Breakfast Ideas and Recipes

Pancake Recipes

Easy

Everyday Pancakes

Mark Bittman

20 minutes

Easy

Sheet-Pan Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Jerrelle Guy

40 minutes

Easy

Banana Pancakes

Samantha Seneviratne

20 minutes

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Genevieve Ko

20 minutes

Easy

Vegan Pancakes

Gena Hamshaw

20 minutes

Easy

Sheet-Pan Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes

Anna Francese Gass

50 minutes

Sour Cream Pancakes With Cardamom Apples

Ifrah F. Ahmed

45 minutes

Easy

Fresh Corn Pancakes With Blueberry Sauce

Lidey Heuck

45 minutes

Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Pancakes

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

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Best Scrambled Egg Recipes

Healthy

Scrambled Eggs With Peppers

Martha Rose Shulman

45 minutes

Scrambled Peppers and Eggs

Mark Bittman

About 30 minutes

Easy

Extra-Creamy Scrambled Eggs

J. Kenji López-Alt

5 minutes

Editors’ Pick

The Best Scrambled Eggs

Mark Bittman

40 minutes

Easy

Breakfast Burritos

Yewande Komolafe

20 minutes

Velvety Scrambled Eggs

J. Kenji López-Alt

5 minutes, plus optional resting

Easy

Scrambled Eggs With Soy-Marinated Tomatoes

Jerrelle Guy

15 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' marinating

Cheesy Potato Breakfast Tacos

Kristina Felix

35 minutes

Easy

Mapo Tofu Scramble

Christian Reynoso

25 minutes

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Breakfast Casseroles

Breakfast Casserole

Lidey Heuck

1 hour 20 minutes

Spinach and Gruyère Breakfast Casserole

Melissa Clark

1 hour 50 minutes, plus at least 8 hours chilling and 10 minutes resting

Hash Brown Casserole

Naz Deravian

1 hour 45 minutes

Buttery Breakfast Casserole

Melissa Clark

1 1/2 hours, plus 4 hours or overnight chilling

Baked French Toast With Oat Crumble Topping

Melissa Clark

1 1/2 hours, plus 4 hours' resting

Potato-Kale Casserole and Eggs

Melissa Clark

50 minutes

Easy

Sausage, Egg and Kale Casserole

Susan Spungen

1 hour

Indian-Spiced Tomato and Egg Casserole

Melissa Clark, Floyd Cardoz

1 hour

Sausage and Egg Tater Tot Casserole

Romel Bruno

1 1/4 hours

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Weekend Breakfast Ideas

Irish Cream Coffee Cake

Lidey Heuck

2 hours

Idli (Fermented Rice Cake)

Naz Deravian

35 minutes, plus 6 hours’ soaking and at least 12 hours’ fermenting

Stone Fruit Clafoutis

Lisa Donovan

About 11/2 hours, plus cooling

Salvadoran Quesadilla

Ligaya Mishan, Karla Tatiana Vasquez

1 hour 10 minutes

Upma (Spiced Semolina With Cashews and Chiles)

Naz Deravian

45 minutes

Easy

Cranberry Orange Muffins

Yossy Arefi

About 1 hour

Easy

Cardamom Coffee Banana Bread

Sheela Prakash

1 1/4 hours, plus cooling

Butternut Squash Sambar

Naz Deravian

1 hour 35 minutes

Sour Cream Pancakes With Cardamom Apples

Ifrah F. Ahmed

45 minutes

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Healthy Breakfast Recipes

Healthy

Green Smoothie

Ali Slagle, Veggies Natural Juice Bar & Cafe

10 minutes

Idli (Fermented Rice Cake)

Naz Deravian

35 minutes, plus 6 hours’ soaking and at least 12 hours’ fermenting

Healthy

Energy Bars

Genevieve Ko

1 1/2 hours

Upma (Spiced Semolina With Cashews and Chiles)

Naz Deravian

45 minutes

Easy

Denver Omelet

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Easy

Overnight Oats

Genevieve Ko

5 minutes, plus overnight soaking

Tea Eggs

Genevieve Ko

30 minutes, plus 1 day’s soaking

Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Pancakes

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Savory Steel-Cut Oats With Fried Egg and Za’atar

David Tanis

25 minutes

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Biscuit, Muffin and Scone Recipes

Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins

Marian Burros

40 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' cooling

Easy

Potato Pete’s Potato Scones

Ligaya Mishan, Eleanor Barnett

45 minutes

Easy

Brown-Butter Maple Muffins

Yossy Arefi

50 minutes

Pumpkin-Ginger Oat Scones

Genevieve Ko

45 minutes, plus cooling

Flaky Folded Biscuits

J. Kenji López-Alt

45 minutes, plus freezing

Easy

Banana Muffins

Samantha Seneviratne

40 minutes

Easy

Blueberry Corn Muffins

Melissa Knific

55 minutes

Buttermilk Sugar Biscuits

Eric Kim, Briana Holt

1 hour

Molten Chocolate Muffins

Genevieve Ko

1 hour, plus cooling

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Smoothie Recipes

Roasted Mango or Banana Lassi

The New York Times, Niven Patel

40 to 50 minutes, plus chilling

Healthy

Green Smoothie

Ali Slagle, Veggies Natural Juice Bar & Cafe

10 minutes

Strawberry, Millet and Banana Smoothie

Martha Rose Shulman

5-10 minutes

Blood Orange Smoothie With Grapes and Red Quinoa

Martha Rose Shulman

5 to 10 minutes

Green Smoothie With Cucumber and Cumin

Martha Rose Shulman

2 minutes

Easy

Mango Lassi

Zainab Shah

5 minutes

Pineapple and Millet Smoothie

Martha Rose Shulman

Time: 5-10 minutes

Deep Purple Blueberry Smoothie With Black Quinoa

Martha Rose Shulman

5 to 10 minutes

Pineapple-Basil Smoothie

Martha Rose Shulman

2 minutes

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Homemade Granola Recipes

Easy

Seeded Pecan Granola

The New York Times, Morgan Bordenave, Jon & Vinny's

1 hour 15 minutes

Easy

Eleven Madison Park Granola

Sam Sifton, Daniel Humm

40 minutes

Whole Grain Granola

Melissa Clark

1 hour

Easy

Granola Bites

Genevieve Ko

20 minutes

Banana Granola With Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Walnuts

Jerrelle Guy

1 hour, plus cooling

Healthy

Coconut Granola Bars

Martha Rose Shulman

1 hour

Olive Oil Granola With Dried Apricots and Pistachios

Melissa Clark

45 minutes

Healthy

Flax and Mixed Grains Granola

Martha Rose Shulman

1 hour

Coconut Almond Cluster Granola

Melissa Clark

1 hour, plus cooling

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Breakfast in 10 Minutes Or Less

Easy

Crispy Parmesan Eggs

Melissa Clark

10 minutes

Healthy

Green Smoothie

Ali Slagle, Veggies Natural Juice Bar & Cafe

10 minutes

Cinnamon Toast

Ali Slagle

10 minutes

Easy

Overnight Oats

Genevieve Ko

5 minutes, plus overnight soaking

Ferran Adrià’s Potato Chip Omelet

Alexa Weibel, Ferran Adrià

10 minutes

Easy

Microwave Bacon

Genevieve Ko

5 minutes

Easy

Oatmeal

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

French Toast

Genevieve Ko

10 minutes

Easy

Microwave-Steamed Eggs

Eric Kim

10 minutes

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Frittata Recipes

Loaded Baked Frittata

Genevieve Ko

45 minutes

Grain Frittata With Chile, Lime and Fresh Herbs

Ali Slagle

About 20 minutes

Healthy

Mushroom and Spinach Frittata

Martha Rose Shulman

About 45 minutes

Pimento Cheese Frittata

Vallery Lomas

35 minutes

Roasted Asparagus Frittata

Mark Bittman

25 minutes

More-Vegetable-Than-Egg Frittata

Mark Bittman

30 minutes

Matzo Frittata

Susan Spungen

1 hour 15 minutes

Bombay Frittata

Mayukh Sen, Nik Sharma

30 minutes

Healthy

Onion and Thyme Frittata

Martha Rose Shulman

1 hour 40 minutes

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More Breakfast recipes

Easy

Sausage and Peppers Frittata

Dan Pelosi

35 minutes

Doughnut Shop-Style Apple Fritters

Rick A. Martínez

About 3 hours

Easy

Peanut Butter-Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips

Samantha Seneviratne

1 hour 25 minutes

Giant Jam Bun

Melissa Clark

2 ½ hours

Easy

Apple Bread

Yossy Arefi

About 1 ½ hours, plus cooling

Easy

Cardamom Coffee Banana Bread

Sheela Prakash

1 1/4 hours, plus cooling

Sour Cream Pancakes With Cardamom Apples

Ifrah F. Ahmed

45 minutes

Brioche

Lisa Donovan

14 1/2 hours

Easy

Pumpkin Cardamom Crumb Muffins

Dan Pelosi

45 minutes

Coffee Tonic

Rebekah Peppler

Easy

Coconut Chutney

Naz Deravian

20 minutes

Easy

Microwave Bacon

Genevieve Ko

5 minutes

Easy

Potato Pete’s Potato Scones

Ligaya Mishan, Eleanor Barnett

45 minutes

Easy

Banana Muffins

Samantha Seneviratne

40 minutes

Easy

Easy Blueberry Cream Scones

Genevieve Ko

1 hour, plus cooling

Easy

Sheet-Pan Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes

Anna Francese Gass

50 minutes

Baked Sweet Corn Tamal

Kristina Felix

1 hour 40 minutes

Sweet Corn Tamales

Kristina Felix

About 1 hour and 45 minutes

Easy

Blueberry Corn Muffins

Melissa Knific

55 minutes

Stone Fruit Clafoutis

Lisa Donovan

About 11/2 hours, plus cooling

Easy

Scrambled Eggs With Soy-Marinated Tomatoes

Jerrelle Guy

15 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' marinating

Honey Salabat Tea Cake

Ligaya Mishan, Arlyn Osborne

1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling

Brown Butter Peach Cake

Millie Peartree

1 hour 50 minutes, plus cooling

Idli (Fermented Rice Cake)

Naz Deravian

35 minutes, plus 6 hours’ soaking and at least 12 hours’ fermenting