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Celebrate Christmas or New Year’s morning with one of these holiday brunch recipes. From savoury sweet potato and egg dishes to sweet treats such as french toast, muffins and granola, this list is sure to help you pull off a fabulous mid-morning feast!

If you look at all the recipes on Crumb Top Baking, you will come to realize that quite a few are breakfast and brunch related. As I’ve said before, I love hosting brunches, especially holiday brunches, so I thought it was time to bring together some of my favourite recipes in one place.

So break out your grocery list because you’re going to want to make sure you’re stocked up on all the essentials for these must-make holiday brunch recipes!

1. Savoury Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet

Sliced sweet potato, red peppers, eggs and turkey bacon all come together in this Savoury Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet. It’s so filling it can be served as a stand alone meal. Just add some toast and a cup of coffee, and you’re all set!

2. Cranberry Orange Overnight Oatmeal Muffins

Cranberry Orange Overnight Oatmeal Muffins are bursting with fresh cranberries, orange zest, chocolate chunks and cinnamon. And with overnight oats as their base, these muffins are an easy addition to your holiday brunch!

3. Tomato, Arugula and Mozzarella Quiche

Whether you’re a brunch lover, or breakfast-for-dinner lover, this Tomato, Arugula and Mozzarella Quiche is a must-try recipe! It has a crispy whole wheat crust, topped with eggs, cherry tomatoes, arugula, fresh basil and mozzarella. It’s so cheesy and flavourful, it tastes more like a pizza than a quiche. Your holiday brunch guests will be sure to love this one!

4. Avocado Pumpkin Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Avocado Pumpkin Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies are dairy and gluten-free, made with avocado instead of butter and oil, and loaded with lots of fibre and pumpkin spice. They make a filling dessert to top off your holiday brunch!

5. Chocolate Orange Gingerbread Muesli

This Chocolate Orange Gingerbread Muesli is perfectly spiced for the holidays and it’s packed with filling and flavourful ingredients such as rolled oats, quinoa flakes, sunflower seeds, raisins, coconut, dried orange peel and chocolate chips. It’s also gluten-free and dairy-free!

6. Sweet Potato Turkey Egg Bake

Sweet Potato Turkey Egg Bake is grain-free and loaded with ground turkey, spinach, mushrooms, sweet potato and eggs. And with a hint of apples, maple syrup and sage, your guests are sure to enjoy this sweet and savoury holiday brunch dish!

7. Ginger Beer Mimosas

What’s a brunch without mimosas!? Add some festive flavours to your holiday brunch with these Ginger Beer Mimosas. They’re a spin on traditional mimosas, with freshly squeezed orange juice, vodka, cardamom, ground ginger and ginger beer!

8. Blueberry Pomegranate Chia Jam

Blueberry Pomegranate Chia Jam is seedy, lemony and full of blueberries and pomegranate arils. This jam is refined sugar-free and made with just five ingredients. It makes the perfect topping for toast, waffles or sweet breakfast bowls!

9. Cranberry White Chocolate Breakfast Buns

Cranberries and white chocolate pair together nicely in these Cranberry White Chocolate Breakfast Buns. They’re a decadent Christmas morning treat that can be made the night before. Just pour melted white chocolate over them before serving for a warm and gooey sticky bun effect!

10. Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola

Okay, this granola is actually a year round treat. I’ve included it in this round-up because Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola is my all-time favourite. It requires only 8 ingredients, and bakes up sweet, salty and delicious in just 20 minutes. The hardest part is letting it cool before you eat it!

11. Cranberry Pumpkin French Toast Bake

Cranberry Pumpkin French Toast Bake brings together the flavours of fall in a decadent brunch bake. With layers of bread dipped in a pumpkin-egg mixture, and topped with fresh cranberries, pumpkin seeds and white chocolate, this is the ultimate holiday brunch dish!

12. Pumpkin Spice Collagen Latte with Coconut Whip

Pumpkin Spice Collagen Lattes are a healthier version of a seasonal favourite. With a few simple ingredients, you can save money and enjoy this dairy-free and refined sugar-free treat without leaving your house!

If you make one of these holiday brunch recipes this festive season, I would love to hear about it in the comments below. Or take a pic and share it on Instagram by tagging @crumbtopbaking.

And if you’re looking for more holiday brunch ideas, keep an eye out for some festive waffles and a chocolate hazelnut treat coming to the blog before Christmas!

Happy Holiday Brunching!

Happy almost 2018! I’m excited to end the year on a positive note by sharing the Top 10 Recipes of 2017 for Crumb Top Baking!

I know everyone is saying it, but can you believe we are at the end of 2017?! This year went by so quickly! While I love the start of a fresh new year, 2017 was a pretty good year for me, so I’m extra excited about all the possibilities that 2018 will bring!

I launched Crumb Top Baking at the end of March, so I’ve been blogging for nine months! And, in that time, I’ve published almost 60 recipes! The following recipes are the top 10 most viewed recipes by you – my lovely readers! A few of my favourites are on the list, so read on to see if one of your favourites made the list too! 😉

10. Dark Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Avocado Icing

This Dark Chocolate Zucchini Cake was one of my early recipes, and it’s the most requested whenever I’m asked to take dessert somewhere! It’s loaded with cocoa, dark chocolate chips and dark chocolate almond milk. Yes, triple chocolate! And it’s full of clean eating ingredients like whole wheat flour, honey, apple sauce, flax meal, olive oil, avocado and, of course, zucchini! The cake is topped with an avocado icing, which is so simple to make and tastes almost like a buttercream icing!

9. Peppermint Mocha Fudge Brownies

This recipe also has an avocado icing, but this one is spiked with peppermint! I recently shared these Peppermint Mocha Fudge Brownies as part of the Sweetest Season Cookie Exchange, and they quickly entered the top 10 in page views on the blog. These brownies are chocolatey and fudgy, but made with clean ingredients like avocado, dates, maple syrup, coconut sugar, eggs, whole wheat flour and cocoa. So delicious!

8. Cranberry White Chocolate Breakfast Buns

Okay, here is my disclaimer: This recipe for Cranberry White Chocolate Breakfast Buns is not clean eating! This is pretty much the only recipe I have on the blog so far that includes white flour, white sugar and butter! But these are so good, I had to share the recipe. They were a staple at holiday brunches this year, and they can even be made ahead, which makes them perfect for Christmas morning breakfast! Or any day of the year, really!

7. Savoury Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet

Okay, sticking with brunches, this Savoury Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet is a personal favourite of mine. And was also on repeat at holiday brunches this year. It’s brimming with sweet potatoes, red peppers, eggs and turkey bacon (plus a little kick from banana peppers and chipotle flakes). It makes an awesome savoury breakfast but you can actually prep it for any meal of the day. I usually enjoy it for lunch with a side salad.

6. Blackberry Chia Cranberry Sauce

To be honest, I was a little surprised that this recipe made it into the Top 10 Recipes of 2017. I mean, I love cranberry sauce and I love chia, but I had no idea a clean eating cranberry sauce would be so popular. This Blackberry Chia Cranberry Sauce still has the same tart taste as your usual cranberry sauce but it’s sweetened with blackberries and a little bit of cane sugar. And the chia gives it a unique seedy texture, which adds some extra fibre to your meal!

5. Slow Cooker Apple Cranberry Chicken Tacos

Slow Cooker Apple Cranberry Chicken Tacos are one of my favourite meals to prep on a Sunday to enjoy during the week. The chicken is sweet, savoury and a little bit tart, and pulls apart so easily. I usually pair these tacos with a spicy cranberry salsa, but I also like to freeze the chicken in batches to add to salads for a quick lunch.

4. Cranberry Orange Overnight Oatmeal Muffins

These Cranberry Orange Overnight Oatmeal Muffins make a great clean eating snack or on-the-go breakfast. They include steel-cut oats, whole wheat flour, almond milk, extra virgin olive oil, coconut sugar, cranberries and orange. I like prepping these the night before so whipping together fresh muffins in the morning is a breeze!

3. Pumpkin Pecan Protein Donuts

Pumpkin Pecan Protein Donuts are a perfectly spiced fall treat loaded with fibre and protein! They include pumpkin puree, gluten-free oat flour and protein powder. And for a decadent touch, they have pecans baked into the top and an optional dark chocolate drizzle!

2. Turkey and Prosciutto Zucchini Bake

While this Turkey and Prosciutto Zucchini Bake wasn’t the first recipe I published on Crumb Top Baking, it was an early one, and definitely one of my favourites! I love zucchini noodles, so my spiralizer gets lots of use! This dish, from start to finish, takes just 30 minutes. So you can see why it’s one of my go-to recipes for a quick weeknight meal. And if you’re into clean eating, and don’t have a spiralizer yet, you should definitely get one!

1. Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Mounds

And finally, coming in first on the Top 10 Recipes of 2017 are these Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Mounds. I was a little surprised, since I only published this recipe in November, but I guess there are some hard-core peanut butter lovers out there just like me! This recipe is on the clean eating side, and includes simple ingredients like raw nuts, natural peanut butter, maple syrup, unsweetened coconut, dark chocolate and brown rice krispies. They are my favourite cookie recipe on the blog so far, so I’m delighted that they are your favourite too!

That’s it for 2017! I hope you enjoyed this roundup of the Top 10 Recipes of 2017! Hopefully one of your favourites made the list! 😉

Thank you all for stopping by throughout the year and helping to make Crumb Top Baking an enjoyable place to share recipes! I hope you all have a wonderful New Year’s celebrating with family and friends! I’ll be back next week with my first recipe of 2018!!