Running low on energy in the mornings? The answer isn’t to skip breakfast or settle for a dry piece of toast. Instead, indulge in all your favorite classic breakfast recipes and flavors without all the extra effort of making everything from scratch. These 15 lazy breakfast recipes are as easy as could be, thanks to store-bought ingredient swaps—like opting for canned biscuits instead of making them fresh at 7 a.m.—without sacrificing any quality.
For breakfast, pre-made doughs are absolute heroes. Canned biscuits, crescent rolls, and even pizza dough are cheap, delicious replacements for the from-scratch equivalents in recipes like our eggs Benedict rolls, our bacon, egg & cheese biscuit casserole, and our apple cheddar crescent casserole. Plus, you can get the baked breads involved too, like in our Hawaiian Roll French toast, babka French toast, and avocado toast focaccia.
With these swaps, you never have to settle for a mediocre breakfast again
Scallion Pancake Breakfast Wraps
Breakfast sandwiches are the quintessential grab-and-go food. When the Brooklyn-based, Taiwanese-American restaurant Win Son unveiled their twist on this NY classic—a bacon, egg, and cheese wrapped in a crispy, flaky scallion pancake—we knew we had to try our hand at making it. Now you can too.
Get the Scallion Pancake Breakfast Wraps recipe.
PHOTO: LINDA PUGLIESE; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE
Babka French Toast
This babka French toast is out of this world. It may sound intimidating, but the best part is that you’re not making it from scratch. You can purchase one right from the store, a loaf that’s already enriched with chocolate, cinnamon, and sugar syrup. It gets soaked in a simple egg and milk mixture, pan-seared in butter, and coated in a raspberry butter.
Get the Babka French Toast recipe.
PHOTO: RACHEL VANNI; FOOD STYLING BARRETT WASHBURNE
Breakfast Ramen
By adding a cheesy scrambled egg mixture and bacon to ramen noodles, we turned this staple cheap and easy dinner hack into a breakfast dream. Ready in 15 minutes, this ramen is the perfect savory breakfast to turn to when you’re sick of plain ol’ bacon and eggs.
Get the Breakfast Ramen recipe.
PHOTO: JULIA GARTLAND; FOOD STYLING: BARRETT WASHBURNE
Eggs Benedict Rolls
Eggs Benedict is one of our favorite breakfasts; that being said, making this dish at home can be challenging, especially when cooking for a group. That’s where these eggs Benedict rolls come in. This casserole-style breakfast will ensure everyone gets a bite of those classic eggs Benedict flavors, all wrapped in flaky pizza dough.
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PHOTO: JOSEPH DE LEO; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE
Bee Sting Bagel Breakfast Sandwich
Picking a favorite breakfast sandwich is hard, but this bagel version—featuring hot honey bacon, scrambled eggs, and scallion cream cheese—is recently at the top of our list. Wrap them in foil to make them easy to eat while on the go!
Get the Bee Sting Bagel Breakfast Sandwich recipe.
PHOTO: JULIA GARTLAND; FOOD STYLING: SAM SENEVIRATNE
Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit Casserole
Whether you’re obsessed with bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches or just love the convenience of a good breakfast casserole, this is the dish you need to try. It takes the deli classic and makes it even more decadent but with no added stress, thanks to simple ingredients like American cheese, canned biscuits, and mostly hands-off cooking.
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PHOTO: LINDA PUGLIESE; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE
Apple Cheddar Crescent Casserole
If you love an apple cheddar pastry, we assure you that you’ll enjoy an eggy breakfast version too. When it comes to this casserole, think breakfast strata with buttery, caramelized apples and lots of sharp cheddar.
Get the Apple Cheddar Crescent Casserole recipe.
PHOTO: ANDREW BUI; FOOD STYLING: ADRIENNE ANDERSON
Avocado Toast Focaccia
We upgrade classic avocado toast with an easy store-bought hack: Focaccia! Featuring a fluffy yet crispy layer of bread with creamy mashed avocados, sweet and sour caramelized onions, and tangy and smoky goat cheese, this is the perfect shareable version to serve to a brunch crowd.
Get the Avocado Toast Focaccia recipe.
PHOTO: JOSEPH DE LEO; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE
Cheesy Croissant Casserole
We have our fair share of breakfast casseroles—from sweet to savory—but this cheesy croissant casserole is one of our favorites. The contrast between the crispy, flaky edges of the croissant and the soft, cheesy middle is a dream come true. Plus, it couldn’t be easier to prepare ahead of time.
Get the Cheesy Croissant Casserole recipe.
PHOTO: JOSEPH DE LEO; FOOD STYLING: BROOKE CAISON
Crescent Breakfast Tart
This breakfast tart is as pretty as it is delicious! Featuring store-bought crescent dough, white cheddar, bacon, and gorgeous over-easy eggs, we can’t get enough of this 30-minute breakfast.
Get the Crescent Breakfast Tart recipe.
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Breakfast Monkey Bread
Thanks to canned biscuits, eggs, and bacon, this easy breakfast monkey bread brings all the best parts of breakfast in a convenient pull-apart loaf!
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Hawaiian Roll French Toast
This Hawaiian roll French toast is about making the best of tropical flavors and American breakfast come together. It doesn’t get much better than delicate, two-bite French toast squares steeped in a coconut custard and seared in butter.
Get the Hawaiian Roll French Toast recipe.
PHOTO: ANDREW BUI; FOOD STYLING: ADRIENNE ANDERSON
Breakfast Bombs
These easy-to-make biscuit bombs are stuffed with all your favorite breakfast foods—scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, and CHEESE. Test Kitchen Tip: You can make this recipe in your air fryer in the same amount of time!
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Biscuits & Gravy Bake
Hot take: No brunch dish is better than biscuits and gravy, and this is the perfect way to serve them to a crowd. An extra-thick layer of sausage gravy with lots of black pepper makes this bake absolutely perfect. Plus, we’re using a shortcut store-bought refrigerated biscuits to make this casserole easier than ever.
Get the Biscuits & Gravy Bake recipe.
PHOTO: PARKER FEIERBACH
Apple, Sausage, Cheddar, Hash Brown Biscuit Bake
Many American continental breakfasts consist of hash browns, sausage, and cheesy eggs, often served overlapping on a chunky off-white ceramic oval dish. Consider this apple, sausage, cheddar hash brown breakfast bake, the cousin of a simplistic weekend morning meal, a condensed version where hash browns are layered with sausage, soft apples, and a quiche-like egg mixture.
Get the Apple, Sausage, Cheddar, Hash Brown Biscuit Bake recipe.
PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER; FOOD STYLING: ADRIENNE ANDERSON
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