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Planning your Easter brunch menu? These 25 sweet and savory Easter brunch recipes will help you put together the very best holiday meal for your friends and family!
It’s brunch season! Even if you don’t celebrate Easter, it’s hard to deny the appeal of a big brunch spread.
If you’re looking for menu ideas for your next brunch gathering, I’ve got you covered. I’ve pulled together my favorite recipes for the perfect spring brunch. I know your family will love these recipes as much as mine does!
Tips for planning the best Easter brunch
Hosting a big brunch can feel intimidating, especially if you aren’t really a morning person. But it doesn’t have to be difficult! Here are a few of my personal pro tips for pulling off a great holiday brunch spread, whether it be for Easter, Mother’s Day, a graduation, or a baby or bridal shower:
- Make-ahead recipes are your best friends: You don’t have to make every recipe ahead of time, but figure out what you can prep ahead. Breakfast casseroles, fruit dips, cream cheese spreads, quick breads, and more can often be made a day or two ahead of time. Getting prep done early means you don’t have to get up as early the morning of your brunch to get everything ready!
- Don’t overload the menu: It’s tempting to try to make everything. But you really don’t need to. Depending on how many people you’re serving, pick 1 or 2 main dishes (such as one sweet and one savory), a pastry or dessert option, and round out the menu with easy items such as fresh fruit, yogurt, and brown sugar bacon.
- Plan a DIY drink station: Set up a mimosa bar or a bloody mary bar. Guests can help themselves and put together the brunch drink of their dreams without you having to play bartender!
My 25 favorite Easter brunch recipes
I really do love brunch. It’s the perfect excuse to enjoy all of my sweet and savory favorites in one meal.
I’ve pulled together 25 of my very favorite brunch recipes that are perfect for your next spring brunch. We’ve got sweet breakfast options, savory recipes, and some dessert ideas. You’ll find a little something for everyone here!
Sweet brunch favorites
Easy Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls
Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
This incredible coffee cake has a thick layer of tangy cream cheese in the middle and is finished with a sweet brown sugar streusel topping.
Strawberry Biscuits
These tender biscuits are packed with fresh strawberries and finished with honey butter while they’re still hot from the oven.
Blueberry French Toast Casserole
Forget flipping individual slices of french toast. This french toast casserole is bursting with juicy blueberries and a hint of lemon. Plus, it can be made ahead and thrown in the oven when you’re ready to eat.
Carrot Cake Bread
I took all of the flavors of my favorite carrot cake and packed them into a delicious quick bread. This moist bread is filled with carrots, pineapple, and coconut and topped with a simple cream cheese frosting.
Puff Pastry Danishes
These danishes use buttery, flaky puff pastry as their base. Add a cream cheese filling and your favorite flavor of jam and you’ve got breakfast pastries that are as delicious as they are beautiful.
Yogurt Fruit Dip
Make this delicious dip with Greek yogurt, fresh berries, and whipped topping for a light and tangy accompaniment to fresh fruit.
Glazed Lemon Scones
These lemon scones have a tender crumb thanks to sour cream in the dough and are finished with the perfect lemon glaze. You’ll want to make these all year long!
Homemade Waffles
Easy Monkey Bread
Homemade cinnamon monkey bread is always a favorite! This shortcut friendly recipe uses biscuit dough but tastes homemade. This is another one you can absolutely make the night before!
Savory brunch favorites
Cheesy Sausage Biscuits
These biscuits are packed with cooked and crumbled breakfast sausage, cheddar cheese, and green onions. Serve them on their own or use them as the base for amazing breakfast sandwiches!
Easy Quiche
Use this easy quiche recipe to make any flavor you like! Ham and cheese, asparagus and goat cheese, spinach and feta — the options are endless.
Eggs Benedict
Croissant Breakfast Sandwiches
Use buttery croissants as the base for these incredible breakfast sandwiches! Make them with your Easter ham or bacon or load them up with veggies, such as avocado and tomatoes.
Deviled Eggs
Is it even Easter if no one makes a batch of deviled eggs? This classic recipe is a must-make. Try topping them with everything from smoked paprika to crumbled bacon to candied jalapeños. (Or save this recipe for using up those leftover Easter eggs later!)
Hash Brown Casserole
This hash brown casserole is one of my family’s absolute favorite recipes and a must for our brunch table. Prep it the night before and bake it off before guests arrive.
I’ve been making this breakfast casserole recipe for years now and everyone loves it. This is a recipe that never misses!
Veggie Cream Cheese
A simple homemade cream cheese is an easy way to spruce up a bag of store-bought bagels. This one is flavored with ranch seasoning and fresh veggies.
Easter desserts
Cadbury Egg Cookies
If you love those Cadbury Mini Eggs as much as I do, you’ll love these Cadbury Egg cookies. They give your chocolate chip cookie recipe the perfect seasonal spin.
Strawberry Trifle
Layer fresh berries, vanilla pudding, and a loaf of pound cake or angel food cake for the perfect no-bake dessert.
Fruit Pizza
A sugar cookie crust is topped with a fluffy, tangy cream cheese mixture and finished with your favorite fresh fruit.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This pound cake has been a favorite of mine for years and is one of the best desserts when you’re serving a crowd. The kind of cake recipe you can serve simply dusted with powdered sugar or topped with whipped cream and berries.
J. Alexander’s Carrot Cake
It’s Easter…we’ve gotta include a carrot cake recipe! This one is my absolute personal favorite. The moist sheet cake includes a buttermilk syrup soak before topping it with luscious cream cheese frosting. I can’t get enough of this cake!
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
This is a Midwestern favorite for a reason! A salty-sweet pretzel crust, light cream cheese filling, and strawberry jello topping make this a hit no matter the season.
Ambrosia Salad
In my family, it’s not a holiday meal without ambrosia salad on the menu. Tangy, sweet, light, fruity, this recipe has it all. There’s a reason my family asks for it again and again!
