Breakfasts & Brunch Recipes

Layered hash brown casserole with sliced tomatoes, onions, and stretchy mozzarella, seasoned with oregano and beau monde. A Sicilian-style breakfast bake or hearty side dish.

Cinnamon flop: a simple old-fashioned breakfast cake with a pancake-like batter topped with cinnamon sugar and melted butter. Quick, sweet, and nostalgic.

Homemade fried elephant ears: sour-cream and buttermilk dough rolled thin, slit, fried golden, then tumbled in cinnamon sugar. State fair pastry made in your own kitchen.

Overnight baked French toast soaked in evaporated milk, brown sugar, and cinnamon custard. Assemble the night before, bake in the morning for a hands-off brunch.

Overnight bacon breakfast casserole with eggs, milk, cubed bread, Velveeta, and crumbled bacon. Assemble the night before, bake in the morning, feed a crowd of 8.

Breakfast pizza spreads apricot or peach preserves over a Bisquick crust and tops with breakfast sausage slices for a sweet-and-savory morning meal. Five ingredients, 38 minutes.

Mother's Day baked apple-cinnamon French toast assembles overnight, then bakes into a puffed, custardy casserole with dried apples, raisins, and warm spices. Zero morning-of stress.

Egg croquettes are crisp golden balls of chopped hard-cooked eggs and mushrooms bound in cream sauce, breaded and deep-fried. A retro brunch classic served with extra cream sauce on top.

Oatmeal cooked with ham or bacon, chilled overnight in a loaf pan, sliced thick, and pan-fried in butter until golden and crisp. An old-fashioned breakfast served with syrup. Think savory oatmeal meets scrapple.

Breakfast spiced pork casserole layers ground pork seasoned with fennel and garlic over cubed bread in a lightened egg-substitute custard. Assemble the night before, bake in the morning.

Fruit yogurt smoothie with frozen banana, pineapple, peaches, and nonfat vanilla yogurt. A thick, creamy low-fat breakfast drink with no added sugar.

Overnight porridge with cracked wheat, rolled oats, molasses, and dried fruit soaked overnight then cooked in minutes. A hearty, make-ahead whole grain breakfast with no added sugar.

Four-ingredient blender breakfast smoothie with banana, milk, honey, and bran. Three minutes from blender to glass. High-fiber breakfast for busy mornings or post-workout fuel.

Caramel rolls made with frozen bread dough, butterscotch pudding mix, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon. A shortcut sticky bun with an overnight rise option.

Steel-cut oat breakfast with molasses, dried currants, pineapple, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A chewy, warmly spiced oatmeal that's heartier than rolled oats and ready in 30 minutes.

Buttery currant oatmeal muffins with walnuts, orange zest, pumpkin pie spice, and a cinnamon sugar top. Tender, warmly spiced breakfast muffins that bake in just 25 minutes.