All the best Easter Brunch Ideas to choose from for Easter morning. From cinnamon rolls to breakfast casseroles to muffins and more – this delicious collection will help you plan your Easter brunch.
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MOST POPULAR EASTER BRUNCH IDEAS
Easter is such a fun holiday! With the Easter egg hunts, family gatherings, church, and festivities, it’s a holiday that so many love. If your family is like ours, we center these family holidays around food.
In case your family gathering happens to be between the morning and lunchtime, we will be sharing all of our favorite Easter brunch recipes that everyone loves.
From casseroles to pastries to pancakes and waffles (perfect for a waffle bar), we are sharing the most popular Easter brunch ideas for you to enjoy this holiday season.
Tips for a Great Easter Brunch
A good time to serve brunch. Brunch usually starts between 9 and 10 am. Once you get to 11 am you can skip the “br” and just serve lunch. Also, brunch is perfect for a self-serve buffet-style presentation.
Prep ahead of time. Unlike hosting a dinner, brunch means that you don’t have all day to prepare. Getting things done ahead of time will make the morning go more smoothly.
- Get your grocery shopping done early. Not only will you beat the crowds, but you don’t risk the store being out of a needed item.
- Clean the house.
- Decorate and set up tables.
- Prep any food items.
The menu. Plan the Easter brunch menu a week or two in advance. This will help when you’re out shopping as well as if people ask to bring a dish. You’ll know exactly what items you want to serve and how they can help.
- Include both sweet and savory items on the menu as well as both hot and cold items.
- Incorporate make-ahead items into the menu. See individual posts for more info.
- Don’t hesitate to have guests bring a dish, especially a warm dish. Spreading out the making of hot dishes means you can offer more hot dishes with less work on your part.
How many dishes to serve – plan the menu.
Not only is “Brunch” a combination of breakfast and lunch, but you can choose to serve breakfast-type recipes, lunch recipes, or a mixture of both.
The following information includes the serving sizes for common brunch items. I would plan to serve 3-5 different types of dishes. Choose a mixture of sweet and savory, warm and cool.
- Quiche: 1 slice per person
- 2×2 inch slice of casserole: 1-2 pieces per person
- Toast, bagel, croissant: 1-2 pieces per person
- Green salad: 1 ½- 2 cups per person
- Fruit salad: ½-1 cup per person
- Sweet bread, muffin, pastry: 1 per person
- Bacon or sausage: 3-4 pieces per person
- Sandwiches or wraps: 1 per person
Finishing touches
Incorporate all the finishing touches that you would use at dinner such as:
- Food labels
- Flowers to decorate
- Matching palette: Easter usually means pastel colors and floral patterns. Use the palette from serving bowls to table centerpieces. Using a coordinating palette helps all the different elements of a brunch come together.
Have a space, both indoor and outdoor, for children to play.
Seasonal Spring Produce
Brunch is a wonderful way to showcase the produce of a springtime garden. Easily find brunch recipes that showcase your favorite spring fruits and vegetables.
The best way to really see what is in season is to head down to my local Farmer’s market. Their produce is the freshest and best priced and I often come across items I wouldn’t have guessed were grown in my area.
Spring Vegetables + Fruits
- Many savory brunch dishes are only made better with the addition of fresh spring vegetables. I love adding asparagus, broccoli florets, and mushrooms.
- Parsley, chives, dill, basil, thyme, mint, garlic, green onions, and shallots are wonderful spring flavors to add to casseroles, quiches, and salads.
- Some other spring vegetables to include on your menu include baby carrots, beets, young radishes, snap peas, cauliflower, artichokes, brussel sprouts, and green beans.
- Fresh fruit salads are easy to mix up or set out a platter full of different cut fruits.
- Favorite spring fruits include coconut, apricots, mango, some cherries, pineapple, citrus, (oranges, limes, lemons, grapefruit), and strawberries.
- Use springtime fruit to add flavor and garnish your water bowls and juice pitchers.
Easter Breakfast Casseroles and QUICHES
Nothing is easier than preparing a breakfast casserole for your Easter brunch. From sweet to savory, we are sharing our favorite casseroles for you to try this holiday.
Breakfast casseroles can almost always be made in advance, are very simple, and take just minutes to throw together.
Here are some of our favorite sweet and savory breakfast casseroles, perfect for your Easter brunch.
1. Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
Filled with bacon, sausage, cheese and more – this Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole is sure to be your next go-to breakfast dish. It’s easy, delicious and sure to be a crowd pleaser.
1 Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole Recipe
2. French Toast Bake
This super delicious overnight French Toast Bake recipe takes French toast to a whole new level! Pieces of sourdough bread covered in an egg mixture, topped with cinnamon sugar, and baked to perfection! This easy French toast casserole is the ultimate holiday or weekend breakfast!!
2 French Toast Bake Recipe
3. Cheesy Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
Bacon, egg, and hashbrown casserole is one of our all time favorite savory breakfast dishes! It feeds a crowd, and takes minutes to whip up.
3 Hashbrown Casserole Recipe
4. BISCUITS AND GRAVY CASSEROLE
A casserole version of a classic breakfast dish!! This Biscuits and Gravy Casserole is simple and perfect for weekend mornings and holidays – especially if you’re feeding a crowd!
4 Biscuit and Gravy Casserole Recipe
5. Biscuit Egg Casserole
A delicious Biscuit Egg Casserole recipe filled with biscuits, cheese, eggs and sausage, and takes only minutes to throw together! This breakfast casserole is a family favorite for weekends and holidays!
5 Biscuit Egg Casserole
6. Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake
Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake has all of the ooey gooey goodness of warm cinnamon rolls, with the ease of an overnight breakfast casserole.
6 Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake Recipe
7. CHEESY BREAKFAST POTATO CASSEROLE
This Cheesy Breakfast Potato Casserole takes minutes to make and is delicious!! This recipe will become a breakfast favorite.
7 Cheesy Breakfast Potato Casserole Recipe
8. Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Sausage Breakfast Casserole – eggs, sausage, milk, cheese, and seasonings all layered upon a crescent sheet! The perfect way to start off your morning!!
8 Sausage Breakfast Casserole
9. Eggs Benedict Casserole
Eggs Benedict Casserole – the perfect breakfast dish made with English muffins, Canadian bacon, eggs and It’s delicious!!
9 Eggs Benedict Casserole Recipe
10. Crescent Roll Breakfast Casserole
Crescent roll breakfast casserole is savory and cheesy. It is easy to assemble and bakes in under 30 minutes!
10 Crescent Roll Breakfast Casserole Recipe
QUICHES + STRATA
Don’t forget quiche, they are always great for Easter brunch!
11. Broccoli Quiche
Broccoli quiche is one of my favorite hot breakfast recipes! Healthy, filling, and flavorful. It has everything you want and more!
11 Broccoli Quiche Recipe
12. Spinach Quiche
Hot and cheesy spinach quiche with a buttery crust is the perfect start to your morning. This is a wonderful breakfast dish for any sized crowd. Everyone will love it!
12 Spinach Quiche Recipe
13. Breakfast Strata
With Buttery Layers Of Bread, Ham, Cheese, And Egg, This Strata Recipe Is Guaranteed To Please Any Crowd!
13 Breakfast Strata Recipe
14. Asparagus Quiche
This simple asparagus quiche is loaded up with eggs, asparagus, and cheese. It’s terrific for a brunch spread or weeknight meal.
14 Asparagus Quiche Recipe
15. Bacon And Cheese Quiche
Bacon and cheese quiche makes the perfect hot breakfast to share with a crowd. It’s filling, savory, and full of delicious flavors.
15 Bacon and Cheese Quiche Recipe
16. Ham And Cheese Quiche
A super easy ham and cheese quiche recipe to whip up for breakfast! Grab some store-bought pie crust dough and get started on this tasty breakfast meal everyone is going to enjoy.
16 Ham and Cheese Quiche Recipe
EASTER PASTRIES
Brunch isn’t brunch without some yummy treats!
We love to make muffins, Coffee Cakes, and Cinnamon Rolls for a sweet treat during our Easter brunch. From fruit-filled to cinnamon and sugar-filled, these pastries are another great addition to your holiday brunch.
CINNAMON ROLLS:
17. Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
Melt-in-your-mouth Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls are the yin and yang of salty and sweet, and are sinfully addicting!
17 Maple Bacon Cinnamon Roll Recipe
18. Quick + Easy Cinnamon Rolls
Delicious One Hour Cinnamon Rolls with homemade cream cheese frosting. These rolls are super soft and result in a quick, mouth-watering cinnamon treat that is delicious any morning or holiday.
18 Easy Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
19. Sticky Walnut Buns
Sticky Walnut Buns are a tasty take on traditional cinnamon rolls. They are oozing in a delicious brown sugar, honey-walnut glaze.
19 Sticky Walnut Buns Recipe
20. Cinnamon Roll Cake
20 Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe
21. Mini Cinnamon Rolls
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!
21 Mini Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
COFFEE CAKES:
22. Easy Coffee Cake
The BEST and EASIEST Coffee Cake Recipe! It’s moist, delicious and perfect for showers, breakfast and holiday celebrations!
22 Coffee Cake Recipe
23. Bisquick Coffee Cake
Simple cinnamon & sugar Bisquick Coffee Cake uses a handful of ingredients and comes together quickly in a pinch.
23 Bisquick Coffee Cake Recipe
24. Coffee Cake Muffins
Tender & sweet glazed coffee cake muffins filled with a brown sugar streusel are the perfect breakfast treat!!
24 Coffee Cake Muffins Recipe
25. Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is even more decadent than your typical coffee cake! It is perfectly topped with a tasty streusel.
25 Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe
26. Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Moist and fluffy sour cream coffee cake is filled with layers of crunchy sweet pecans. It is a tasty breakfast or dessert!
26 Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe
MUFFINS:
27. Glazed Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Fluffy and flavorful Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins are topped with a tasty glaze making them simply irresistible.
27 Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
28. Banana Crumb Muffins
Delicious and simple Banana Crumb Muffins are Perfect to use up those over-ripe bananas. The whole family goes crazy for these muffins!
28 Banana Crumb Muffins Recipe
29. Glazed Donut Muffins
These muffins taste just like a donut, with just the right hint of nutmeg and cinnamon, and are topped with the most delicious glaze!
29 Mini Glazed Pumpkin Donut Muffins Recipe
30. French Toast Muffins
These French Toast Muffins are easy to make, using things you already have in your pantry! Your choice of bread, cubed and covered in egg and vanilla mixture, topped with a delicious sugary topping, and baked until golden and crispy.
30 French Toast Muffins Recipe
31. Blueberry Muffins
These soft, delicious Blueberry Muffins are simple and perfect for breakfast, snack or after-school treat. They’re filled with blueberries and topped with coarse sugar making them irresistible.
31 Blueberry Muffins Recipe
32. Lemon Crumb Muffins
Soft and delicious Lemon Crumb Muffins are topped with buttery crumbs and a delicious lemon glaze, making them irresistible!
32 Lemon Crumb Muffin Recipe
33. Mini Applesauce Muffins
These Mini Applesauce Muffins are the perfect snack for the whole family! Deliciously moist muffins filled with applesauce, and dipped in an irresistible cinnamon sugar topping.
33 Mini Applesauce Muffins Recipe
34. Chocolate Chip Muffins
Delicious Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Muffins – so delicious!
34 Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe
35. Chocolate Muffins
Chocolate muffins loaded with semisweet chocolate chips and dark chocolate chunks, then topped with more chocolate chips and sprinkles.
35 Chocolate Muffins Recipe
36. Orange Muffins
Bright & vibrant Orange Muffins topped with zesty orange glaze are absolutely delicious! They’re perfect for breakfast or dessert.
36 Orange Muffins Recipe
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37. Old Fashioned Donuts
Old fashioned donuts will melt in your mouth. These glazed buttermilk beauties are so easy to make!
37 Old Fashioned Donuts Recipe
38. Cherry Danish
This easy Cherry Danish is made from puff pastry dough filled with a sweetened cream cheese mixture and topped with cherry pie filling.
38 Cherry Danish Recipe
39. The BEST Scones Recipe
Bake up a few of these blueberry scones for a delicious breakfast or brunch. They are flaky, buttery, and easy to make!
39 Scones Recipe
40. New York Crumb Cake
If you like the crumb as much as the cake, then you’ll love this New York Style Crumb Cake! A moist, delicious bakery-style cake topped with loads of cinnamon sugar crumble and dusted with powdered sugar.
40 New York Crumb Cake Recipe
41. Homemade Biscuit Donuts
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!
41 Biscuit Donuts Recipe
EASTER PANCAKES & WAFFLES
Have you ever tried having a Waffle or Pancake bar at your Easter brunch? Trust us when we say it’s ALWAYS a hit!!
Have all the pancakes, waffles, and even crepes or Swedish Pancakes ready along with all the fillings, and everyone will love going down the line assembling their plates.
Don’t forget to try our Homemade Whipped Cream, Buttermilk Syrup, and Cinnamon Buttermilk Syrup which are great additions to these dishes!
PANCAKES:
42. German Pancakes
German Pancakes – a breakfast family favorite recipe we love to make! They’re EASY and light and fluffy too!!
42 German Pancake Recipe
43. Fluffy Pancakes
Waking up to a big stack of fluffy pancakes it THE BEST! This recipe is foolproof for the best pancakes in the world!
43 Fluffy Pancake Recipe
44. Dutch Baby Pancake
Dutch Baby Pancakes are a super simple, fun, and delicious breakfast that the whole family will love. Similar to German Pancakes (but made in a rounded skillet), these dutch babies are simple and can be topped with powdered sugar, syrup, berries, jam.
44 Dutch Baby Pancake Recipe
45. Easy Pancake Recipe
The easiest and yummiest basic pancake recipe. Use this recipe if you’re out of mix for delicious pancakes that everyone will love. Plus, check out all our tips on how to change them up for even more flavor!
45 Easy Pancake Recipe
46. Banana Pancakes
Light and fluffy Banana Pancakes that are simple and so full of flavor. Everyone loves these pancakes that are perfect topped with Nutella, chocolate syrup or even buttermilk syrup.
46 How to make Banana Pancakes Recipe
47. Blueberry Pancakes
These quick and simple Blueberry Pancakes take just minutes to prepare and are filled with fresh blueberries, making them irresistible.
47 Blueberry Pancakes Recipe
48. White Chocolate Berry Pancakes
White Chocolate Berry Pancakes are served with homemade berry syrup, fresh berries, and white chocolate on top. They’re AMAZING!
48 White Chocolate Berry Pancakes Recipe
49. Buttermilk Pancakes
Tender homemade buttermilk pancakes turn out light and fluffy every time. These golden beauties are impossible to resist!
49 Buttermilk Pancake Recipe
50. Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Delicious and Fluffy Chocolate Chip Pancakes served with a Macadamia Almond Buttermilk Syrup!
50 Chocolate Chip Pancakes Recipe
51. Swedish Pancakes
This Homemade Swedish Pancakes recipe makes the softest, most delicious pancakes. Fill and top them with cream, fruit or buttermilk syrup for a delicious breakfast!
51 Swedish Pancakes Recipe
WAFFLES:
52. Belgian Waffles
Crispy, fluffy, Belgian waffles to start your day off with a smile. Top them with all of your favorite fruits , spreads and syrups. Once you try these homemade waffles, you’ll never want the box mix again.
52 Belgian Waffles Recipe
53. Buttermilk Syrup
Pour this delicious homemade buttermilk syrup over pancakes, waffles, and crepes. It only takes 5 ingredients, and 5 minutes to make!
53 Buttermilk Syrup Recipe
54. Red Velvet Waffles
Delicious Red Velvet Waffles made from scratch and topped with berries and syrup – the perfect breakfast recipe!
54 Red Velvet Waffle Recipe
55. Cinnamon Roll Waffles
Cinnamon Roll Waffles – crisp, buttery, tender waffles, topped with an amazing combination of sweetened cream cheese and a cinnamon brown sugar topping.
55 Cinnamon Roll Waffle Recipe
56. Buttermilk Waffles
What’s better than a big, fluffy waffle first thing in the morning? Almost nothing! These buttermilk waffles are your new favorite breakfast recipe—everyone will love them!
56 Buttermilk Waffles Recipe
FRENCH TOAST:
57. Cream Cheese French Toast Bake
Cream Cheese French Toast Bake is slightly toasted on top, soft in the middle, and each bite is bursting with rich cream cheese. Just add your favorite fruit!
57 Stuffed French Toast Recipe
58. Creme Brulee French Toast
Creme Brulee French Toast – delicious overnight French Toast recipe that has a tasty caramel coating on one side!
58 Creme Brulee French Toast Recipe
59. Overnight French Toast
Overnight French Toast Bake is a layered breakfast recipe has layers of Texas toast, cinnamon, sugar, brown sugar and eggs!
59 Overnight French Toast Recipe
60. Fluffy French Toast
Make Fluffy French Toast every time using this secret ingredient. These tasty slices have a warm undertones of vanilla, cinnamon and a hint of nutmeg.
60 Fluffy French Toast Recipe
61. Easy French Toast
Is there anything better than Fluffy French Toast topped with syrup, fresh berries, and dusted with powdered sugar? You are going to love this classic breakfast recipe!
61 Easy French Toast Recipe
62. Pound Cake French Toast
Have you tried making French toast out of pound cake? If not, you need to! It’s thick, delicious and an easy breakfast for weekends and holidays!
62 Pound Cake French Toast Recipe
MORE EASTER BRUNCH IDEAS
Along with the Breakfast Casseroles, pastries, and sweet dishes, we have a few more Easter Breakfast Ideas we think you’ll enjoy. They are simple and great to enjoy on Easter morning.
63. Favorite Eggs And Potatoes
Delicious Eggs & Potatoes are made in the skillet and finished in the oven. This flavorful recipe is perfect any morning or special day.
63 Eggs and Potatoes Recipe
64. Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
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.
64 Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe
65. Breakfast Pizza
This Bacon Breakfast Pizza is a cheesy breakfast recipe topped with eggs, bacon and your favorite breakfast ingredients! It’s simple, quick and is easily customized based off of your favorite morning ingredients.
65 Bacon Breakfast Pizza Recipe
66.Biscuits And Gravy
This CLASSIC Biscuits and Gravy recipe is one everyone knows and loves! Delicious buttery biscuits smothered in a homemade sausage gravy! It only takes a few simple ingredients and is perfect for breakfast (dinner) or a holiday morning!
66 Biscuits and Gravy Recipe
67. Sausage Rolls
Sausage mixed with delicious seasonings, all wrapped up in puffy pastry make these Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls delicious and addicting!
67 Puff Pastry Sausage Roll Recipe
68. Breakfast Burrito
Delicious breakfast burritos are the perfect on-the-go breakfast! Load them with all your favorite fixings.
68 Breakfast Burrito Recipe
69. Breakfast Crescent Ring
Cheesy Breakfast Ring – delicious cheesy, bacon and pepper-filled eggs inside a ring of delicious crescent roll dough. Its our new favorite breakfast recipe!
69 Breakfast Ring Recipe
70. Copycat Orange Julius
Refreshing & simple Copycat Orange Julius takes a minute to make and tastes just like the real thing. It is a favorite family treat!
70 Orange Julius Recipe
71. Frittata
Fluffy frittata stuffed with asparagus, ham, and parmesan cheese. It’s a breakfast dream—so simple and delicious!
71 Frittata Recipe
72. Breakfast Tacos
These Breakfast Tacos will become your morning mealtime hero! Eggs, bacon, cheese, and hash browns all stuffed in a soft mini tortilla!
72 Breakfast Tacos Recipe
Our Go-To Easter QuichE
We have SO many favorites when it comes to Brunch Ideas for Easter.
We love to do a combination of sweet and savory dishes, and along with breakfast casseroles and bacon, we love a great Quiche.
This version is filled with ham and cheese but is also the base for most other quiche recipes we use.
Feel free to change it up with your favorite cheeses and meats and veggies, and you’re sure to love it!
70+ Easter Brunch Ideas – Easter Quiche + MORE
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust unbaked
- 1 cup chopped Ham
- ½ cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1 cup milk
- 4 eggs slightly beaten
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt (with parsley flakes)
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Place the pie crust dough in a shallow sided 9" glass pie dish and crimp the edges. (I like to double fold the edges then crimp them.) Pre-bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Allow the crust to cool slightly before adding the ham and cheese.
- In a medium mixing bowl add the milk, eggs, salt, and pepper. Mix and then pour in the crust over the ham and cheese.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
- Allow to set for 5-10 minutes before serving warm.
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We hope you enjoy these delicious brunch ideas for your next holiday. Be sure to comment below and let us know what you love to bring to Easter brunch so we can include it in our list. 🙂
We love this time of year! You will enjoy every single recipe in this post. It makes a great combination of everything you need for a spring celebration.
We love quiche!! This one is cheesy & such a crowd pleaser!! It’s a weekend go-to! Excited to try some of these other ones!
So many great ideas! I’m having a hard time narrowing down what I want to make for Easter brunch…we might have to make it a two day celebration.
So many great ideas for brunch! Definitely making the Orange Julius recipe & breakfast tacos will be a big hit with my family!
Every year we have an Easter Brunch with my extended family and out of all the delicious recipes the Orange Muffins are always a hit! In fact, when my kids hear that Easter is coming they always ask “Are we having Orange Muffins again this year?” They love them!
Love the Easter Quiche recipe! I think we’re going to do a Brunch style gathering for Easter this year since we have early morning church. 😉 This list of recipes is giving me so many good ideas!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
I may have to have an Easter brunch all Easter weekend long! So many yummy ideas. That quiche especially looks tasty!
We have 1pm church this year so there was lot of time for an Easter brunch! My little didn’t care for quiche (it had green things!😱) but I thought it turned out great and ate a generous portion.
My kids love your French toast bake. They request it every week! I’m excited to try the Cinnamon French toast bake. Looks like we have a new plan for tomorrow’s breakfast!
I’ll be trying the French toast bake for Easter!
I love Easter brunches. Thanks for such a wonderful selection to chose from.
We do too!! Hope you find some to try 🙂