Make Ahead Winter Breakfasts

Make ahead Christmas breakfasts will make your life so much easier! Whether you choose a recipe to make a few days before, or one you can heat and serve the morning of, we’ve got something for everyone. Sweet, savory, vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, and dairy-free – we’ve got you covered!

1. Speculaas Spiced Baked Oatmeal With Pears

Over oval dish of speculaas spiced baked oatmeal with pears.

While a cookie oatmeal sounds super-decadent, this speculaas spiced baked oatmeal has no actual cookies. Instead it relies on the hearty flavours of speculaas cookies to bring a little breakfast magic to the table. Using natural sweeteners, whole-grains, and fibre-rich ingredients, it will help balance out all those extra decadent dishes that will garnish your morning breakfast spread.

2. Vegan Apple Cinnamon Buns With Cream Cheese Icing

overhead image of glazed cinnamon buns on a cooling rack.

These gooey vegan apple cinnamon buns are the perfect Christmas morning treat. A base of enriched vegan dough is combined with fresh apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon, then topped with a simple vegan cream cheese icing.

3. White Wine Bread Pudding

White wine bread pudding in a baking dish surrounded by greenery, oranges, and cinnamon sticks.

White wine bread pudding is a festive dish with bursts of bright cranberry flavour, and homemade brioche bread, perfect for feeding a crowd on Christmas morning.

4. Next Level Chocolate Hazelnut Granola

Overhead shot of Next Level Chocolate Espresso Hazelnut Granola in a bowl with fruit

We think of Next Level Chocolate Espresso Hazelnut Granola as a heartier, crunchier, healthier cousin to Nutella. Is it breakfast or dessert? It’s debatable; We’ll let you decide.

6. Whole Wheat Chocolate Beet Muffins

Three whole wheat chocolate beet muffins stacked.

Super chocolatey, and loaded with fibre and protein-packed nuts and seeds, these whole wheat chocolate beet muffins are a great Christmas morning snack with coffee.

7. Apple Cheddar Loaf Cake

Is it a loaf or is it a cake? Either way, it doesn’t really matter, because this apple cheddar loaf cake is what our sweet and salty flavour dreams are made of.

8. New York-Style Sourdough Bagels With Roasted Garlic Labneh

Overhead Shot of Bagels and Cream Cheese

Crisp, chewy, and fluffy New York-style sourdough bagels with roasted garlic labneh will take your everyday bagel and cream cheese up a notch or two for Christmas morning.

9. Ham & Blue Cheese Scones

A ham and blue cheese scones on a plate next to a wooden board of scones.

There are few things we enjoy more than a buttery, flaky, well-crafted scone. Warm and crispy from the oven, smothered in butter or savory whipped cream, these ham & blue cheese scones are the epitome of indulgent make ahead Christmas breakfasts.

11. Multigrain Banana Spice Waffles With Espresso Maple Syrup

These multigrain banana spice waffles make a nourishing and simple breakfast for Christmas morning. Make the batter the night before. In the morning toss together some fresh fruit with mint, honey, and lime juice, and by the time the cozy scent of these waffles fills the air, you’ll be ready with an elegant breakfast you can sit down and enjoy.

13. Vegan Apple Cranberry Crisp

Overhead of vegan apple cranberry crisp on plate with ice cream.

This vegan apple cranberry crisp, with its sweet-tart fruit blend, warming cinnamon, and oatmeal cookie-like crisp is everything make ahead Christmas morning breakfasts should be. And extra on the oat crisp please, because we all know that’s the best part!

14. Peach & Saffron Pastries

Peach and Saffron Pastries recipe from Skye McAlpine's "A Table In Venice". (photo by Kelly Neil)

These peach and saffron pastries are tasty, however, because they can dry out a bit on top we recommend a drizzle of honey to finish.

17. Vegan Strawberry Streusel Loaf

overhead shot of strawberry streusel loaf

A quick and healthy Christmas morning alternative is this vegan strawberry streusel loaf made from a base of sprouted spelt flour and low in refined sugar. If you don’t have fresh strawberries available, opt for frozen ones, however, you may need to extend the baking time by 10-15 minutes.