Whether you’re looking for inspiration for Easter Brunch recipes or need ideas for a fabulous Easter dinner, you’ll find a great variety of recipes here that have served me well over the years.
From classic ham, to baked beans to hot cross buns, plus lots of special side dishes and desserts, this round-up is perfect inspiration for planning your Easter meal.
A round up of my favourite Easter recipes, with recipes for both Easter brunch and Easter dinner and dessert.
Perfect for Easter Brunch
Easter brunch offers so much opportunity for something fabulous and indulgent. Here are a few of my favourite Easter brunch recipes.
Savoury Ham and Cheese Bread Pudding
Delicious, savoury bread pudding, filled with ham and cheese and a touch of mustard, baked in a milk and egg mixture. Overnight bread pudding option, too!
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
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Croque Monsieur
The classic French hot ham and cheese sandwich, topped with homemade Béchamel. Makes 2 sandwiches.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Hashbrown Crust Asparagus Quiche
An asparagus and cheese quiche, baking in a homemade hashbrown crust. Lovely warm or at room temperature.
Total Time: 1 hour
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Classic Quiche Lorraine
Classic Quiche Lorraine with bacon, onion and Gruyere cheese, baked up in a rich cream and egg custard.
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Baked Lemon French Toast
Delicious and easy lemon flavoured baked french toast. Perfect for a weekend breakfast or great for entertaining.
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
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Mini Lemon Sugar Dutch Baby Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce
Individual size Dutch baby pancakes, dusted with lemon sugar and serve with a warm blueberry sauce.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Eggs Benedict Dutch Baby
A delicious and easy dish, perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner, this classic Dutch baby is topped with ham, poached eggs and hollandaise.
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Maple Bacon Buttermilk Biscuits
Classic buttermilk biscuits, flavoured with and topped with maple syrup and studded with bacon.
Total Time: 45 minutes
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Buttermilk Biscuit Egg-in-a-Hole
A great breakfast, brunch, lunch or grab and go snack, these buttermilk biscuit egg-in-a-hole are topped with an egg and cooked again, for a delicious all-in-one bite.
Total Time: 1 hour
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Strawberry Spinach Mandarin Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
Simple spinach salad with fresh strawberries, canned mandarin oranges, sliced almonds and goat cheese, all with a homemade poppy seed dressing.
Total Time: 10 minutes
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Maple Walnut Sticky Buns
Wonderfully light buns, glazed in a maple syrup glaze and topped and filled with walnuts.
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
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Maple Glazed Maple Donuts
Delicious maple doughnuts, flavoured with maple syrup and finished with a maple glaze. These are cake donuts, so no yeast is required!
Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
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Easter Ham and Sides
When it comes to Easter dinner recipes, I’m all about the sides! Baked beans are a fabulous side and I have several recipes to share. You’ll also find some soup, salad and potato options.
Mango and Mustard Glazed Spiral Ham
Top your spiral ham with this quick, easy and delicious mango and mustard glaze, to brighten up your meal!
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
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Roasted Broccoli Caesar Salad
A twist on the classic, this broccoli Caesar salad features roasted broccoli, tossed in Caesar dressing and flavoured with homemade garlic chips and toasted everything spice mix. All the parts of this salad can be made ahead. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Roasted Carrot Ginger Soup
Delicious carrot ginger soup, with roasted carrots and topped with kale chips, whipped goat cheese and pepitas. A great Fall soup.
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Creamy Carrot Ginger Soup
Simple to make and full of flavour. This soup freezes well, so make extra and freeze it to enjoy later
Total Time: 55 minutes
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Asparagus Cacio e Pepe
Bringing the classic cheese and pepper pasta sauce to your Spring asparagus, with asparagus topped with a cacio e pepe inspired sauce.
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Creamy Cheesy Baked Asparagus
This creamy cheesy baked asparagus is a great side dish for a grilled or simply cooked meat meal. It would also be great for entertaining or a brunch table.
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Maple Glazed Bacon Wrapped Carrots
Easy and delicious, these bacon wrapped carrots are roasted glazed with maple syrup. Great for any meal and/or your holiday table.
Total Time: 14 minutes
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Maple Roasted Vegetables with Candied Maple Pecans
Delicious roasted vegetables, flavoured with a bit of maple and served with easy Candied Maple Pecans. Great vegetable side dish for entertaining or anytime.
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Creamed Peas and Potatoes
A delicious vegetable side dish and a great treat for when garden peas and new potatoes are fresh from the garden. Be sure to use a generous hand with the salt, to really bring out the flavours.
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Scalloped Potatoes with Bacon and Aged Cheddar Cheese
Perfect for your Easter brunch or dinner table (or great any time of year) these Scalloped Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese are my take on classic scalloped potatoes. They're creamy and cheesy and stood up!
Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
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Garlic and Lemon Roasted Potatoes
Quick, easy and delicious, these potatoes will be the star of the meal!
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Potato Galette with Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese
A delicious potato galette, filled with caramelized onion and goat cheese. Cooked up to crispy goodness in a cast iron skillet.
Total Time: 55 minutes
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Mustard
Sweet potatoes, tossed with dijon mustard and maple syrup and herbs, then roasted with shallots and bacon until they are creamy and caramelized. A perfect side dish any time of year!
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Homemade Baked Beans from dried beans
Classic homemade Boston-style baked beans, flavoured with molasses and cooked low and slow with bacon and onion.
Total Time: 15 hours 15 minutes
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Maple Baked Beans
Low and slow cooked maple baked beans, made from dried beans, real maple syrup, bacon and a touch of molasses.
Total Time: 13 hours 45 minutes
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Peppy Baked Beans
These quick and easy baked beans start with canned pork and beans, with some added onion, bacon and more! Needs only 90 minutes in the oven! Perfect for Summer entertaining.
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
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Some Easter Sweets
When it comes to Easter dessert recipes, hot cross buns are classic, along with carrot cake or carrot cake loaf. I also love anything lemon at Easter, so I’ve included some of my favourite lemon desserts, as well.
Classic Hot Cross Buns
Classic hot cross buns, that can be made with any combination of raisins, currants and/or peel. Makes 9 buns in an 8×8-inch pan. Double recipe for 18 buns in a 9×13-inch pan.
Total Time: 2 hours 55 minutes
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Classic Carrot Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
A classic carrot cake with walnuts, topped with a cream cheese icing. Makes a 9×13-inch cake (or halve ingredients for an 8×8-inch cake.)
Total Time: 1 hour
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Carrot Cake Loaf with Cream Cheese Frosting
Moist and light carrot cake, baked into a loaf and topped with a generous amount of cream cheese frosting.
Total Time: 1 hour
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Hydrangea Cupcakes
Pretty and delicious, these cupcakes are easy to decorate with a basic buttercream icing, a Wilton 2D tip and food colouring.
Total Time: 1 hour
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Lemon Meringue Pudding
All the flavours of lemon pie, without the fuss of making a pie! Creamy lemon pudding, topped with a swirl of meringue. A great make-ahead dessert. Makes 4 large or 6 small puddings.
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Simply Perfect Lemon Posset
A creamy, silky smooth like dessert, bursting with lemon flavour. Topped with fresh berrries for a perfect-for-anytime dessert. Can be made ahead, too!
Total Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
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Lemon Sheet Cake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting
Light and moist lemon sheet cake, with lemon buttercream frosting. Can be made ahead and/or frozen.
Total Time: 55 minutes
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Luscious Lemon Cupcakes
Enjoy a pretty burst of lemon with these lovely lemon cupcakes. Delicious, moist lemon cupcakes, topped with lemon cream cheese frosting!
Total Time: 35 minutes
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No-Bake Cheesecakes with Lemon Curd
Pretty, easy and delicious, this dessert features no-bake cheesecake in a teacup, topped with lemon curd and decorated with flowers and fresh berries.
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Lemon Curd Pavlova
A delicious, light and fresh dessert, with a meringue base and a light lemon curd topping. Garnished with fresh lemon slices, blueberries, mint leaves and powdered sugar.
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
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Glazed Lemon Pound Cake Loaf
Perfectly lemony and moist loaf, with a tart sweet lemon glaze. Freezes beautifully!
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
