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20 make-ahead festive breakfasts and brunches

Want to wake up to a celebratory breakfast but don't want to spend all morning in the kitchen? Cook or prep these dishes a day ahead then assemble or reheat for a fuss-free celebration.

20 recipes
Helen Goh's French toast can be made ahead.
EASY

Baked French toast with almond and blueberry maple sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Buttered crumpets with grapefruit and cardamom marmalade (recipe below).

Dan Lepard's crumpet recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Dan Lepard
Chocolate brioche-babka (save leftovers for breakfast!).

Chocolate babka meets brioche

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Breakfast Trifle

Breakfast trifle with watermelon jelly

  • 2 hrs +
Croque Madame.

Smoked salmon croque madames

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Slow-cooked oat porridge with apple, almond and maple syrup.
EASY

Slow-cooked oat porridge with apple, almond and maple syrup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Chocolate for breakfast: Breakfast brownies.
EASY

Breakfast brownies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Chorizo cheese puffs.

Chorizo cheese puffs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
A simple breakfast crumble can be a godsend when trying to serve a pack of hungry house guests first thing in the morning.
EASY

Breakfast crumble with cherries and yoghurt

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Protein breakfast ideas.
EASY

Chia seed pudding with berries, yoghurt and nuts

  • < 30 mins
Chia seeds
EASY

Chia and coconut yoghurt

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Dan Lepard's easy English muffins.
EASY

Dan Lepard's English muffins recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Dan Lepard
Puffed rice, pecan and maple granola with optional coriander seeds.
EASY

Helen Goh's puffed rice, pecan and maple granola

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
quinoa
EASY

DIY almond and puffed quinoa muesli

  • < 30 mins
Plum, blackberry & hazelnut shortcake. Karen Martini PLUM recipes for Epicure and Good Food. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Styling by CAROLINE VELIK. Photographed March 5th, 2013. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Plum, blackberry and hazelnut shortcake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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All-things-nice yoghurt.
EASY

All-things-nice yoghurt

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Alison Roman's Frozen honey yoghurt.
EASY

Frozen honey yoghurt

  • 2 hrs +
  • Alison Roman
Donna Hay's caramel pecan wreath.

Donna Hay's caramel pecan wreath with gingerbread glaze

  • 2 hrs +
  • Donna Hay
Dan Lepard's spicy chestnut ginger Christmas biscuits.
EASY

Chestnut ginger biscuits recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
Scones meet strawberry shortcakes - the creme fraiche makes for a deliciously tender dough.

Strawberry, lime and creme fraiche scones

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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