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Homemade Breakfast Recipes from Scratch

My homemade breakfast recipes from scratch are made with real ingredients and pantry staples - no mixes. Whether you're settling into a lazy morning or powering through a busy weekday, this collection of tested recipes covers everything from homemade scones and overnight cinnamon rolls to a simple one-pan breakfast hash. These are tried-and-true recipes that I make in my kitchen from pantry staples - no mixes required.

Not sure where to start? I recommend my Sour Cream Coffee Cake for a brunch treat, my Creamy Steel-Cut Oats, for a comforting morning bowl, or my one-bowl Everyday Pancakes when you need breakfast on the table, fast.

Brunch Recipes from Scratch

When you have time for a slower morning, these from-scratch recipes deliver a fancy-ish brunch without a trip to the bakery. From make-ahead cinnamon rolls to homemade English muffins, they're the kinds of recipes that make weekend mornings feel special.

  • Overnight cinnamon roll torn apart to show the swirl of brown sugar cinnamon. A fork holds a bite next to it.
    Overnight Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze
  • slice of sour cream coffee cake on a plate, with the full cake in the background
    Sour Cream Coffee Cake
  • A hand holds half of an English muffin covered with honey, with a bite taken out of it.
    Homemade English Muffins
  • St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake from Scratch

Simple Weekday Breakfast Recipes

For busy mornings, these reliable breakfast recipes are ready fast. One-bowl pancakes ready in under 30 minutes, creamy steel-cut oats, make-ahead granola - all from scratch, all satisfying.

  • A stack of seven pancakes on a table. The top one is made with all-purpose flour; the bottom six are made with half all-purpose and half whole wheat flour.
    Everyday Pancakes
  • Creamy steel-cut oats with walnuts and pear, in a bowl. The oats are garnished with additional chopped walnuts, pear, and honey.
    Creamy Steel Cut Oats
  • Aquafaba granola with oats, coconut, walnuts, and cinnamon, in a glass jar.
    Aquafaba Granola (No Added Oil, Vegan!)
  • cherry almond granola, on yogurt
    Cherry, Almond, and Cinnamon Granola
  • Two chocolate chip cookie scones topped with brown sugar, on a plate. One is torn open to show texture.
    Chocolate Chip Cookie Scones with Oat Flour
  • A strawberry and cream scone, propped up to show the top.
    Strawberry and Cream Scones
  • perfect blueberry muffins, on a baking rack, in rows, seen from overhead
    Smitten Kitchen's Perfect Blueberry Muffins
  • cinnamon rolls with frosting, adapted from The Bread Baker's Apprentice
    Cinnamon Rolls from The Bread Baker's Apprentice
  • A vegan orange muffin in a building block themed muffin liner, seen up close.
    Vegan Orange Muffins
  • Glazed double chocolate scones on a table. One scone is broken open to show texture.
    Double Chocolate Scones
  • a partial scone stacked on a whole scone
    Grapefruit Scones
  • Chocolate orange scones torn open to show texture and stacked at an angle.
    Chocolate Orange Scones
  • breakfast sausage hash, on a plate, close up
    Breakfast Sausage Hash
  • A Cranberry Oat Pecan Scone on a green plate. Other scones are on red and green plates in the background.
    Cranberry Oat Pecan Scones
  • A layered cinnamon scone, seen from the side to see layers. Another scone on a plate is behind it.
    Layered Cinnamon Scones
  • An apple and pear scone, split open to show texture.
    Apple and Pear Scones
  • Two stacked peach cobbler scones on a plate.
    Peach Cobbler Scones
  • pina colada waffles with rum sauce being drizzled over them
    Alton Brown's Pina Colada Waffles
  • 3 paczkis on a plate, coated with sugar
    Paczki (Polish filled donuts)
Leona Konkel, of Easy As Cookies, holds a cookie with a bite missing. Photo credit: Heart from Home Photography.

Hi, I'm Leona!

I'm Leona, a self-taught home cook and baker, keeping my family stocked with cookies. I share from-scratch recipes that are tested, simple, and made to fit everyday life.

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