These easy make-ahead Christmas breakfast ideas will help you serve a special meal on the merriest day of the year. From sweet to savory, eggs or no eggs, you'll find your perfect Christmas brunch idea here!
Choosing something to serve for Christmas breakfast can be such a challenge when you have young kids.
Everyone wakes up and the kids are just so excited to dive right in on that pile of gifts that Santa left under the tree.
I know in our family, if we waited to eat breakfast until after the gifts were opened, the whole family would be melting down and crabby.
I always have a special baked treat for us to eat quickly to help fuel our fun. Then we have a larger meal later in the day.
Make-Ahead Tips
On Christmas Eve day, I take less than 1 hour to prep everything I need for Christmas morning.
This lets me relax with the rest of my family and not spend my Christmas morning in the kitchen.
I highly recommend choosing breakfast recipes for your Christmas breakfast menu that can be made ahead or take minimal effort the morning you want to serve them.
I have personally tested each and every recipe on this list and they have all been big hits with my family.
All you have to do is serve them with fresh fruit, orange juice, coffee!
30 Christmas Breakfast Ideas You Can Make Ahead
These easy Christmas breakfast ideas can be made ahead the day before or even frozen for a quick but very special holiday breakfast with your family. Pour the coffee and hot cocoa and enjoy these sweet and savory treats.
Start the morning off right and treat you and the other adults in your home to a DIY Christmas coffee station. All these special add-ins can be prepped days ahead and just set out near your breakfast table or coffee pot!
You can actually make the Crockpot hot chocolate recipe ahead of time and simply reheat it on Christmas morning.
Serve alongside a variety of hot cocoa toppings and a few easy quick breads or cinnamon rolls for an easy buffet-style breakfast that people can refill on their own all morning long.
Cranberry and orange paired together is such a festive flavor combination. Buttery streusel topping keep these easy muffins perfectly sweet. You can bake them and freeze them. Simply thaw the night before and reheat in the oven for 2 - 3 minutes before serving.
These sweet orange rolls can be made ahead the day before or even frozen in advance and simply baked fresh on Christmas morning.
Thaw the puff pastry in your fridge overnight and you're just a few minutes away from fresh homemade chocolate croissants on Christmas morning! Or, you can go ahead and bake them the day before and just reheat them for a minute in the oven before serving.
These blueberry scones are so quick to prepare, they'll be ready to go in the oven before it is even finished preheating! To make the work go even easier, mix together all the DRY ingredients the day before. Then you simply have to pour in the cream, mix, and bake.
You can make this juicy cherry almond streusel coffee cake on Christmas Eve afternoon. Store it covered with foil on your counter and just pop it back in the oven for a couple minutes to warm through before serving on Christmas day.
My daughter thinks this almond poppy seed bread tastes like Christmas married a Birthday cake. You can bake the bread ahead of time and freeze it. Thaw in the fridge on Christmas Eve and warm in the oven before serving.
Want a heartier breakfast? This overnight french toast casserole is my husband's favorite. Serve with some peppered bacon for a festive Christmas brunch.
Most of the ingredients for this overnight egg casserole are prepped ahead so all you have to do is assemble and bake before serving. Let it cook while the kids dig in on the presents and you'll have a warm breakfast to look forward to afterwards!
You may not want to make homemade waffles from scratch on Christmas morning, but you can still enjoy these lovely treats for breakfast. This buttermilk waffles recipe can be baked ahead of time and frozen. Pop the waffles in your toaster or toaster oven or on a big pan in your oven to heat through before serving. Add a drizzle of our favorite strawberry jam for a fun Christmas pop of color.
Pop all the ingredients for this festive Christmas bread into your bread machine on Christmas Eve. Either set the timer to let the bread start baking before you wake up or simply let the bread rest on your counter. Ice it and serve with fresh fruits.
This delicious and amazing cinnamon swirl bread has a few extra steps but can easily be made ahead the day before. It's a lot easier to make than a pan of cinnamon rolls but has the exact same flavors.
Another hearty Christmas breakfast for hungry celebrants. This deliciously flaky breakfast pie would make an amazing Christmas brunch entree served with a simple green salad topped with dried cranberries and pecans.
Love overnight casseroles? These breakfast stratas combine cubes of bread with eggs and other delicious fillings for an easy holiday breakfast you can prep ahead.
This sweet cinnamon bread can be prepped the day before or even frozen and then just baked fresh on Christmas morning.
Kate
Thank you for such lovely ideas and acknowledging how difficult it can be with younger ones. My youngest is now 6 and it's only now we can use china! Wishing you all a merry Christmas x