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Spoil your mom at brunch, dinner, or both!! These Mother’s Day brunch ideas will help you plan and execute a wonderful spread for the lovely lady in your life.
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We Love to Spoil Mom!
I love breakfast food and any excuse to have it! Brunch is the perfect time to enjoy savory or sweet, breakfast or lunch!
We usually have a big gathering on Mother’s Day to celebrate the women in our lives and that always includes plenty of good food. We have our favorite Mother’s Day brunch ideas to make the day extra special!
Why we love these recipes:
- Special touches. From planning the menu to the mouth-watering recipes, Moms will love all the little details used to make this day special.
- Delicious recipes. We’ve included classic brunch staples like Cinnamon Rolls, and Eggs Benedict, along with a variety of easy breakfast ideas and breakfast casserole recipes.
- Planning tips. To make hosting a breeze, we’ve laid it out for you!
Hosting 101
With these tips, your Mother’s Day brunch can go smoothly!
- Decide how many you can comfortably seat, then invite the coordinating amount.
- If the weather permits, hosting an outdoor brunch is not only lovely, but you can usually set up more seating.
- Decide if you want to have a more formal sit-down brunch or take a family-style buffet approach.
- Often, Mother’s Day brunch is for moms only, but if children are attending, have an activity center to help keep them occupied.
planning the menu
Mother’s Day brunch is particularly fun to make a menu for. Mix and match your favorite “fancy” breakfast foods and lunch foods.
- Plan the menu a couple of weeks beforehand. This allows you to watch for sales at the grocery store.
- Try new recipes. Try out new recipes to work out any tweaks.
- Coordinate. If a guest is offering to bring a dish be sure it coordinates with the other menu items.
- Breakfast vs lunch. Stick to more breakfast-type foods, plan more lunch-y foods, or mix them.
- Make ahead. Include dishes that can be made ahead of time.
- Heated items. Identify what needs to be heated/cooked the morning of and be sure there is enough time and space to do so.
- Storebought dishes. There’s no shame in purchasing something from your favorite bakery or pre-made from the local grocers.
- Balance. Have a balance of flavor – sweet and savory, hot and cold, and different colors and textures.
- Drinks. Plan drinks like favorite punches, virgin cocktails, water with lemon juice, Hot Chocolate, or simple orange juice.
Best Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas
Sheet Pan Pancakes topped with strawberries is a fan favorite that will feed a crowd! Avocado toast is also wildly popular.
This list includes some of our most delectable options, ones that we include in every brunch spread and are always a hit!
Bacon and Cheese Quiche
Savory and simple bacon and cheese quiche is the perfect hot breakfast to start the day – prep in 10 minutes then bake!
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Coffee Cake Recipe
With a quick prep, this crowd-favorite homemade coffee cake is a delicious go-to for any breakfast, brunch, or celebration!
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Buttermilk Waffles
There's nothing better than big, fluffy buttermilk waffles first thing in the morning! This will be your new favorite breakfast recipe!!
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Breakfast Casserole
This easy breakfast casserole is loaded with biscuits, eggs, and sausage for a hearty, crowd-pleasing meal—ready in just 30 minutes!
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French Toast Casserole Recipe
This best-loved French toast casserole is perfect for making ahead of time! It's eggy with a hint of cinnamon.
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Breakfast Charcuterie Board Ideas
A Breakfast Charcuterie Board is the perfect way to start the day. With a little something for everyone, it's sure to be a hit!
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Best Scone Recipe
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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German Pancakes Recipe
This light, fluffy, eggy German pancakes recipe is a family favorite. They're EASY to make, and use 5 simple ingredients!
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Sausage Breakfast Casserole
This savory sausage breakfast casserole is flaky, filling, and delicious! It's also ready in under 30 minutes!!
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Frittata Recipe
Fluffy frittata stuffed with asparagus, ham, and parmesan cheese. It's a breakfast dream—so simple and delicious!
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More Mothers Day Brunch Recipes
Keep it simple with oatmeal, Greek yogurt, and your favorite toppings! Our Yogurt Parfait Board is a hit. We love to include fresh berries, granola, honey, and a few sweets.
Bake up a Spinach quiche or whip up any of these additional delicious options.
Yogurt Parfait Board Recipe
Ready in minutes and completely customizable, this Yogurt Parfait Board is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert!
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Yogurt Parfait
Our 5-minute yogurt parfait is fresh and creamy, filled with berries, and topped with crunchy granola – a perfect breakfast or healthy treat!
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Pancake Recipe
For delicious homemade pancakes, this easy pancake recipe is the perfect base for your favorite toppings and variations!
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Broccoli Quiche
This cheesy broccoli quiche is savory, filling, and flavorful for a quick and easy semi-homemade breakfast or brunch idea!
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Swedish Pancakes
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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Sausage Breakfast Casserole
This savory sausage breakfast casserole is flaky, filling, and delicious! It's also ready in under 30 minutes!!
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Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
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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Sausage Casserole
With only 3 ingredients and minutes to prep, this sausage casserole is a savory favorite for feeding a crowd effortlessly!
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Crescent Roll Breakfast Casserole
This hearty crescent roll breakfast casserole is savory and cheesy, easy to assemble, and bakes in under 30 minutes!
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Easy Crepe Recipe
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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Buttermilk Waffles
There's nothing better than big, fluffy buttermilk waffles first thing in the morning! This will be your new favorite breakfast recipe!!
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Blueberry French Toast Casserole
Overnight blueberry french toast casserole preps in 10 minutes for an indulgent, hot, and no-fuss breakfast – perfect for holidays!
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Easy 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!
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Creme Brulee French Toast Recipe
Creme Brulee French Toast – delicious overnight French Toast recipe that has a tasty caramel coating on one side!
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Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole
Quick prep cinnamon roll French toast casserole has all of the goodness of warm cinnamon rolls, with the ease of an overnight breakfast casserole.
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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!
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Breakfast Hand Pies Recipe
Simple and delicious crescent dough Breakfast Hand Pies are perfect for breakfast! They are easy to make and completely customizable.
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Sweet Potato Hash Recipe
Serve our favorite Sweet Potato Hash as a healthy side dish, or add your favorite protein to make a filling dinner!
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Omelette Recipe
A simple yet delicious Omelette is a hearty and filling egg recipe, perfect for breakfast, and completely customizable.
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Chilaquiles Recipe
Add a little spice to your breakfast with this authentic chilaquiles recipe – a Mexican classic that's on the table in only 20 minutes!
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Toad in the Hole
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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Fruit Salad Recipe
This fruit salad recipe includes an array of colorful and healthy fruits, making it a delicious side dish for any meal.
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Even More Mother’s Day Brunch ideas
I told you I love breakfast! These baked sweets, savory sandwiches, and more will keep the celebration going. There are plenty of ideas to feed a small crowd or the whole crew. Now you just need to narrow down your choices!
Cherry Danish Recipe
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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Cinnamon Bites Recipe
Ooey gooey Cinnamon Bites taste just like cinnamon rolls, but are SO much quicker! They are a tasty make-ahead breakfast.
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Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipe
This easy cinnamon roll recipe is smothered with homemade cream cheese frosting and best of all, ready in only ONE hour!
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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
These homemade cinnamon rolls are an ALL-TIME favorite. These rolls always get rave reviews from anyone who tries them!
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Apple Crescent Dumplings Recipe
Flaky butter crusted apple crescent dumplings are spiced to perfection. They are warm, cozy, and melt-in-your-mouth tasty!
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Cinnamon Roll Cake
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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Hash Brown Egg Cups Recipe
Hash brown egg cups are a creative and yummy way to combine two tasty breakfast foods into one. These are perfect for a breakfast gathering with friends and family.
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Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls
Savory puff pastry sausage rolls are deliciously addicting and ready in under 30 minutes. They make a tasty breakfast or appetizer!
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Orange Muffins Recipe
Bright & vibrant orange muffins topped with zesty orange glaze are absolutely delicious! They're perfect for breakfast or dessert.
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Ham and Cheese Slider Recipe
Our hot ham and cheese slider recipe is easy and on the table in 30 minutes – an absolutely addicting crowd favorite that disappears in a heartbeat!
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Monte Cristo Sliders
Our favorite sandwich made mini – quick prep Monte Cristo sliders are sweet and savory for the ultimate party food!
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Lemon Crumb Muffin Recipe
Soft and delicious Lemon Crumb Muffins are topped with buttery crumbs and a delicious lemon glaze, making them irresistible!
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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!
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Lemon Zucchini Muffins Recipe
Simple no yeast Lemon Zucchini Muffins are tender and delicious, topped with a vibrant lemon glaze! They are perfect for freezing for later.
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Cinnamon Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe
Delicious Glazed Cinnamon and Cream Cheese stuffed Crescent Rolls. Soft and gooey these crescent rolls are the perfect treat or breakfast recipe!
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Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe
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.
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Bacon Wrapped Smokies Recipes
Just 3 ingredients to make candied bacon wrapped smokies. They are the ultimate appetizer and always the first to disappear!
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Breakfast Tacos Recipe
These breakfast tacos will become your morning mealtime hero with all of your breakfast favorites stuffed into tortillas.
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Breakfast Burrito Recipe
This delicious breakfast burrito recipe is the perfect on-the-go breakfast! Load them with all your favorite fixings.
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Fruit Kabobs
Colorful fruit kabobs are the best appetizer or side for any occasion! Load up your favorite fruits and get snacking.
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Easy Fruit Dip
Fresh and creamy fruit dip is one of our top requested recipes, it whips up in no time, and ALWAYS vanishes in minutes!
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Nutella Dip Recipe
Filled with hazelnut goodness and a helping of tangy cream cheese & whipped cream, this Nutella fruit dip is heavenly!
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Pina Colada Dip Recipe
Pina colada fruit dip is fresh, creamy and filled with pineapple and coconut bits. It is perfectly refreshing and SO dippable.
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A Breakfast Favorite!
There’s nothing better than big, fluffy Buttermilk Waffles first thing in the morning! This will be your new favorite breakfast recipe!!
Belgian waffles are made with a very deep waffle maker and call for different ingredients. Buttermilk waffles are a classic recipe that can be made in any waffle maker!
Here is the recipe:
55+ Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas
Spoil your mom at brunch, dinner, or both!! These Mother's Day brunch ideas will help you plan and execute a wonderful spread for the lovely lady in your life.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
- ⅓ cup butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Then whisk together buttermilk and butter in another medium bowl. Add eggs in, and stir until combined.
- Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients and whisk until just combined, fold in vanilla. (there were still lumps). Let batter rest for 10 minutes.
- Preheat waffle iron, then grease. Pour about ⅓-½ cup of batter into the waffle iron (or until batter reached about ½ inch to the edge of the iron). Cook until light brown. Top with syrup or other favorite toppings like berries or whip cream.
Nutrition
Calories: 331kcal, Carbohydrates: 40g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 90mg, Sodium: 600mg, Potassium: 341mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 525IU, Calcium: 182mg, Iron: 2.3mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
recipes mom is sure to love
We hope you enjoy this list of wonderful Mother’s Day brunch ideas. With so many delicious and easy recipes to choose from you’re sure to find the perfect dishes to celebrate mom’s special day!
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Brunch Pastries are usually sweet and so tlreally I love the puff pastry sausage rolls.
Loved all your ideas for Mothers Day. The recipes were simple and delicious. So much to choose from. Fun!
Brunch is the best!! Especially when you can share it with your mom! Your casseroles are always a hit at our house!!
Thank you for this amazing list of recipes for Mother’s Day! I’m having a hard time figuring out what to make because I want to make all of it. Haha!
I wish I could make one of everything for Mother’s Day Brunch! Everything looks so good. I think the Swedish pancakes are definitely on the list, tho, I’ve made them before, and they’re incredible!