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Danishes, donuts, sweet rolls, quiches, and MORE are found in this collection of our favorite breakfast pastries!

A collection of breakfast pastries photos.

EVERYONE Loves Pastries!

Do you dream of making morning pastries worthy of being displayed in a bakery window??

That’s exactly what these are! Skip the trip to the bakery and try these recipes at home – we LOVE them all. There are so many tasty flavor options! Pastries can be sweet or savory, baked or fried, large or bite-sized.

Sometimes there isn’t enough time in the morning to produce beautifully crafted homemade pastries. Many of these pastries are made quickly (under 35 minutes!) with the help of a canned dough shortcut.

Pastries are perfect for any time of the day, from breakfast to special treats! Our kids think they are an especially good way to start the day!


Our Top 10 Breakfast Pastries

1 Best Scone Recipe

Best Scone Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes

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Filled with pops of juicy blueberries, this best scone recipe is flaky, buttery, and easy to make! They're perfect for breakfast and brunch.
5 from 44 votes
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2 Homemade Donuts

Homemade Donuts
Total Time: 3 hours 50 minutes

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Grandma's famous melt-in-your-mouth glazed homemade donuts are utterly addicting and absolutely worth the effort!!
4.98 from 71 votes
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3 Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipe
Total Time: 52 minutes

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This easy cinnamon roll recipe is smothered with homemade cream cheese frosting and best of all, ready in only ONE hour!
4.97 from 140 votes
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4 Cinnamon Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 16 minutes
Delicious Glazed Cinnamon and Cream Cheese stuffed Crescent Rolls. Soft and gooey these crescent rolls are the perfect treat or breakfast recipe!
5 from 18 votes
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5 Cream Puff Recipe

Cream Puff Recipe
Total Time: 55 minutes

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Our homemade cream puff recipe is filled with fluffy, delicious cream and is easier to make at home than you'd think!
4.93 from 84 votes
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6 Chocolate Eclair Recipe

Chocolate Eclair Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

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Homemade Eclairs filled with a creamy vanilla bean pastry cream and topped with a rich chocolate glaze.
5 from 11 votes
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7 Cinnamon Twists Recipe

Cinnamon Twists Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes

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Flaky cinnamon twists are buttery and sweet. They take only 15 min. to make, and will disappear in minutes!!
4.98 from 41 votes
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8 Cherry Danish Recipe

Cherry Danish Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes

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This easy Cherry Danish is made from puff pastry dough filled with a sweetened cream cheese mixture and topped with cherry pie filling.
5 from 24 votes
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9 Pop Tart Recipe

Pop Tart Recipe
Total Time: 50 minutes
Delicious Homemade Pop Tarts are easier to make than you think and can be customized based off of your favorite fillings and frosting!
5 from 28 votes
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10 Old Fashioned Donuts

Old Fashioned Donuts
Total Time: 33 minutes

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Old fashioned donuts will melt in your mouth. These glazed buttermilk beauties are so easy to make and are better than store-bought!
5 from 22 votes
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More Breakfast Pastry Recipes

11 Biscuit Donuts Recipe

Biscuit Donuts Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes
These delicious Biscuit Donuts are beyond simple and made using canned biscuits!! If you're looking for the quickest and easiest ways to make donuts, this is it!
5 from 17 votes
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12 Breakfast Hand Pies Recipe

Breakfast Hand Pies Recipe
Total Time: 21 minutes
Simple and delicious crescent dough Breakfast Hand Pies are perfect for breakfast! They are easy to make and completely customizable.
5 from 7 votes
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13 Orange Rolls Recipe

Orange Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 2 hours 35 minutes

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Soft, sweet homemade orange rolls with a zesty filling and creamy orange frosting everyone will love – it's a family favorite!
4.91 from 31 votes
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14 Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

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These homemade cinnamon rolls are an ALL-TIME favorite. These rolls always get rave reviews from anyone who tries them!
5 from 29 votes
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15 Crescent Rolls

Crescent Rolls
Total Time: 2 hours 32 minutes

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Flaky homemade crescent rolls are soft and tender. They are perfect for Sunday dinner or a holiday gathering!
5 from 197 votes
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16 Mini Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Mini Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Give these 90 minute Mini Cinnamon Rolls a try and you'll fall in love with their tender, sweet centers and irresistible cream cheese frosting! 
4.99 from 97 votes
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17 Nutella Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Nutella Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes
Soft and delicious Nutella Cinnamon Rolls are made from crescent rolls filled with Nutella and topped with an amazing glaze.
5 from 9 votes
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18 Maple Bacon Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Maple Bacon Cinnamon Roll Recipe
Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Melt-in-your-mouth Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls are the yin and yang of salty and sweet, and are sinfully addicting!
5 from 23 votes
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19 Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls

Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls
Total Time: 25 minutes

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Savory puff pastry sausage rolls are deliciously addicting and ready in under 30 minutes. They make a tasty breakfast or appetizer!
4.93 from 26 votes
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20 Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe

Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 18 minutes
This simple 3-ingredient appetizer is great for parties and get togethers and is so full of flavor! Everyone will love these Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls.
4.91 from 21 votes
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21 Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Total Time: 2 hours 27 minutes

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Soft and gooey Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls are topped with a delicious pumpkin spice glaze. This simple dessert has all the goods!
5 from 12 votes
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22 Cranberry Orange Scones Recipe

Cranberry Orange Scones Recipe
Total Time: 43 minutes
Soft and tender cranberry orange scones are inviting and flavorful. They are topped with a delightful orange glaze.
5 from 1 vote
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23 Beignet Recipe

Beignet Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

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A classic beignet recipe is pillowy, New Orleans-style fried dough. Enjoy these sprinkled with powdered sugar or dipped in a sauce!
5 from 15 votes
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24 Pumpkin Beignet Recipe

Pumpkin Beignet Recipe
Pumpkin beignets are pillowy, sugary New Orleans-style fried Dough with a fall flavor. You can enjoy these soft donuts right at home sprinkled with powder sugar or dipped in sauce
5 from 3 votes
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25 Cinnamon Bites Recipe

Cinnamon Bites Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes

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Ooey gooey Cinnamon Bites taste just like cinnamon rolls, but are SO much quicker! They are a tasty make-ahead breakfast.
4.99 from 78 votes
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26 Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups Recipe

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups Recipe
Total Time: 21 minutes

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Delicious Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll-Ups – a simple and yummy breakfast treat. White bread flattened and rolled with a cream cheese and powdered sugar mixture, dipped in butter, cinnamon, and sugar!
4.97 from 83 votes
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27 Apple Crescent Dumplings Recipe

Apple Crescent Dumplings Recipe
Total Time: 38 minutes
Flaky butter crusted apple crescent dumplings are spiced to perfection. They are warm, cozy, and melt-in-your-mouth tasty!
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28 Apple Fritters

Apple Fritters
Total Time: 30 minutes

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Apple fritters are crispy, golden-brown delights, studded with tender apple slices and coated in a sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar.
5 from 3 votes
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29 Pumpkin Fritters

Pumpkin Fritters
Total Time: 26 minutes
Transform premade biscuit dough into glazed baked pumpkin fritters, they're ready in under 30 minutes for a sweet fall morning pick-me-up!
5 from 3 votes
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About Kristyn

Kristyn Merkley is a published cookbook author, wife, mom of six, and major food enthusiast! For the past 15 years, she has been sharing foolproof, family-friendly recipes—each one tested in her kitchen—that anyone can master. As a seasoned recipe creator, she loves making cooking simple, stress-free, and totally doable for everyone!

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8 Comments

  1. Elaine Medlin says:

    Kristyn,
    You have completed an amazing pathway with your recipes.
    Have followed you for many years.
    When I was on Facebook. I had shared with you how I made some of your recipes
    with a different twist.
    Have been proud of your growth with your career and raising your children.
    Also sharing your Mom’s recipes.
    You truly are natural for the beginner to more experienced cook, don’t like cook.
    We are women & men know how to add a special touch to recipes.

    1. Lil'Luna Team says:

      Awe, that is so nice of you to say! I appreciate you sticking around & trying my recipes! Really! Thank you so much!

  2. Sue says:

    5 stars
    I made the cherry danish recipe and was so happy with how they turned out. It was next best thing to a bakery danish. I’ll be making them again with different fillings.

  3. Olivia says:

    5 stars
    We make breakfast for dinner all the time. The more ideas the better! Thank you!

  4. Anna says:

    5 stars
    We absolutely love pastries for weekend breakfast! This collection is making me hungry. So many delicious recipes to try!

  5. Erin says:

    5 stars
    Oh, my goodness, do I have to pick just one?? Ha! I want to make them all. We started working our way through the list with the danish. Delish!

  6. Jessica says:

    5 stars
    What an awesome list, and the pastry recipe here is my favorite!! So good, thank you!

    1. Lil'Luna Team says:

      You’re welcome!