These irresistible breakfast recipes will make your crowd go wild.
Cooking for a crowd? We’ve got the best big breakfasts for your bulk baking. We’ve combed through our cookbooks to find our best big breakfast casseroles that feed eight—or more. Your entertaining just got a whole lot easier. From smoky, cheesy make-ahead breakfast casseroles to sweet coffee cakes, these breakfast dishes will keep your crowded kitchen table satisfied. We’ve taken French toast off the stove and put it in the oven for an easy breakfast bake, and even figured out an oven omelet recipe. Need to know how to cook bacon in bulk? We’ve got the crispy, oven-baked bacon recipe that hits the savory spot while still keeping you away from the hot stove. From creamy egg strata casseroles to a recipe that makes enough homemade buttermilk biscuits to feed a school bus, these big breakfast recipes will surely please your guests. Our crumbly coffee cake recipes, savory sausage casseroles, and fresh vegetable and grits pies all deserve permanent places on your breakfast buffet tables.
Cheesy Sausage-and-Croissant Casserole
Recipe: Cheesy Sausage-and-Croissant Casserole
Two types of cheeses, Jimmy Dean sausage, and mini croissants combine in one casserole dish full of utter Brunch perfection.
Serves: 8 to 10
Cream Cheese Pastries
Recipe: Cream Cheese Pastries
Yes, you're reading that number right—this one sweet recipe makes four loaves of creamy, crispy, buttery, flaky pastries.
Makes: 4 loaves
Praline Pull-Apart Bread
Recipe: Praline Pull-Apart Bread
One reviewer says, "Oh my!!! This was so good!!! I had to lock myself upstairs in my studio to keep from eating it all!" Make this crowd pleasing pull-apart bread to earn rave reviews of your own.
Serves: 12
King Ranch Breakfast Strata
Recipe: King Ranch Breakfast Strata
French bread, corn tortillas, chicken, cheese, and plenty of flavor combine to make reigning King Ranch Breakfast Strata the ultimate make-ahead breakfast casserole.
Serves: 8
Buttermilk Glazed Cherry Sheetcake
Recipe: Buttermilk Glazed Cherry Sheetcake
Step up your brunch game with this beautiful cherry cake. Bonus—you can eat the leftovers for dessert (with a scoop of ice cream).
Serves: 12 to 16
Breakfast Enchiladas
Recipe: Breakfast Enchiladas
A best-loved Southern Living breakfast casserole, this recipe can be prepared in advance, stored in the refrigerator overnight, and baked the next morning. In just an hour, you’ll have what reviewers call “the best tasting breakfast casserole ever eaten.” So you might want to make double.
Serves: 6 to 8
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Recipe: Blueberry Coffee Cake
Nobody will notice that we lightened up classic coffee cake with fat-free yogurt—the blueberries, cinnamon, and sliced almonds are deliciously distracting.
Serves: 10
Brie-and-Vegetable Breakfast Strata
Recipe: Brie-and-Vegetable Breakfast Strata
Brie takes this rich breakfast casserole stuffed with potatoes, onions, bell peppers, and sourdough bread to an out-of-this-world level of heartiness.
Serves: 8 to 10
Bloody Mary Mix
Recipe: Bloody Mary Mix
This recipe makes enough Bloody Mary mix to feed even the most rambunctious of crowds. Instead of mixing in the vodka, keep it aside and let guests stir in the desired amount.
Makes: 1.5 quarts
Sweet Potato Coffee Cake
Recipe: Sweet Potato Coffee Cake
This beautiful cake is baked with sweet potatoes and orange zest, so it must be healthy… right?
Serves: 10 to 12
Savory Ham and Swiss Breakfast Pie
Recipe: Savory Ham and Swiss Breakfast Pie
A breakfast pie made from a buttery grits crust topped with eggs, savory ham, green onions, and loads of cheese, this easy-to-love dish is easy to make, too.
Serves: 8
Smoky Sausage and Grits Casserole
Recipe: Smoky Sausage and Grits Casserole
You can prepare this smoked sausage and grits casserole up to four days ahead, but your guests might gobble it up in four minutes—it's that good.
Serves: 12 to 14
Praline-Pecan French Toast
Recipe: Praline-Pecan French Toast
Yes, we did it. We combined pralines and French toast. And it's every bit as good as you thought it would be.
Serves: 8 to 10
Bananas Foster Upside-Down Coffee Cake
Recipe: Bananas Foster Upside-Down Coffee Cake
Be right back, transporting ourselves to New Orleans with this decadent coffee cake baked with sauteed bananas, pecans, and a splash of rum.
Serves: 8 to 10
Bacon-and-Cheddar Grits Quiche
Recipe: Bacon-and-Cheddar Grits Quiche
Every good plan needs a solid foundation. You can't go wrong with a base "crust" made from baked grits loaded with melted cheese and crispy bacon.
Serves: 10
Blackberry French Toast
Recipe: Blackberry French Toast
Take the frying pan out of the French toast equation by popping this sweet breakfast bake into the oven. Just don't forget the whipped cream.
Serves: 8 to 10
Creamy Grits Casserole
Recipe: Creamy Grits Casserole
We're not saying that Grits, Gouda, and Cheddar combined can deliver the key to happiness. But we aren't denying it, either.
Serves: 8
Coffee Pound Cake
Recipe: Coffee Pound Cake
Two stand-out Southern cakes (pound and coffee) marry to form this decadent, buttery breakfast cake. Talk about the couple of the century.
Serves: 12
Caramel Glazed Monkey Bread
Recipe: Caramel Glazed Monkey Bread
It is physically impossible not to fall in love-at-first-bite with this fluffy loaf of caramel monkey bread. Go ahead, we dare you to prove us wrong.
Serves: 10 to 12
Cheesy Grits Soufflé
Recipe: Cheesy Grits Soufflé
Adding milk and fresh corn kernels turns this classic Southern dish into a light, fluffy, cheesy souffle.
Serves: 8 to 10
Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
Recipe: Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
These old-school cinnamon rolls put storebought rolls to shame.
Makes: 16 rolls
Buttermilk Biscuits
Recipe: Buttermilk Biscuits
No Southern breakfast is complete without flaky, buttery biscuits—and one batch of these homemade biscuits will last you for a few days.
Makes: 2 dozen biscuits
Cornmeal-and-Brown Sugar-Crusted Bacon
Recipe: Cornmeal-and-Brown Sugar-Crusted Bacon
Dress up your bacon with this oh-so-Southern crispy coating. This bacon recipe is great for crowds, because you can stick it in the oven and free your hands up to prepare other parts of your meal.
Serves: 8
Creamy Egg Strata
Recipe: Creamy Egg Strata
This is one of those mouthwatering breakfast dishes that's well worth the planning. Chill in your fridge so the French bread has time to soak up the butter, Parmesan and Swiss cheese, chicken broth, white wine, and sour cream.
Serves: 8 to 10
Easy Orange Rolls
Recipe: Easy Orange Rolls
Sweet but not overly-so, these orange rolls made with prepackaged French bread dough are a great alternative (or addition) to cinnamon rolls.
Serves: 11
Grits-and-Greens Breakfast Bake
Recipe: Grits-and-Greens Breakfast Bake
We like to call this the Southern version of Green Eggs and Ham, on account of the collard greens.
Serves: 8
Farmers' Oven-Baked Omelet
Recipe: Farmers' Oven-Baked Omelet
Step away from the stovetop and put your omelet in the oven. This dish makes eggs easy.
Serves: 10 to 12
Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole
Recipe: Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole
Celebrate the fact that party potatoes are basically a food group with this easy hashbrown bake.
Serves: 8
Overnight Coffee Crumble Cake
Recipe: Overnight Coffee Crumble Cake
Prep this standout coffee cake topped with a crumbly, sweet topping and a sweet drizzle of bourbon icing at night to make the morning as easy as it is delicious.
Serves: 8 to 10
Sparkling Ginger-Orange Cocktails
Recipe: Sparkling Ginger-Orange Cocktails
Serve this bubbly, gingery, citrusy drink and for a festive accompaniment to whatever you have on the breakfast menu.
Makes: 23 cups
