Fast, family-friendly easy breakfast ideas with pancakes, waffles, eggs, make-ahead casseroles and grab-and-go muffins to keep mornings simple.
Start the Day in a Simple Way!
I LOVE breakfast and all breakfast foods! The morning rush is real, but a hurried, bland breakfast shouldn’t be. When time is limited, I keep it simple with these easy breakfast ideas. These recipes can be prepared in minutes, use simple ingredients, or can be prepped ahead of time.
These recipes are designed to fit seamlessly into any schedule, ensuring you never have to skip breakfast or settle for a boring bowl of cereal again. I love this list beacuse it includes recipes, such as French Toast Casserole , that utilize overnight refrigeration, classic pancakes that are ready in 15 minutes and recipes, like Breakfast Burritos that can be kept in the freezer and reheated. Best of all, they’re ALL easy!
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Top 10 Most Loved Easy Breakfast Ideas
Covering everything from overnight casseroles to 20-minute meals, these recipes ensure you always start your day in a delicious way.
1 Buttermilk Waffle Recipe
Buttermilk Waffle Recipe
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Homemade Buttermilk Waffles are crisp outside, fluffy inside and perfect for stacking high with syrup and your favorite toppings.
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2 German Pancakes Recipe
German Pancakes Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Light, fluffy, eggy German pancakes are a family favorite. They're EASY to make, and use 5 simple ingredients!
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3 Pancake Recipe
Pancake Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
For delicious homemade pancakes, this easy pancake recipe is the perfect base for your favorite toppings and variations!
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4 Easy French Toast Recipe
Easy French Toast Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
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!
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5 Breakfast Tacos Recipe
Breakfast Tacos Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
These breakfast tacos will become your morning mealtime hero with all of your breakfast favorites stuffed into tortillas.
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6 Easy Biscuits and Gravy Recipe
Easy Biscuits and Gravy Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Our easy Biscuits and gravy is the ultimate comfort food of fluffy biscuits smothered in rich, creamy sausage gravy that comes together in minutes.
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7 Breakfast Burrito Recipe
Breakfast Burrito Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
This delicious breakfast burrito recipe is the perfect on-the-go breakfast! Load them with all your favorite fixings.
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8 Omelette Recipe
Omelette Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
A simple yet delicious Omelette is a hearty and filling egg recipe, perfect for breakfast, and completely customizable.
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9 Easy Crepe Recipe
Easy Crepe Recipe
Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
Homemade Crepes cook up in only 1-2 minutes each!! Fill or top with your favorites for a delicious dinner or dessert.
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10 Swedish Pancakes
Swedish Pancakes
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Handed down for generations, this homemade Swedish pancakes recipe is the softest, and most delicious. Add a sweet or savory filling!
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More Easy Breakfast Recipes
Looking for more ideas? Every recipe on this list is easy, cozy, and guaranteed to make mornings a little more delicious!
11 Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole
Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole
Total Time: 6 hours hours 50 minutes minutes
Quick prep cinnamon roll French toast casserole has all of the goodness of warm cinnamon rolls, with the ease of an overnight casserole.
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12 Belgian Waffles Recipe
Belgian Waffles Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Crisp, fluffy Belgian waffles are an easy way to start your day with a smile. They will be your go-to homemade waffles – I promise!
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13 Baked Eggs
Baked Eggs
Total Time: 1 hour hour
Baked eggs are your new breakfast best friend! It takes only minutes to whip up, and it comes out perfectly cheesy and fluffy every time.
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14 Sheet Pan Pancakes Recipe
Sheet Pan Pancakes Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
These simple sheet pan pancakes are quick, easy, and perfect for feeding a crowd. Just add your favorite toppings and enjoy!
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15 French Toast Casserole Recipe
French Toast Casserole Recipe
Total Time: 5 hours hours
This French Toast Casserole is soft, sweet, and baked to perfection. It is an easy overnight breakfast everyone will love.
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16 Coffee Cake Recipe
Coffee Cake Recipe
Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
With a quick prep, this crowd-favorite homemade coffee cake recipe is a delicious go-to for any breakfast, brunch, or celebration!
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17 Fluffy Pancakes Recipe
Fluffy Pancakes Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
The fluffiest buttermilk pancakes, golden and melt-in-your-mouth, one-bowl simple, our rest-then-flip method beats every other quick recipe.
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18 Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Filled with biscuits, eggs, and sausage, our favorite breakfast casserole is hearty, feeds a crowd, and bakes up in only 30 minutes!
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19 Chorizo and Eggs Recipe
Chorizo and Eggs Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Sizzle up your morning with this protein-packed Mexican breakfast duo – chorizo and eggs – the tastiest way to kickstart your day!
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20 Toad in the Hole
Toad in the Hole
Total Time: 6 minutes minutes
Toad in a hole is toasted bread with an egg cooked into the middle. Just 3 ingredients for a simple breakfast classic!
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21 Egg Muffins Recipe
Egg Muffins Recipe
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
This egg muffins recipe is quick and simple, it's ready in only 20 minutes! Customize them with your favorite ingredients.
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22 Chocolate Chip Pancakes Recipe
Chocolate Chip Pancakes Recipe
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
Deliciously fluffy chocolate chip pancakes are perfect for even the biggest kid. Whip them up for breakfast or dessert!
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23 Blueberry Pancakes Recipe
Blueberry Pancakes Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
These quick and simple blueberry pancakes take just minutes to prepare and are filled with fresh blueberries, making them irresistible.
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24 Cherry Danish Recipe
Cherry Danish Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
This easy Cherry Danish is made from puff pastry dough filled with a sweetened cream cheese mixture and topped with cherry pie filling.
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25 Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole Recipe
Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole Recipe
Total Time: 5 hours hours
This make-ahead French toast casserole with cream cheese is stuffed with sweet cream cheese and topped with a sweet brown sugar crumble.
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26 Cinnamon Roll Cake
Cinnamon Roll Cake
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Cinnamon roll cake is a favorite breakfast treat in cake form. With a quick prep and cook time it's on the table in only 40 minutes!
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27 Denver Omelet Recipe
Denver Omelet Recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
This thick and delicious Denver omelet is stuffed with melty cheese, ham, mushrooms, onions, and bell pepper! It's baked to perfection.
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28 Eggs Benedict Recipe
Eggs Benedict Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Learn how to make eggs benedict! It's a rich and bold breakfast that is great for lazy weekend mornings, brunch, or holidays!
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29 Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
Total Time: 1 hour hour
Cheesy hashbrown breakfast casserole is one of our ALL-TIME favorite savory breakfast dishes! It feeds a crowd and preps in 15 minutes.
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30 Sausage Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Sausage Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Total Time: 22 minutes minutes
Sausage Breakfast Casserole layers a crescent crust with eggs, cheese, and sausage, that is an easy make ahead brunch the whole family loves.
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31 Breakfast Hand Pies Recipe
Breakfast Hand Pies Recipe
Total Time: 21 minutes minutes
Simple and delicious crescent dough Breakfast Hand Pies are perfect for breakfast! They are easy to make and completely customizable.
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32 Fluffy French Toast Recipe
Fluffy French Toast Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
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.
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33 Best Quiche Recipe
Best Quiche Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour hour
This best quiche recipe is loaded with bacon and cheese, quick to prep, perfect for brunch, and easy to tailor to whatever you have on hand!
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34 Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
Flavorful, filling, and perfect for a crowd – this cheesy tater tot breakfast casserole is packed with both bacon AND sausage!!
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35 Breakfast Sandwich Recipe
Breakfast Sandwich Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Smooth morning with quick and simple breakfast sandwiches filled with egg, cheese, sausage, and bacon in a fluffy English muffin.
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36 Best Scone Recipe
Best Scone Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Filled with pops of juicy blueberries, this best scone recipe is flaky, buttery, and easy to make! They're perfect for breakfast and brunch.
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I really enjoy this site and having all the ideas that I need to make any breakfast that I want. Good easy food!
We made your breakfast burritos a couple weeks ago & they were a hit! Love all your recipes!
I always double or triple this and wrap the extras with plastic wrap and store them in the freezer. They reheat well for an easy quick breakfast. (Perfect for my teens who leave for school at 6:00am)
Excellent ideas for many special days but Mother’s Day is the one that should always be special! Great website!
Thank you!!