We just love cinnabon cinnamon rolls (homemade). They aren't quick though and they take a while to prep the night before. We have a lot of people over to watch the kids open presents in the morning and they're a hit. We serve with hot chocolate, coffee and berries.

Anonymous wrote:Can y'all share your French toast casserole recipes?

These are my favorites -
https://www.food.com/recipe/paula-deens-quot-overnight-french-toast-quot-499306 - Put a baking sheet under this or risk having the fire department come, ask me how I know

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/raspberry-baked-french-toast-4720583

Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's Almond Croissants - rise overnight, put in the oven when you start to open stockings or first presents

+ Mimosa for adults

After croissants are finished, I put in an egg casserole that I prepped the night before. It's ready to eat as soon as we've cleaned up the wrapping paper.

Those croissants do work really well. I suspect a lot of coffee shops use those exact frozen croissants.

Anonymous wrote:Every year we do cinnamon rolls, eggs, fried potatoes, and pears.

Oh and we do the recipe from Stella Parks. I will say that it’s a long process (with two rises) but it’s our favorite recipe. It’s more similar to Cinnabon-style rolls (lots of filling) than sweet buns (more bread). I only make them once a year because it takes up half of my day but it’s a fun tradition we have.

Trader Joe's Almond Croissants - rise overnight, put in the oven when you start to open stockings or first presents

+ Mimosa for adults

After croissants are finished, I put in an egg casserole that I prepped the night before. It's ready to eat as soon as we've cleaned up the wrapping paper.

Every year we do cinnamon rolls, eggs, fried potatoes, and pears.

I am planning to try this (gift link below)

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/765550882-raspberry-almond-toasts?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8.pFPm.7vf7aRKy20Kv&smid=share-url

I make yeasted or sourdough waffles. The batter rises overnight. You just add some eggs and baking soda in the AM and pour into the waffle iron. We usually serve the waffles with sauteed spiced apples, cranberry sauce, maple syrup, yogurt, and bacon.

Anonymous wrote:Can y'all share your French toast casserole recipes?

I do this: https://inagartencooks.com/barefoot-contessa-baked-french-toast-casserole-recipe/ I skip the streusel topping most times, but would do it for the holiday.

But for the holidays, I am one of those homemade cinnamon roll people. Cinnamon is the tradition in my family, but I like these better: https://smittenkitchen.com/2013/11/cranberry-orange-breakfast-buns/ They're less overwhelmingly sweet, and the cranberries look like gems. They also smell AMAZING!

Egg scramble with vege's and bacon. French toast. Juice, tea, etc. Delicious!

Assorted pastries from Praline
Scrambled eggs
Bacon
Yogurt and granola
Caviar and blini
Spinach salad with pears and blue cheese
Coffee, tea, and orange juice

Brunch for us, usually around 11am.

Cinnamon rolls or French toast casserole, bacon or sausage links, scrambled eggs, fruit.

When my kids were little, they'd get up early and tear right into presents, didn't want to think about food until later. Now that they are teens, they sleep later, but are happy to eat before or while opening presents.

I make a hash brown, sausage, egg and cheese casserole, heat up Moravian sugar bread, and cut up some mixed citrus.

We have our large meal Christmas Eve and a casual supper Christmas night, so a heavier casserole is pretty popular Christmas morning.

Anonymous wrote:Monkey bread is the only tradition, baking while presents are being opened. Only problem I started with this silly tradition 20+ years ago? We've been away the past few Christmases and will be away this one as well, and the older kids are now ask for me to make monkey bread for them when we get back

We tended to have either monkey bread or gingerbread. The good thing about monkey bread is the kids did most of the work. They’d tear the biscuits and roll them in cinnamon sugar. I just had to make the sauce and deal with the oven.

Can y'all share your French toast casserole recipes?