake made with fluffy challah bread and eggnog. It’s the perfect Christmas breakfast!

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Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Pancakes dress up traditional pancakes with dried cranberries and white chocolate chips and make adelicious weekend or holiday breakfast or brunch.

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Cranberry Orange Bread with Glaze

The most incredibly moist Cranberry Orange Bread with a delicious Orange Icing Glaze. A classic iced Christmas pound cake made with real cranberries, and fresh citrus oranges.

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Gingerbread Pancakes

Sweet, dense, and perfectly spiced, theseGingerbread Pancakesare a delicious seasonal treat. Made with whole OATS and without refined sugars, these nutritious pancakes are equally delicious as healthy. Perfect Christmas breakfast or brunch.

Savory Breakfast Recipes

Enjoy a hearty, savory breakfast? These Christmas Breakfast Recipes are packed with flavor and are easy to prepare.

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Breakfast Skillet - 6 Ingredients!

This easy Breakfast Skillet is made with 6 ingredients and in 30 minutes or less! A hearty breakfast or quick weeknight dinner.

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Crockpot Breakfast Casserole

This easy Crockpot Breakfast Casserole is loaded with healthy ingredients and full of flavour! It’s an easy way to pack protein into your morning, it’s perfect for making ahead and is freezer friendly. Mix and match the meat and veggies to suit your tastes!

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Easy Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole recipe

This easy Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole recipe is a hearty, insanely delicious meal that’s just as good for dinner as it is for an easy breakfast!

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Loaded Baked Potato Breakfast Casserole

This Loaded Baked Potato Breakfast Casserole has all of your favorites: potatoes, bacon, eggs, sour cream, cheese, peppers and onions! It’s easy to make ahead and is a great healthy breakfast option for the holidays!

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Quiche Lorraine

This Quiche Lorraine is a rich and flavorful quiche recipe, made with bacon, sauteed onions, cheese and a creamy egg base. It’s make ahead and freezer friendly!

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Easy Ham Quiche Recipe

This Easy Ham Quiche recipe started with a refrigerated pie crust or you can make your own! It’s filled with ham, cheese, green onions and perfectly seasoned. The perfect breakfast, dinner, or holiday brunch item!

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How to Cook Bacon in the Oven

How to cook perfect bacon in the oven, no flipping required! The BEST and EASIEST way to bake bacon for perfect results every time.

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Crustless Quiche - 6 ingredients!

This Crustless Quiche is made with just SIX ingredients and loaded with flavor! Perfect for an easy weeknight dinner or breakfast, make ahead and freezer friendly.

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Mini Frittata Muffins

These Mini Frittata Muffins are an easy breakfast recipe made with Arla Herbs and Spices Cream Cheese. They’re also loaded with flavour and also meal prep, make ahead and freezer friendly!

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Baked Ham and Egg Cups

TheseBaked Ham and Egg Cupstopped with asparagus are an all in one breakfast recipe that is naturally low carb, Keto friendly. Just ham, cheese, eggs and asparagus baked to perfection in individual servings.

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Chorizo and Egg Christmas Wreath

Transform comforting huevos con chorizo into a festive breakfast for eight using store-bought crescent rolls. It’s a beautiful edible centerpiece for your holiday breakfasts, and so easy! Try this beautifulChorizo and Egg Christmas Wreathto wow your family this Christmas season

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The BEST Flaky Biscuits

Made with creamy butter, luscious cream, tangy cream cheese, and a touch of sugar, These Super Flaky Biscuits (AKA Accordion Biscuits) are the flakiest, most buttery and tender biscuits you’ll ever have!

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Cheesy Overnight Hash Brown Egg Casserole

This Cheesy Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole is everything you need on Christmas morning! (Or anytime you have guests for breakfast!) Hashbrowns are baked til crispy, then topped with eggs, cheese, and black forest ham. It’s an overnight recipe, so you have more time for stockings in the morning!

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Mediterranean Breakfast Casserole

Mediterranean Breakfast Casserole with chicken sausage, kale, tomatoes, and feta cheese. This easy egg casserole requires only 5 ingredients, is easy to put together and is BIG on flavor!

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Asparagus Quiche

This Asparagus Quiche is a light and delicious brunch recipe. Full of simple, yet fullfilling flavors, this will be a hit with guests.

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Ham Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sliders

These Ham Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sliders are delicious little hot breakfast sandwiches that are the perfect way to feed a breakfast crowd.

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Eggs Benedict Casserole

If you’re looking to switch up your usualbreakfast casserole, you’ll love this version! English muffins, eggs, seasonings, and back bacon are made into a casserole. Drizzle with an easyhollandaise sauce(homemade or packaged) you can even top it with extra poached eggs if you’d like.

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Oven Roasted Breakfast Potatoes

Oven roasting is by far my favorite method for creating a large batch of crispy breakfast potatoes. These Oven Roasted Breakfast Potatoes are excellent for breakfast or brunch but are also a delicious dinner side dish!

Hot Drinks to Start Your Day!

Coffee is a big part of breakfast here! We love waking up with something cozy to sip on.

These warm drinks are perfect for sipping on while you snuggle around the Christmas tree!

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Peppermint Mocha Recipe

This Peppermint Mocha recipe is easy and tastes just as good as Starbuck’s or McDonald’s — plus, you don’t have to shell our $5 for one coffee!

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Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spice Latte

This slow cooker Pumpkin Spice Latte is the easiest way to serve a hot, holiday drink to a crowd! Made with real pumpkin and naturally sweetened, with dairy free and vegan options.

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Easy White Chocolate Mocha

This Easy White Chocolate Mocha is just as good as the coffee shop but you don’t have to leave the house! Optional shortcuts and healthier swaps. Who needs Starbucks?

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Slow Cooker Cranberry Apple Cider

The perfect holiday drink, this Slow Cooker Cranberry Apple Cider is made with apple, cranberry and orange juices! Perfect for your Thanksgiving or Christmas party.

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My name is Ashley Fehr and I love creating easy meals my family loves. I also like to do things my way, which means improvising and breaking the rules when necessary. Here you will find creative twists on old favorites and some of my favorite family recipes, passed down from generations!

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  1. Jeannine Helveston says

    I’m going to have a hard time deciding how many to make. I’ll definitely make at least two ahead of time and freeze them!

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      Hi Jeannine! Hope you enjoy it!

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