Brunch

Cinnamon Baked Doughnuts

Hong Kong Egg Tarts

Chinese egg tarts come in a few varieties: these tarts hail from Hong Kong and consist of a puff pastry crust with a slightly less sweet and rich filling than other versions. They are enjoyed throughout the year for breakfast or as an after-school or mid-afternoon snack. In Hong Kong, there are specific bakeries that specialize in egg tarts; when a fresh batch is hot out the oven, the beautiful sweet aroma travels down the block to attract customers.

Potato and Egg Pie with Bacon and Crème Fraîche

This potato and egg pie is perfect for a weekend brunch. Get the recipe at Food & Wine.

9 hr 45 min

Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze

Oatmeal-Glazed Breakfast Cake

This hearty cake is packed with oats, flavored with cinnamon and topped with a warm glaze made with more oats, shredded coconut and nuts. We used pecans, but feel free to use whatever you have on hand. It's a great way to clean out the pantry and simple enough for kids to help with. Bake one on a Sunday and enjoy it all week long for breakfast or as a snack! It's delicious at room temperature or lightly warmed in the microwave.

Traditional Irish Soda Bread

While soda bread with add-ins like currants and caraway can be delicious, it's not at all authentic. In Ireland, soda bread tends to be plainer and more restrained. Here is a classic Irish soda bread recipe adapted from Darina Allen, an Irish television personality and the owner of the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Shanagarry. This soda bread is best eaten still steaming from the oven, slathered with good salted Irish butter that melts on contact with your slice. It’s a fine accompaniment to corned beef and cabbage, should you be making that dish this St. Paddy’s Day. Or make this recipe all year long. That’s how they do it in Ireland.

1 hr

Baghrir (Semolina Pancakes With Date Syrup and Yogurt)

Thicker and spongier than a crepe and thinner and lighter than a pancake, baghrir is a staple across countries in North Africa, and particularly comforting when enjoyed for breakfast during Eid. Baghrir is made with fine semolina, flour, yeast, salt and sugar, blended with warm water to make a batter and allowed to ferment and gather airiness and tang. When the creamy batter is poured into a hot pan, tiny craters open up one by one across its surface — the process is almost mesmerizing. It makes sense that baghrir is never flipped; the holes serve as receptacles for any sticky, sweet richness the moment calls for. Typically drizzled with a mix of melted butter and honey, this version calls for date syrup (homemade or store-bought) and salted yogurt which add a delicious complexity and balance. The toppings may vary but the spirit remains the same: a bubbled, honeycombed delight meant to hold sweetness.

40 min

Easy Cheese Danish

Avocado Toasts

There are two secrets to these simple avocado toasts: rubbing the bread with garlic for just a hint of flavor and adding a pop of crunchy sea salt on top.

Iron Skillet Cornbread with Grapefruit

Ruby Red grapefruit, a jalapeño-onion spread and fried beluga lentils make this cornbread an impressive centerpiece for your next brunch.

1 hr 45 min

Menemen

Turkish scrambled eggs and tomatoes is an easy breakfast dish that you can find all around the country. In Iran, the same dish is called “omelet.” There has always been a debate whether menemen should have onions or not and the result is always a 50/50 split. Other variations of menemen use cheese (such as kaşar) or Turkish dry sausage (also known as sucuk). This dish is originally made with Turkish sweet green pepper (yeşil biber) but here I substituted easier-to-find Italian sweet pepper (cubanelle). Other good options include green bell pepper or sweet banana pepper.

Sesame Scallion Buns

Crackly fried Chinese scallion pancakes take the form of baked buns here, crisp on the sesame-speckled outside and tender within. Sizzling scallions in hot oil captures the aroma of the pancakes and brings out scallions’ savory side while preserving their bright green hue. To mimic the pancakes’ scaffolding, the blend is spiraled into a simple yeast dough, subtly sweet and a little buttery. Be sure to bake them right before serving so you can pull apart the hot, soft layers and inhale the fragrant steam before taking a bite.

2 hr 30 min

Breakfast Strawberry Shortcakes

Yes, you can have strawberry shortcake for breakfast! We adapted the beloved dessert for the morning by whipping up the easiest 2-ingredient flaky biscuits with self-rising flour and Greek yogurt. Finished with a quick homemade strawberry jam, they’re a delicious way to start the day.

Cauliflower Salad with Yogurt Sauce and Pomegranate

Get the recipe for this best-ever Cauliflower Salad with Yogurt Sauce and Pomegranate on Food & Wine.

35 min

Maialino's Olive Oil Cake

Olive oil cake at its best has a crackling crust and an aromatic oil-rich middle, which, if it held any more moisture, would be pudding. Pulling this off should be easy—there aren't even egg whites to whip and fold, or butter to cream—but it isn't always. This one, however, is perfect, and will ruin you for all others. Recipe from Maialino Restaurant in New York City, where they also serve it at breakfast in muffin form, and they've been known to turn it into a birthday cake, layered with mascarpone buttercream. The recipe is pictured here with Michelle Polzine's Slow-Roasted Strawberries from Genius Desserts by Kristen Miglore (Ten Speed Press, September 2018). Helpful tools for this recipe: Olipac Stainless Steel Olive Oil Dispenser GIR Silicone Grip Whisk Mosser Glass Cake Stand —Genius Recipes

Herb omelette with fried tomatoes

Make a perfect, protein-rich brunch or breakfast for two people. This healthy omelette can be on the table in just 10 minutes, served with juicy tomatoes

10 min

Avga me Kolokithakia (Zucchini Omelet)

Layers of thinly sliced zucchini, crumbled feta and fresh dill are bound with custardy eggs in this quick, Greek-inspired omelet.

1 hr

Instant Pot Mini Frittatas

Make a quick and delicious brunch appetizer or snack with your Instant Pot®.

Classic Matzo Brei

In this matzo brei (rhymes with fry) recipe, the matzo sheets are browned in butter until crisp before being lightly scrambled with eggs. You make this either sweet or savory as you prefer. Add black pepper, plenty of salt and chives for a savory version, or Demerara sugar and maple syrup or honey if you would like something sweeter. It’s a fine breakfast or brunch any time of the year, and especially during Passover.

15 min

Sheet-Pan Bacon Egg Sandwiches for a Crowd

This ingenious method allows you to fry your bacon and cook more than a dozen eggs right on a sheet pan in the oven, eliminating all that time standing in front of the stove.

Scrambled Eggs with Herbs

Soft Ensaymada

Light, fluffy Filipino ensaymadas made with a touch of mashed potato for extra softness. Finish with butter (or buttercream) and sugar — optionally top with grated cheese for a classic sweet-and-salty bite.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Buckwheat Waffles

If you want to make this buckwheat waffles recipe without buttermilk, substitute 2 cups alt-milk plus 2 Tbsp. distilled white vinegar.

Garlic Parmesan Hashbrowns

Crispy, golden hashbrowns flavored with garlic powder and freshly grated Parmesan. Partially boiled potatoes are shredded, bound with egg and cornstarch, frozen briefly for firmness, then shallow-fried until crunchy—perfect for breakfast or as a side.

Gluten-Free Coconut Bread

We’ve found that the best gluten-free recipes rely on a custom blend of flours and starches. To make your own sorghum flour, blitz whole sorghum to a powder with a Vitamix blender or a NutriBullet.

Air-Fryer Chile-Cheese Toast

I grew up eating this for a snack. I know you’re wondering what kind of kid eats chiles on toast with some cheese for a snack. An Indian kid, that’s who. You can totally doctor this up with fancy-schmancy cheese, more spices, or different types of bread, but when I’m craving a taste of home at breakfast, this is what I make. Excerpted from EVERY DAY EASY AIR FRYER © 2018 by Urvashi Pitre. Photography © 2018 by Ghazalle Badiozamani. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Baked Oatmeal

This baked oatmeal is the make-ahead breakfast your holiday plans need—it’s easy to execute and feeds a crowd. Substitute coconut oil and your favorite alternative milk to make this dairy-free.

French Toast

Brioche and challah bread make the best French toast. Both are already so eggy that once dipped in the batter and griddled in butter they become custard-like on the inside. The nicely browned and caramelized outside is thanks in part to the added sugar in the egg mixture. And playing with the flavor is easy: This recipe has a touch of warmth from cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Here’s a pro tip: Make sure you don’t over-soak the bread. Fully submerge it in the batter for only a few seconds and let any excess drip off before cooking. And wait for the bubbles from the melted butter to subside — that’s when you know your pan is hot enough.

Tortilla Breakfast Wrap

Inspired by the Egg and Cheese Bread Omelet, we made a complete breakfast wrap--tortilla, eggs, spinach, cheese and ham included--entirely in one skillet, for a go-to dish you can make in a hurry. Enjoy right out of the pan or with a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce.

Cardamom Pancakes With Honey Lime Syrup

Yeasted pancakes mixed with saffron and cardamom (called chebab) are typical of Gulf countries, but I must confess I much prefer these lacy thin crepes.

Potato Waffles with Avocado & Egg

Crispy, cheesy potato waffles topped with creamy mashed avocado and a runny fried egg for a simple, satisfying breakfast or brunch. Quick to make with a boiled potato, shredded cheese, and a few pantry staples.

Chocolate-Date Bran Muffins

Not your grandma's bran muffins, these fiber-rich baked goods are loaded with dates, almonds, and slivers of dark chocolate.

Costa Rican Enyucados

These croquettes stuffed with cheese are the quintessential accompaniment to a Costa Rican breakfast, lunch or coffee hour. Boiled yucca is mashed and stuffed with mozzarella, then fried to golden perfection.

Best Breakfast Potatoes Ever

Easy Cheese Danish

French Toast Roll-Ups

Bring a new dimension -- three-dimensions, in fact -- to French toast, rolling it up and stuffing it with goodies. Follow this kid-friendly base recipe, then choose from the filling options for an easy portable breakfast.

Poached Eggs with Red Wine Sauce

In this recipes for oeufs en meurette, poached eggs are served on buttery toast with a savory sauce made with red wine, onions, and slab bacon. The classic Burgundian dish is a great French option for breakfast, brunch, or a cozy dinner.

1 hr 30 min

Farmer's Breakfast

Wafflemaker Hash Browns

Ham-and-Cheese-Croissant Bake

Big pieces of croissant get baked in a savory custard alongside ham and plenty of cheese for the ultimate breakfast casserole.

Boxty (Irish Potato Pancakes)

Boxty, breadlike potato pancakes that originated in Ireland as early as the late 18th century, were created as a resourceful way to transform less-than-stellar potatoes into a hearty side dish. Variations of these crisp, chewy potato pancakes abound, but most involve some combination of mashed potatoes, grated potatoes, flour, baking soda or baking powder; buttermilk or eggs are sometimes added for richness. Popular in pubs but also made at home, they’re typically served as an accompaniment to stews and rich meat dishes. This recipe is adapted from “The Irish Cookbook” by Jp McMahon (Phaidon, 2020), who serves them in a more modern fashion, with smoked salmon, sour cream and pickled onions, which balance and brighten.

45 min

Cinnamon Roll Bundt Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

There’s only one problem with cinnamon rolls: They taste best fresh out of the oven with runny icing. This Bundt cake is also delicious warm, but gets only better as it sits, so you can get a hit of cinnamon roll goodness for days. Including panko in the spiced brown sugar swirl allows the cake layers to pull apart the way yeasted rolls do. The simple vanilla pound cake batter is tender and tangy with cream cheese. More cream cheese — a lot more — cloaks the cake in the form of frosting. Just as there’s no end to holiday cheer, there’s no limit on cream cheese frosting.

3 hr

Biscuit Egg-in-a-Hole

What's better than a hot cheesy biscuit straight from the oven? A hot cheesy biscuit with an egg baked right into it! This recipe makes enough to feed six hungry people, so it's perfect for a hearty breakfast or brunch.

Pancake Bread

This is our take on the popular Trader Joe's breakfast bread. We've added a little more maple syrup and brown sugar, for a sweeter version. It keeps well in the freezer; just throw a slice in the toaster to reheat.

Double Chocolate Strawberry Banana Muffins

Moist banana muffins studded with semi-sweet chocolate chips and fresh strawberries, with a deep cocoa flavor. These easy breakfast or snack muffins are boosted with optional espresso and a touch of maple for added depth.

Egg & Avocado Salad

A creamy, high-protein egg and avocado salad that's brightened with shallot and lemon—ready in minutes. Spoon onto cucumber rounds for a fresh, low-carb breakfast, snack, or light lunch.

Spiced spinach eggs

Pack in the nutrients in our spinach eggs with beans, red lentils, passata and basil. As well as delivering on taste, it counts as all five of your 5-a-day

55 min

Breakfast Burritos with Chorizo

Homemade Breakfast Tarts

Avocado & black bean eggs

Set yourself up for the day with this healthy veggie breakfast with eggs, avocado and black beans. It takes just 10 minutes to throw together and makes a great lunch, too

10 min