Looking for Easter brunch ideas to feed your family? Hosting Easter brunch? Here you’ll find a range from the quick and easy to the complex and traditional – but all of them delicious!
Brunch is my favorite meal of the day. It’s perfectly positioned so you have time to wake up, prepare what’s required and eat before everyone is getting too hungry.
You then have the rest of the day stretched out before you, ripe with possibility.
This is especially the case for Easter, where religious affiliation or no, you may have a holiday on Good Friday, if not Easter Monday as well. What better opportunity could you have to savor a delicious home-cooked Easter brunch over a long weekend?
Whether you want something simple and easy, or something to test your culinary talents, you’ll find options here for you.
Easter brunch ideas
Savory options for Easter brunch
As tasty as sweet things may be, I'm a fan of starting with a savory brunch option - especially if I intend to indulge in a bit of sugar late on.
This is a large, hearty meal guaranteed to satisfy.
Imagine homemade hash browns with meat, eggs and cheese... this potato breakfast bake is a tasty, filling way to start your brunch.
Not only is this cheesy roasted potato breakfast bake tasty, it's also convenient - you can cook it up the day before.
It's therefore perfect if you're after a make ahead Easter brunch idea.
This recipe is also a good choice if you're wanting to sneak more vegetables into your meals.
If you're looking for another make ahead Easter brunch idea, then this easy coronation chicken is perfect.
You can eat it warm or cold, on a bed of salad, on flatbread or on seared ciabatta, as featured here.
Delicious!
I ALMOST left out this dish due to my husband's hatred of eggs.
Yes, the bakes featured above contain eggs, but they're disguised by other things. As you can see by the picture below, there's no avoiding the eggs here.
However, filled with eggs and sausage, this traditional Italian Easter pie will delight those who wish to experience some authentic, traditional Easter brunch food (and who don't hate eggs).
Have some leftover Easter ham? These ham and cheese buttermilk biscuits are the perfect way to use it up!
From starting prep to ready to eat, these biscuits will take under 30 minutes, so the perfect thing to cook if your time is short.
While quiche is a common inclusion in a brunch menu, the addition of a puff pastry crust takes these mini quiches to the next level.
Pastry is that delicious combo of flaky, crunchy and soft... I literally could eat pastry every day.
Save time with this recipe and use pre-made pastry. It's just as tasty.
Sweet Easter brunch ideas
If your tastes run to the sweet rather than savory, or you simply want to balance out your brunch by finishing with some sugary goodness, try one of these sweet Easter brunch ideas.
If you're not familiar with Cadbury mini eggs. they are small solid chocolate eggs with a hard sugar shell.
They make a tasty addition to this sweet scone recipe.
If you'd rather have a more decadent option than the above, then try on these chocolate orange hot cross buns with not just butter but orange honey butter.
Totally delicious!
Easter crescent nests are easy and fun to make with the kids. They taste delicious for a special brunch treat.
This traditional German raisin bread is the perfect Easter Sunday brunch treat for those of you home bakers who want to stretch your culinary skills.
These cinnamon rolls are made from a recipe handed down from generation to generation.
You can prepare the dough for these cinnamon rolls three to four days in advance - just remember to allow plenty of time for it to get to room temperature and then rise before baking.
These look as beautiful as they are tasty.
If you don't fancy the egg in the center as an edible option (and if you do, you should eat it straight away or take it out and put it in the refrigerator) you can cook it with the egg in as instructed, but then remove it and substitute it with a chocolate egg.
Want to stick with the traditional theme? Try traditional dove bread.
What you don't eat fresh for brunch, you can use to whip up some French toast the next day.
Ukrainian Easter bread (Paska) is a traditional bread that’s made for Easter and prepared with lots of eggs, butter, and a bit of sugar, making it a rich and slightly sweet beautifully soft bread.
These vegan hot cross buns feature raisins and currants and everything good about Easter.
I don't think there's anything tastier than a hot cross bun (though I am partial to lots and lots of butter melting on a warm bun - which isn't very vegan I know).
Want to make these ahead of time? No problem - they'll last up to three days in an airtight container.
Easter brunch drinks
Need something to top this all off?
While enjoying your meal. try sipping this frappe. As a creme egg fan and coffee addict, I couldn't go past this simple recipe.
Easter is a special time of year. To me it marks the possibility of new beginnings and the enduring cycle of living. It’s a time to come together, eat together, be together. These Easter brunch ideas will provide you with food for your tummies while you enjoy food for your soul!
Want some sweet Easter treats? Try these Easter cupcakes and Easter cheesecake recipes.