Christmas breakfast

[Whitecandle]

Hit me with all your Christmas breakfast traditions....

We've been having eggs benedict for the last few years. Me with bacon and DP with salmon.

Might try something different this year

Our one time extravagant Christmas breakfast was based loosely on this

www.foodnetwork.ca/recipe/french-toast-with-caramel-and-creme-fraiche/11168/

I used caramel from a sticky toffee pudding (just made extra sauce keeps great in a jar in the fridge), and a dollop of fresh cream just ru save also buying creme fraiche. I'm sure I put strawberries on the side. Must make it again it was delicious 😋 I wonder how crispy smoked streaky bacon might go with it 🤔

I'm with katy80. Cup of tea and a chocolate bar from my stocking.
Champagne with breakfast? I don't think I could do it.
We do have croissants later, after the present rush.

Pig in blanket sandwiches.. trust me, you can never have too many pigs in blankets on Christmas Day!!

Glass of bucks fizz with cheese and ham croissants (30 seconds in the microwave so the cheese is melted) and voila a yummy breakfast that DM still mentions 5 years on and minimal effort!

Full English and I. Have a veggie alternative but we don't do. Xmas Dinner till 3 pm.
Mmmm mm Xmas food and buck fizz

coffee and stollen

We have this

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2257/christmas-morning-spiced-bread

Made in advance and the loaf is kept in the freezer until xmas eve. Toasted with good butter. Lush.

@detectivebird That’s my Christmas breakfast dilemma sorted! Thanks 😋

Pain au chocolat and home made raspberry smoothies made from berries grown on our allotment

Half a tin of quality street and some strong coffee.

Cinnamon buns here but if your family don't like cinnamon they are very nice made with mincemeat instead.

@Kissmyaxe my favourite is from aldi, with marzipan in the middle. drool!

If it's just us -
DH has scrambled eggs and toast
DS DD And I have croissants or pancakes

orange juice and coffee

Christmas Eve will be Cinnamon Swirls (the Jus Roll ones)

Boxing Day is full on breakfast - vegetaian sausages, mushrooms, vegetarian bacon, hash browns, beans, eggs (fried) toast , coffee ....and a good sit down.

We eat dinner after dark so loads of time to digest

A cup of tea and m&s chocolate biscuits !

Growing up it was always a bacon sandwich with the bacon from on top of the turkey or croissants with chocolate spread.

As I got older the food stayed the same but we added a glass or 2 of Buck's Fizz into the mix.

For the past couple of years, DH and I have had pastries (pain au raisin and cinnamon rolls) with a glass of champagne

This year, anything could happen as my due date is 19th December but I'm convinced she'll be a Christmas Day baby!

We've done Nigellas muffin recipe before, with added marzipan balls in the middle, prepping the dry ingredients the night before makes it easier.

DH likes homemade pancakes with bacon, egg and maple syrup, or English muffins, with home made chilli jam, ham and poached egg.

I tend to have croissants and jam, with a gingerbread latte, as I think that's a nice treat!

The Nigella muffins freeze well if you want to make them ahead of time. They're bloody lovely!

@Whitecandle - your pancake idea sounds great. What kind of flour???

@didireallysaythat I've used both plain and self raising... both have had the same results somehow!!

They are so easy and amazing!!

Crumpets, smoked salmon, scrambled eggs and bucks fizz for the adults and chocolate spread Christmas tree for the children. The Christmas tree has become a tradition so I now have to make it every year which I wasn't counting on!

We have brioche and croissants with a mix of sweet and savoury things to go with them, last year was cream cheese, lemon and orange curd, smoked salmon, and jam. I think DS3 had Nutella with his. Nothing too difficult/ time consuming as lunch is always at ours.

A caffeine bomb.

It's a giant mug of black coffee made with double the usual amount of ground coffee, there's about a tablespoon of brown sugar in the bottom and a bloody good wallop of whiskey/scotch/bourbon.

It's too sweet and too strong, but at Christmas, I need a caffeine bomb.

The eating commences at 11 with a fry up including black pudding and fried bread.

@Candlesonthetable what’s the chocolate spread Christmas tree? Sounds amazing

Two breakfasts here . French or Danish pasties with the stockings. Bacon rolls when we get back from the open air pool.

Croissants / pain au chocolat with nice coffee and Buck's Fizz. Can't be bothered cooking (beyond putting frozen croissants in oven!)
DDs will have porridge.