All the best Easter brunch recipes 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.
For more Easter collections, check out: Easter Appetizers, Easter Side Dishes, Easter Dinner Ideas, Easter Desserts
MOST POPULAR EASTER BRUNCH IDEAS
Easter is such a fun holiday! With the Easter egg hunts, family gathering, 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 lunch time 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
What is a good time to serve brunch? Brunch usually starts between 9 and 10 am. Once you get to 11am 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 menu a week or two in advance. This will help you 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 to the menu as well as both hot and cold items.
- Incorporate make ahead items to 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.
Easter Brunch Casseroles
Easter Breakfast Casseroles
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.
Overnight French Toast Recipe
Overnight French Toast Bake - this layered breakfast recipe has layers of Texas toast, cinnamon, sugar, brown sugar and eggs!
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole Recipe
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.
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake Recipe
This overnight Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake gives you all the ooey gooey goodness of warm cinnamon rolls, with the ease of an overnight breakfast casserole. It's the perfect breakfast or brunch item during the holidays!
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Cheesy Breakfast Casserole Recipe
A quick and simple breakfast casserole filled with eggs, cheese, potatoes and bacon! Perfect for any morning.
Total Time: 45 minutes
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Biscuit Egg Casserole Recipe
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!
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Breakfast Enchilada Casserole Recipe
This Breakfast Enchiladas Casserole is everything you love about enchiladas and breakfast casseroles in one recipe! Corn tortillas, eggs, sausage, bacon, green chili sauce, sour cream, and lots of cheese!! Definitely a crowd pleaser!
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole Recipe
Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole - just 5 minutes to put together and then throw in the oven. It's one of the best and easiest potato casserole recipes you'll ever try!!
Total Time: 45 minutes
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Eggs Benedict Casserole Recipe
Eggs Benedict Casserole - the perfect breakfast dish made with English muffins, Canadian bacon, eggs and It's delicious!!
Total Time: 55 minutes
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Biscuit and Gravy Casserole Recipe
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!
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Sausage Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Sausage Breakfast Casserole - eggs, sausage, milk, cheese, and seasonings all layered upon a crescent sheet! The perfect way to start off your morning!!
Total Time: 22 minutes
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Cheesy Breakfast Pie Recipe
Easy and delicious Cheesy breakfast pie filled with bacon, eggs and hashbrowns.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Easter Pastries
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:
Easy Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
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.
Total Time: 1 hour
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Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe
This cinnamon roll cake takes your favorite breakfast treat and puts it in cake form. With buttery cinnamon swirls and a sweet glaze, this cake is sure to be a new favorite!
Total Time: 36 minutes
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Nutella Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Soft and delicious Nutella Cinnamon Rolls!! These delicious rolls are filled with Nutella and topped with an amazing glaze.
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Cinnamon Walnut Sticky Buns Recipe
Cinnamon Walnut Sticky Buns - a twist on traditional cinnamon rolls, these sticky buns are finger lickin' good!! With a delicious cinnamon filling and topped with a honey, brown sugar, and walnut glaze... SO GOOD!
Total Time: 40 minutes
Read MoreCOFFEE CAKES:
Coffee Cake Recipe
The BEST and EASIEST Coffee Cake Recipe! It's moist, delicious and perfect for showers, breakfast and holiday celebrations!
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Coffee Cake Cupcakes Recipe
Coffee Cake Cupcakes with Brown Butter Glaze - YUM! The perfect breakfast treat!! Soft, moist coffee cake in cupcake form with a brown sugar streusel and glaze.
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe
Delicious Cream Cheese Coffee Cake - can't get better than this!! Coffee cake swirled with cream cheese and topped with a cinnamon streusel!
Total Time: 50 minutes
MUFFINS:
Apple Cinnamon Muffin Recipe
These apple cinnamon muffins are moist, tender and filled with a delicious apple cinnamon flavor. With chunks of apples and a cinnamon sugar topping - they're perfect for breakfast or a delicious snack.
Total Time: 45 minutes
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Chocolate Muffin Recipe
Chocolate muffins loaded with semisweet chocolate chips and dark chocolate chunks, then topped with more chocolate chips and sprinkles.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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French Toast Muffins Recipe
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.
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Donut Muffin Recipe
These muffins taste just like a donut, with just the right hint of nutmeg and cinnamon, and are topped with the most delicious glaze!
Total Time: 32 minutes
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Banana Crumb Muffins Recipe
Banana Crumb Muffins - delicious! Perfect to use with those over-ripe bananas.
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Blueberry Muffins Recipe
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.
Total Time: 45 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe
Delicious Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Muffins - so delicious!
Total Time: 21 minutes
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Cinnamon Roll Muffins Recipe
Delicious Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Muffins with a glaze on top! Soft, buttery, and full of cinnamon flavor with a glaze made from powdered sugar!
Total Time: 28 minutes
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Easter Pancakes & Waffles
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 and Buttermilk Syrup which are great additions to these dishes!
PANCAKES:
Banana Pancake Recipe
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.
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Dutch Baby Pancake Recipe
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.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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German Pancake Recipe
German Pancakes - a breakfast family favorite recipe we love to make! They're EASY and light and fluffy too!!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Swedish Pancakes Recipe
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!
Total Time: 15 minutes
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White Chocolate Berry Pancakes Recipe
White Chocolate Pancakes with homemade berry syrup and fresh berries and white chocolate on top. They're AMAZING!
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Blueberry Pancakes Recipe
These quick and simple Blueberry Pancakes are a hit for any breakfast meal. They take just minutes to prepare and are filled with fresh blueberries, making them irresistible.
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Buttermilk Pancake Recipe
Once you make these buttermilk pancakes from scratch, you'll never make them any other way! Homemade buttermilk pancakes always turn out so light and fluffy.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes Recipe
Delicious and Fluffy Chocolate Chip Pancakes served with a Macadamia Almond Buttermilk Syrup!
Read MoreWAFFLES:
Belgian Waffle Recipe
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.
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Cinnamon Roll Waffle Recipe
Cinnamon Roll Waffles - crisp, buttery, tender waffles, topped with an amazing combination of sweetened cream cheese and a cinnamon brown sugar topping.
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Snickerdoodle Waffles Recipe
Snickerdoodle Waffles are delicious and perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner! { lilluna.com } Soft waffles with a hint of almond and full of cinnamon flavor!
Total Time: 10 minutes
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Red Velvet Waffle Recipe
Delicious Red Velvet Waffles made from scratch and topped with berries and syrup - the perfect breakfast recipe!
Total Time: 13 minutes
Read MoreFRENCH TOAST:
Creme Brulee French Toast Recipe
Creme Brulee French Toast - delicious overnight French Toast recipe that has a tasty caramel coating on one side!
Total Time: 35 minutes
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French Toast Recipe
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!
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Pound Cake French Toast
Pound Cake French Toast. Pure heaven!! This is definitely our new favorite way to have french toast!
Total Time: 8 minutes
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Overnight French Toast Bake - this layered breakfast recipe has layers of Texas toast, cinnamon, sugar, brown sugar and eggs!
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Overnight French Toast Bake - this layered breakfast recipe has layers of Texas toast, cinnamon, sugar, brown sugar and eggs!
Total Time: 50 minutes
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More Easter Brunch Ideas
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 Easter morning.
Bacon Breakfast Pizza Recipe
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.
Total Time: 21 minutes
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Eggs and Potatoes Recipe
Baked Cheddar Eggs and Potatoes - the best way to make breakfast! It's full of flavor, cheese and all your favorite breakfast foods.
Total Time: 21 minutes
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Crescent Sausage Bites Recipe
3-ingredient Crescent Sausage Bites - this simple appetizer is great for parties and get togethers and is so full of flavor!
Total Time: 18 minutes
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Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls Recipe
Sausage mixed with delicious seasonings like basil, oregano, and thyme, all wrapped up in puffy pastry make these Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls delicious and addicting!
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Biscuits and Gravy Recipe
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!
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Breakfast Burrito Recipe
Looking for a great on-the-go hot breakfast? Try these breakfast burritos! Load them up with all your favorite fixings, and even make them ahead of time for a quick and easy morning meal!
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Breakfast Ring Recipe
Cheesy Breakfast Ring - delicious cheesy, bacon and pepper-filled eggs inside a ring of delicious crescent roll dough. Its our new favorite breakfast recipe!
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Breakfast Tacos Recipe
Who doesn't want a delicious taco for breakfast? Some eggs, bacon, cheese, and hash browns all in a soft mini tortilla! These Breakfast Tacos will become your morning mealtime hero!
Read MoreWe 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. 🙂
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
