13 Best Christmas Breakfast Recipes

Christmas is all about indulgence and this is one way to start the special day off with a big bang.

This breakfast casserole is actually deceptively easy to prepare. It actually needs prepping the night before and is simply baked the next morning.

Perfect while opening presents!

A traditional Welsh recipe consisting of thick pancakes stacked on top of one another, drizzled with syrup and served with a scattering of fruit, Crempog makes for a delicious festive breakfast.

The recipe calls for flour, buttermilk, eggs, salted butter and a touch of vinegar – you could also add some raisins for a fruity little twist. The syrup really makes it sing and adding a touch of fruit (think strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, sultanas or raisins) take your Xmas breakfast to another level.

Simple ingredients and an extremely easy to make recipe add up to a great Christmas breakfast. If you're a pancake fan, this could be the ideal Xmas breakfast recipe for you.

As great as the sweet stuff is, savoury French toast bake makes for an amazing Christmas breakfast. It's quick to put together and is a sophisticated way to start your festive day – especially when paired with a glass of bucks fizz.

A savoury French toast bake is massively versatile too – serve with mushrooms, cheese, garlic, tomatoes or even a selection of spices. Let your imagination run wild!

You could also through some bread in with pecans, sultanas, cranberries and cinnamon and bake in the oven ahead of time for an incredible breakfast casserole – a French toast casserole no less!

Tasty, versatile, easy to make and the perfect breakfast to kickstart your Xmas day, this savoury French toast recipe will get you ready for the Xmas culinary delights that lay in wait for later in the day.

Light, fluffy and a sweet surprise for anyone averse to anything 'vegan', these little pancakes taste great. Best of all, they're extremely adaptable. With this recipe, you get to experiment with flavours and toppings until your heart's content.

Go for the sweet option and add a drizzle maple syrup with some fresh fruit. Or, make it savoury – add herbs or scatter some salty, rich mushrooms on top – use this recipe for inspiration!

These vegan sweet potato pancakes taste so good, they'll make a fantastic for everyone – vegans and non-vegans alike.

For non-vegans unable to contain themselves, a dollop of cream cheese or a few rashers of bacon will take these sweet potato pancakes in a totally different direction.

Crusty, sweet and chewy, these dairy-free waffles are a great way to start your Christmas morning. Kids will love eating them, not to mention making them (they're as kid-friendly as banana bread!), and they're quick and easy to whip up.

Serve with fresh fruit for a zesty, healthy start to the festivities, or start as you mean to go on and indulge with a big scoop of ice cream. Either way, these wonderful waffles will have you merry in the morning, ready for a festive feast later in the day.

Almond milk and vegetable oil work perfectly as stand ins for butter and milk – you wouldn't even notice the difference if you didn't know.

Also known as courgette waffles, depending on where you are in the world, this is a supremely healthy Christmas breakfast.

Easy to tweak for dietary needs – replace cow's milk with soy, flour with gluten free etc. – and open to be paired with anything from fresh fruit, ice cream, Nutella, marmalade, jam or lime curd, these waffles are a wonderful way to get a kickstart to your Christmas morning.

You could even take things a bit more indulgent and savoury and pair with cream cheese. If you want to start your festive day in a healthy way, this zucchini waffle recipe is the one for you.

It's as healthy as an Xmas breakfast can get – although you could pair it with a super healthy smoothie for an extra health kick.

A simple recipe that goes deliciously well with yoghurt, banana bread, cinnamon rolls or oatmeal/porridge, a dried fruit compote might take a bit of time to prepare, but you get so much out of it. It's definitely worth it!

You could even prepare the dried fruit compote ahead of time – make it the night before, so that the whole family can enjoy those sweet, rich flavours over a long, lazy Christmas breakfast.

Versatile, easy to prepare and wonderfully tasty, a dried fruit compote makes an amazing Xmas breakfast item.

As decadent Christmas brunch ideas go, this one takes some beating. An indulgent spin on a classic brunch recipe, this Christmas cracker will guarantee you'll have a memorable Christmas morning.

Juicy, succulent, tender lobster and a runny poached egg served on top of a toasted muffin (toast or even French toast will do too), with a big ladleful of rich hollandaise sauce – mouthwatering stuff!

It's unashamedly indulgent. This elegant, incredibly tasty recipe really will make for a magical Christmas morning.

Another supremely classy egg dish that's up there with the best brunch ideas, Christmas will get off to a flyer with this sophisticated French recipe. It's simple and satisfying and will get your tastebuds tingling, in preparation for the holiday feast that awaits later in the day.

Oeufs-en-cocotte is basically baked eggs, but there's something sophisticated about serving them straight out of the oven in their own little ramekins.

Sprinkle some herbs over the top and serve with grilled bacon and plain toast (or French toast) to mop up the runny yolk. Follow with coffee, cake and a big Christmas grin!

Have you ever eaten an ostrich egg? When made into a frittata and mixed with bacon, cheese (cheddar or cream cheese) and potato it tastes like a dream.

All in all, as brunch ideas for Christmas go, it's up there with the best. This recipe is easy to put together – you just have to get hold of the ingredients.

As everything ends up in one roasting tray, it's like one big Christmas breakfast casserole. Christmas casseroles for breakfast don't get much better than this holiday recipe!

If you're looking for something altogether more healthy for breakfast this Christmas, this pomegranate and mint smoothie will do the trick.

It's so simple to make and can be made in mere minutes. The flavour combination is a dream – fresh, tangy pomegranate works you well when blended with the unique mint flavour. Add a handful of pistachios to give this holiday smoothie recipe a hint of nuttiness.

For a fresh festive kick to your breakfast on Christmas morning, this recipe is as fresh as you're going to get. A blend of apple, banana, strawberry, blueberry and ground cinnamon, it's extremely easy to whizz up.

In less than 5 minutes, you'll have a sumptuous smoothie as an energising breakfast for Christmas. You could even blend in almonds or walnuts for an extra hit of protein to get you pumped for the Xmas festivities.

Pair with a some cinnamon rolls or sweet French toast if you want to indulge a little. On its own, however, this recipe will give you a big festive morning boost, getting you pumped for a day of merrymaking!

Kickstart Christmas Day with a little festive fizz. Made in the correct way, bucks fizz should be two parts Champagne to one part orange juice, just enough to get you feeling Christmassy in the morning.

If you want to ease yourself into the festive frolics, use a 50/50 mix between Champagne and orange juice for a merry little morning mimosa. Pair with cinnamon rolls to bring out the spice or mixed berries for a fruity festive kick for your Christmas breakfast.

You could also pair bucks fizz with any savoury recipe on this list, for a liquid brunch that'll get your firmly into the festive spirit, ready for a day of merry making!

Just don't overdo it, or you'll be asleep on the sofa before the Christmas party games begin.