13 Easy Fall Breakfast Recipes for Your Family

Don’t be tempted by these apple cider donut muffins from Cozy Kitchen. Not only can you make them the night before, but they’re actually super easy to whip up in the morning because they use applesauce instead of fresh chopped apples or homemade puree. If you wish, you can even make the batter a day ahead and bake it the next morning. The only time-consuming bit is letting the batter sit for about 20 minutes before baking, but if you’re short on time, you can just toss them in the oven – they probably won’t be as tall as bakery muffins. But they taste exactly like the apple cider donuts you find at fall festivals… just in muffin form.

Oatmeal is back on this list of easy fall breakfasts because A) it’s just yesFor an easy fall breakfast, B) Damn Delicious’s Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal recipe will blow your mind. Just like your own favorite oatmeal, once the oats and milk are mixed together, just add the pumpkin puree, spices, and top with syrup and pecans.

While this Monte Cristo Casserole recipe from Averie Cooks may not contain pumpkin or apples, it’s packed with comfort flavors and hearty ingredients for a super hearty breakfast that’s perfect for fall mornings. Plus, it has ham. Isn’t ham a seasonal breakfast food? You can make it overnight and pop it in the oven in the morning for a delicious fall breakfast.

Obviously, a jar of pumpkin butter isn’t breakfast (or is breakfast), but you can definitely turn this super-easy pumpkin butter recipe from Inside Bru Crew Life into an even easier fall breakfast. Make it the night before and serve it with yogurt or oatmeal, or spread it directly on toast in the morning. It’s filled with all your favorite fall flavors and is the perfect combination of sweet and spice.

This Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal from It’s a Wonderful Suburban Life is just as wholesome as it sounds—and it’s really hard to mess up. Again, simplicity is the name of the game, and this recipe doesn’t require you to chop a bunch of apples, peel anything, or do a lot of work. Use applesauce and some everyday ingredients like oatmeal and spices and mix them together. You can also prep it the night before so your family wakes up to a perfect, warm fall breakfast.

Are you ready for the most decadent fall breakfast ever? You want to make half-baked harvest pumpkin spice French toast with apple syrup. It’s a big meal, but I still think it’s easy since you can mix up the egg mixture and let the bread soak overnight, or even leave the bread slices in until morning. Then all you have to do is pull out the griddle or pan and flip them! This is such a comfort breakfast – bread stuffed with cream cheese! ——But it really doesn’t take as long as you think. If you want to make apple syrup, it only takes a few minutes!

If your family loves delicious bread for breakfast but wants to avoid something too sweet, try A Spicy Perspective’s Oatmeal Banana Bread. It makes just like traditional banana bread, but the addition of apple pie spice or pumpkin spice and oatmeal really makes it feel like an elevated, fall-inspired dish. Maybe spread some pumpkin butter on top? If you want to make your breakfast more substantial, serve it with eggs, bacon, or even a bowl of cereal.

How incredible do these pumpkin muffins from Pinch of Yum look? They’re so easy to make, and with ingredients like Greek yogurt, real maple syrup, and optional chocolate chips, you can feel good about giving your kids a breakfast that basically tastes like dessert. Bonus: You can blend all the ingredients in a food processor for maximum ease.

This Sausage Breakfast Casserole from Budget Bytes doesn’t have fall flavors like apple or cinnamon or pumpkin, but it’s super easy to throw together and filled with everything you want on a crisp fall morning—sausage, eggs, cheese, even Nachos. Using frozen veggies, you can make them a quick breakfast and create delicious leftovers.

It’s no easier than these Pumpkin Yogurt Parfaits from Picky Eaters, but it doesn’t get prettier either! Just layer the ingredients and you can make some granola on top, use store-bought, or add some other crunchy toppings like toasted coconut or nuts for a really delicious fall breakfast. They’re packed with protein and natural sweeteners, so they’ll feel especially good when you give them to your kids before school.

Another breakfast you can make the night before or prepare quickly in the morning, these maple sausage breakfast sliders from Cookies and Cups are a huge hit. With pre-cooked maple sausage, all you have to do is scramble some eggs and combine everything for a hearty, delicious, sweet and savory fall breakfast.

Homemade granola is one of those things that feels so delicious, but it’s actually easy to make. Gimme Some Oven’s pumpkin spice granola recipe includes all your favorite fall flavors with plenty of pecans, pepitas, and the crunch of toasted oats. Just bake everything together and you can serve it with yogurt, have it with milk, or just grab a handful on the way out. This is great for those busy mornings when you really need something to fuel you for the rest of the day.

This classic breakfast dish goes by many names, but no matter what you call it, egg toast is always a great fall breakfast. It’s the perfect hearty dish you need before heading into the crisp air, and buttered toast doesn’t sound better than fall. This recipe from the I Am Food Blog shows you how to make the perfect egg toast, and you’ll honestly find it’s the best way to eat eggs.