12 Fantastic Mother’s Day Breakfasts

12 Fantastic Mother's Day Breakfasts with cakes, doughnuts, pastries, pancakes and more. Perfect for spoiling mom on her special day!

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Three different photos of glazed donuts, sticky roll, and pancakes with syrup.

Mother’s Day is the perfect excuse to slow down, skip the routine, and start the morning off with something thoughtful and delicious. This collection of breakfast favorites brings cozy classics, bakery style treats, and some indulgent surprises that aren’t too overly complicated, despite how fantastic they look. I’ve got fluffy pancakes, waffles, sticky rolls, crumb cake, and more. Basically there’s something here to match whatever kind of morning you desire to create. Many of these can be prepared ahead of time, or kept simple so you can enjoy the morning, and not stress out in the kitchen. Whether you decide to go all out, or keep it low key, this lineup makes it easy to put together a breakfast that’s as special as your mom is.

Stack on plate with butter and syrup
Classic Pantry Pancakes Recipe
Classic Pantry Pancakes are made with basic pantry ingredients. They are fluffy and delicious but the best part is they are easy to make!
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stack of pancakes with icing on a white plate with a fork
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes with Icing Recipe
Easy Cinnamon Roll Pancakes with Icing have all the flavor of fresh baked cinnamon rolls in a light fluffy pancake. Ready in only 25 minutes!
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Plated crepes with lemon curd on top.
Chocolate Lemon Curd Crepes with Whipped Cream
My Chocolate Lemon Curd Crepes are perfect for a special breakfast and surprisingly easy to make. You can even prep the batter ahead of time!
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waffles stacked on top of each other on a festive plate
Brown Sugar Pecan Buttermilk Waffles Recipe
Brown Sugar Pecan Buttermilk Waffles are the perfect warm and cozy breakfast that your whole family will enjoy! Ready in just 20 minutes!
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two muffins stacked on white plate with strawberry on the side. more muffins in background
Banana Crumb Muffins Recipe
Banana Crumb Muffins are a delicious recipe with a soft, cakey muffin topped with a cinnamon brown sugar crumb topping. Perfect for brunch!
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Glazed lemon curd sticky roll
Lemon Curd Sweet Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
Lemon Curd Sweet Rolls are easy to make with buttery dough, lemon curd and lemony butter-sugar filling, and cream cheese frosting!
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White chocolate cranberry bars with icing.
Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars (Copycat)
Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars are white chocolate blondies topped with a luscious white chocolate orange drizzle. Try them today!
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two donuts on plate with glaze pooled around them. 4x3
Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnuts (Copycat) Recipe
Original Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnuts can now be made fresh at home. No more waiting in lines or drive thru with my spot on copycat recipe!
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Half dozen donuts in box.
Baked Cinnamon Roll Mini Donuts Recipe
Easy Baked Cinnamon Roll Mini Donuts give you all the cozy baked good flavors with a perfectly fun size but made healthy since they are baked!
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cinnamon roll loaf sliced
Cinnamon Roll Pound Cake Recipe
Ultimate Glazed Cinnamon Roll Pound Cake covered in a delicious and sticky glaze. Perfect to serve at a Holiday brunch or any occasion.
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Triple berry crumb cake topped with slivered almonds.
Triple Berry Sour Cream Crumb Cake Recipe
Sweet and Tangy Triple Berry Sour Cream Crumb Cake is a delicious summer treat. Easy to make and always a favorite with friends and family!
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casserole for breakfast with pecans blueberries and sausage
Blueberry Sausage Biscuit Casserole Recipe
This Blueberry Sausage Biscuit Casserole is a hearty breakfast with the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors. Everyone will want more!
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Whether you’re the one being celebrated or doing the celebrating, this collection hopefully sparked some creativity into making the morning feel a little extra special. These recipes are meant to bring some joy to the table without adding more stress to your day. Maybe you’ll go all out or go simple and easy, but either way, it’s the thought and effort that counts. However you choose to spend the day, I hope it is filled with good food, relaxation, and moments that make mom feel appreciated. And if you’re wanting even more recipes to really celebrate, hop on over to my Mother’s Day Brunch Collection with over 65 beautiful recipes to sink your teeth into.

8 image grid of recipes featured in Mothers Day Breakfast collection

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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