Start the year right with the best Breakfast or brunch this New Year's Day. Whether you are hosting family and friends for an elaborate brunch spread or just looking for a quick breakfast for one as you roll out of bed after celebrating all night on New Year's Eve, let's make the first meal of the year a good one. I am sharing over 40 of the most popular and best New Year's breakfast and brunch recipes to kick of the year including light and fluffy pancakes, delicious eggs made in every possible way, savoury breakfast casseroles, homemade bread, sweet baked goods, and more!

Best New Year's Breakfast and Brunch Recipes

Applesauce Pancakes

Soft fluffy applesauce pancakes is the best fall breakfast, loaded with leftover applesauce, hint of cinnamon, and a delicious caramel apple topping. It is the perfect Christmas Morning breakfast.

Vegetable Frittata

Spring vegetable frittata is a delicious breakfast or served at any time of the day. It's a one-pan meal that starts on the stove and moves to the oven.

Quick and Easy Butter Croissants

Quick and easy butter croissants are flaky, buttery, airy, and authentic, and are made in the fraction of the time using a special simplified technique.

Egg and Potato Breakfast Casserole

Make this easy make-ahead egg and potato breakfast casserole by simply combining all the ingredients into a casserole dish, pop it in the oven and let it do its thing.

Glazed Lemon Blueberry Scones

Glazed lemon blueberry scones are total breakfast goals. Blueberries and lemon partner together in a light, tender and flakey scone, drizzled with a sweet lemon glaze that is nothing short of impressive.

Fruit and Yogurt Parfait

Layer fresh fruits, creamy Greek yogurt and crunchy granola to make this fruit and yogurt parfait for a delicious and healthy breakfast or a simple snack.

Baked Gingerbread French Toast Casserole

Festive baked gingerbread french toast casserole with cranberries is soft on the inside and crispy outside. The best holiday breakfast on Christmas morning.

Easy Homemade Everything Bagels

Easy homemade everything bagels with a signature everything bagel seasoning blend on top are just like bakery-style bagels and so easy to make at home.

Roasted Asparagus with Poached Eggs

Roasted asparagus with poached eggs is a match made in food heaven. Serve this topped with fresh herbs and lots of black pepper for a classy, elevated brunch dish that will leave you feeling light, but completely satisfied.

Spinach and Feta Quiche with Cauliflower Crust

Spinach and feta quiche is healthy and gluten-free with a keto cauliflower crust and savoury vegetarian filling. The perfect breakfast to give you the energy to do all the things you want to do on Christmas morning.

Nutty Banana Bread

When you combine walnuts, raisins and dried fruit in a nutty banana bread, the result is a tender and moist loaf that is truly irresistible.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

Soft and fluffy, pumpkin cinnamon rolls are packed with pumpkin, layered with pumpkin spice, and topped with cream cheese icing. Best Christmas breakfast and brunch treat ever.

Banana Toast with Granola and Honey

Banana toast with granola and honey is the perfect, protein-packed meal, and it is ready in literally 5 minutes.

Shakshuka

Shakshuka is a quick and easy, one-pan Middle Eastern classic with a savory saucy tomato-vegetable base and perfectly poached eggs on top.

Easy Homemade Biscuits

Flaky, fluffy, buttery, and soft, these easy homemade biscuits come together with only a handful of ingredients you already have at home.

Potato Galette with Arugula and Crème Fraîche

Potato galette with arugula and crème fraîche is a rich, light, and delicious savoury tart to serve for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. A total crowd-pleaser.

Brioche Bread

Brioche bread is a buttery, soft and pillowy pastry-like bread rich in flavour with a beautiful golden brown crust. Made with 20 minutes of prep work.

Triple Berry French Toast

Triple berry french toast with warm slices of bread, creamy egg mixture, an overload of berries, and drizzled maple syrup on top... should I even continue?

Best Old Fashioned Pancakes

No breakfast spread is complete without a stack of the best, soft and fluffiest old fashioned pancakes. Easy to make in less than 15 minutes!

Easy Fruit Salad with Honey Lemon Dressing

Add something refreshing to brunch with this go to, simple and colourful fruit salad. Just toss a handful of fruits together in a honey lemon dressing and dig in.

Cinnamon and Walnut Porridge

The ultimate wholesome breakfast. This creamy, rich and cozy cinnamon and walnut porridge is perfect to warm you up on Christmas morning.

Easy Challah Bread

Beautiful three-strand braided loaves of easy challah bread are light, soft and fluffy, with a golden brown crust. Rich in flavour and slightly sweet.

Sourdough Cinnamon Roll Twist Bread

Soft and fluffy sourdough cinnamon roll twist bread is buttery and layered with cinnamon sugar. Prep it the night before and freshly bake it for breakfast.

Mediterranean Scrambled Eggs with Spinach, Tomato and Feta

Give regular scrambled eggs an upgrade with this delicious, vibrant and colourful Mediterranean scrambled eggs with spinach, tomato, and feta. All that red, green and white make it perfect for Christmas breakfast and brunch.

Easy Cinnamon Apple Granola

Make Christmas morning a little easier by prepping this delicious and easy cinnamon apple granola aka apple pie granola ahead of time and I promise you’ll never buy store-bought again.

Cranberry Scones with Orange Glaze

A light, tender and flakey cranberry scone, drizzled with a sweet orange glaze is the perfect Christmas morning breakfast.

15-Minute Caprese Frittata

This 15-minute caprese frittata is the recipe you’ve been waiting for -- tomatoes, basil, fresh mozzarella wrapped between fluffy, light eggs. A go-to breakfast for easy entertaining.

Cranberry Sauce Oat Bars

Easy cranberry sauce oat bars with a buttery crust, cranberry sauce filling, and crumbly pecan oat topping is the best way to use leftover cranberry sauce.

Cinnamon Raisin Challah Bread with Almonds

Sweet cinnamon raisin challah bread is airy, soft and fluffy with a beautiful golden crust coated with almonds. It is braided and baked in a loaf pan.

Cranberry Yogurt Muffins

Buttery, soft and moist, cranberry yogurt muffins are packed with tarty and sweet cranberries in every single bite. Great for breakfast, snack or dessert.

Cinnamon Apple Baked Oatmeal

Quick and easy cinnamon apple baked oatmeal topped with a crumbled streusel-like topping is the best make-ahead breakfast. Make a big batch and heat it up all week long — it’s just as good as it was the first day.

Whole Wheat Cranberry Bread

Whole wheat cranberry bread is chewy, fluffy and airy, packed with dried cranberries and seeds, and has a perfect crunchy crust topped with oats and seeds. The perfect toast to serve on Christmas morning.