Christmas breakfast is a wonderful meal, especially if it's done ahead of time! I have good memories of digging into hot cinnamon rolls and strong black coffee as I watched my siblings open gifts. Here's a few more ideas for Christmas breakfast dishes that can be prepared ahead of time and still served piping-hot on Christmas morning.
• Deep-Dish Brioche French Toast, from Leite's Culinaria. This French toast can be made the night before and baked in the morning. It's rich, cinnamon-y and gooey-delicious.
• Almond croissants, from Chocolate and Zucchini. This recipe uses day-old bakery croissants. They can be filled and glazed ahead, and then popped into the oven in the morning. These are also very rich and sweet, with a crispy sugar-glazed top. My favorite!
We do cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning too, but I love your ideas as well.
We always take a break from opening presents and do scrambled eggs topped with a family recipe of tomatoes, cheese, jalapeno peppers, mushrooms, and other good things. It's fabulous. We lovingly call it Christmas Goop. It wouldn't be Christmas without it!
Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast is the tamales left over from Christmas Eve. Usually cold, but my gringo husband warms his up.
The ham and egg casserole sounds intriguing, but how do you keep the eggs from being way overcooked in the crockpot? 1 cup of milk to a dozen eggs isn't a whole lot of liquid. 0.o
My family has no sort of Christmas breakfast tradition. However, if I have quiche for Christmas Eve dinner like I'm currently planning, it will almost certainly be my breakfast the following morning! Quiche Lorraine is good at any time of the day.
In our Irish/Scottish family its always scrambled eggs and smoked salmon.