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Are you planning what to eat for breakfast on Christmas morning? You’re in the right place. Today we are featuring easy make ahead Christmas breakfast ideas! We’re sharing 25+ Christmas morning breakfast and brunch recipes that can be prepped ahead, are simple and delicious!
We have definitely done full, made-the-morning-of breakfasts, so we understand the appeal of doing all that cooking like you are in a Hallmark movie. However, our experience has been that you either need to get up really early to begin prepping or immediately leave the family enjoying their gifts after opening to start cooking the meal (or both), and that really isn’t how we like to spend Christmas morning.
Our preferred jam is to have a leisurely morning coffee or two, possibly with a Christmas Cookie to tie us over, while the meal you prepped the night before heats up in the oven.
Once we learned this life hack (our first make-ahead-breakfast was a stuffed French Toast bake), Christmas morning has been even better. These dishes are not pedestrian-reheated-leftover breakfasts; they are freshly cooked, taste amazing and will have everyone thinking you are a Christmas Wizard.
That make ahead time is great to allow for bread pudding/French toast based meals to fully absorb all the goodness, fresh dough recipes to rise and other benefits of patience. So really, you are not being lazy with make-ahead, you are doing what is best for the recipe and the people enjoying it!
So make breakfast the night before and then simply enjoy the beauty and fun of Christmas morning without fussing in the kitchen! There might even be another big meal later on in the day that you will have to cook, so give yourself the gift of a chill, relaxed morning hanging out with loved ones.
We like to have something sweet and something savory – so we’ve found recipes for both.
20+ Easy Make Ahead Christmas Breakfast Ideas
1. Sweet Make Ahead Christmas Breakfast Ideas
2. Savory Make Ahead Christmas Breakfast Ideas
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Robin and Ed are a DIY-loving couple with over 25 years of design and build experience. Also, Robin is a Nutritionist and former Registered Dietitian and Ed is an award-winning Business Educator. We share strategies for living a rich life on a DIY budget: creative money-savvy ideas for a stylish home, healthy meals and family fun. Our work has been published in the pages of Do It Yourself, Farmhouse Style and Better Homes & Gardens magazines.