We get it: fall mornings are hard. Your bed is comfortable and the weather is chilly, and the idea of making breakfast may not sound inviting. But with our guide to the best fall breakfast recipes, you’ll be excited to start your day with fantastic seasonal ingredients.
Fragrant aromas like pumpkin or cinnamon in your kitchen make for excellent starts to your fall day. Maybe you’re looking for a delicious and simple weekday breakfast before work, like butternut squash oatmeal, or an all-veggie breakfast, like eggplant and walnut frittata.
Whether you’re searching for something extravagant or simple, our best fall breakfasts will make getting out of bed on a chilly morning worth it.
If Plato had imagined hash browns, they’d have been rösti: fresh potatoes coarsely grated, pressed, and fried. In the dish’s native Switzerland, recipes include bacon, rosemary, caraway seeds, eggs, pasta, cheese, even coffee. These variations can be delicious, but we found the definitive version in Bern, at Restaurant Della Casa—golden, impeccable, ideal. Get the recipe for Swiss Hash Browns (Rösti) »
This yeasty pull-apart bread is made of bite-size rolls covered with a sticky-sweet brown sugar glaze and packed together in a bundt pan—about as much fun to make as it is to eat. Get the recipe for Monkey Bread »
A buttery cinnamon crumble tops a sweet breakfast favorite; the cake itself gets an extra boost of flavor from cinnamon extract. Get the recipe for Cinnamon Coffee Cake »
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This hearty Azeri egg dish—which can be served in small pieces as an appetizer or side, or cut into larger wedges as a main—is loaded with ground walnuts, onions, and eggplant, giving it a nutty, meaty consistency and color. Get the recipe for Eggplant and Walnut Frittata (Badimjan Kükü) »
Spices including cardamom, star anise, and ginger jazz up a morning oatmeal. Mix the dry ingredients ahead of time for an easier camp-side breakfast. Get the recipe for Spiced Buttermilk Oatmeal with Dried Fruit and Pecans »
The croissant’s perfection is twofold: an interior of infinitely spiraling paper-thin layers and a shatteringly flaky crust.
