40 Perfect Recipes for Mother’s Day Brunch

Whisk mom away to Paris, at least in spirit, with this vegetarian take on the classic French dish. Serve with a rustic baguette and white wine for the complete experience.

Can you name a more perfect appetizer than deviled eggs?

This tartine is topped with creamy cheese and a zesty, herb-y oil—you can pair it with various other brunch dishes.

This salad, from San Francisco cookbook author and teacher Michelle McKenzie, benefits from a variety of greens: at least one sweet (pea shoots and flowers, fava greens), one peppery (watercress or peppercress), and one bitter (dandelion greens or amaranth). For the herbs, she likes a mix of mint, dill, parsley, or chervil; fennel fronds work too.

With generous herbs and a sprinkling of flaked salt, this bread is as delicious with bacon for brunch as it is alongside grilled pork chops for dinner.

Sweet strawberries and savory ricotta salata make this greens-and-grains salad an elegant choice for Mother’s Day brunch.

Fruit salad is a stalwart component of a brunch menu. Serve this standout version.

This can be made in 15 minutes and can be customized to include mom’s favorite fruits.

You can gift mom with a bouquet of flowers, but for some added wow factor at brunch, serve her a whole, single-serving lettuce bouquet adorned with herbs and edible flowers.

These outstanding Benedicts skip the customary English muffin to showcase just crisp crabcake, egg, and hollandaise.

“My mom’s concept of egg salad is to incorporate as much herbs as possible,” says Avery Ruzicka of Manresa Bread, about her family’s bright, fresh recipe. For hard-cooked eggs with tender whites and moist yolks, she brings them to a boil in a pan covered with 1 inch water, lets them stand off the heat 7 minutes, then sets them in a bowl of ice water.

This easy, flavorful recipe combines the essential elements of a great brunch dish and seasonal produce. Mom will feel the love.

While the spring tart looks especially pleasing in a rectangular pan, you can also use a circular dish, too.

Originally developed as a camping breakfast, it can just as easily be cooked on a kitchen stove and is quite simply the best French toast recipe we’ve ever had.

This salad-topped flatbread can be cooked over a wood fire in a homemade fire pit, or on a regular gas grill. Either way, the result is absolutely delicious.

To scoop up every bit of this spicy egg and tomato dish, popular in North Africa and Israel, we brushed slices of pain au levain with oil, then toasted them on a grill pan.

For slightly heartier Mother’s Day brunch fare, whip up this relatively light pasta dish that features spring peas in a variety of ways.

Although you can use any type of pasta for this dish, chef Josh Buckwald suggests campanelle, cavatelli, or corzetti.

If you’re looking for an over-the-top brunch dish for a celebration, this is just the ticket.

This easy breakfast dish takes a cue from Mexico, where nopales are popular with eggs, and from America, where we like to add roasted potatoes.

For something different than the usual brunch fare, this comforting, hearty congee will impress. A lot of the prep can be down beforehand, so you don’t have to spend all of Mother’s Day morning in the kitchen.

Making a big batch of pancakes means that the designated chef is at the stove for most of breakfast. But this sheet pan version makes it easy for everyone to sit down and enjoy each other’s company.

Quiche is classic Mother’s Day fare, but this recipe is hardly basic with its tasty seasonal and splurge-worthy additions.

This Mexican-inspired version of a breakfast favorite, created by Terri Bryant, of Dayton, Nevada, uses fresh salsa instead of the traditional, heavy Hollandaise sauce. Serve with a side of refried beans.

Sunset reader Jayne Bohannon of Gunnison, Colorado, contributed this poofy oven pancake, suomalainen pannukakku, which is like a cross between a Dutch baby and a French clafoutis. Her Finnish great-great-grandmother used to serve it at for family gatherings at the spa she started in Berkeley, California. Bohannon adds a berry swirl and fresh fruit on top.

Here’s another brunch recipe that’s quick and easy. Serve with toast or a nice crusty baguette.

Cafe Pasqual’s in Santa Fe is known for its inventive takes on classic Mexican cuisine, and this breakfast twist on chiles rellenos is a good example. The restaurant uses Anaheim chiles, but we opted for poblanos because they’re easier to work with. Still, roast a couple of extras in case any get torn when you peel them.

This easy blueberry coffee cake gets some of its tenderness from the addition of yogurt and has crunch from the walnuts.  It’s a great choice when you need something sweet for breakfast or brunch.

Warm cinnamon butter melting down the sides of these giant cinnamon rolls and into the grooves makes them a standout.

Here’s a gluten-free dessert option that’s sure to impress. It’s made with tapioca flour.

Yogurt and lemon curd are the secrets to this cake’s slight tang and subtle citrus note.

This classic Italian ice cream dessert, swirled with in-season strawberries, is the ultimate finish to your Mother’s Day brunch.

As this soft, fruit-laden coffee cake bakes, the pistachio streusel sinks a bit, or “buckles.” If you’re lactose-intolerant, feel free to swap in almond milk.

These macaroons are the most delicious we’ve ever tasted in the Sunset Test Kitchen. The recipe comes from Karen Dannenbaum of Topanga, California, who inherited it from her mother, Elsa, an outstanding cook. Of all the recipes Elsa left behind in her handwritten notebooks, “this was one of her best, and a family favorite,” Dannenbaum says. She also included an option for double-dipping the cookies in melted white chocolate over the dark. We loved them as-is, but if you’d like to double-dip, feel free!

Subtle and ethereal meringue is an ideal way to feature seasonal fresh fruit. Chef Saehee Cho tops hers with lemon curd, edible flowers, and the first straw­berries of the season, but any ripe seasonal fruit will do.

This refreshing non-alcoholic drink goes beyond “spa water” with a subtle yet distinctive orange blossom infusion.

Here’s another delicious non-alcoholic option: It’s a bright, citrus-y, and botanical.

With or without the vodka, this sweet-tart drink deserves a spot at brunch.

Use fresh garden lavender, if you have it, for a lightly floral, super refreshing iced tea.

A Western twist on the traditional Irish coffee, this drink swaps in rich molasses and mezcal-cask-finished blended Scotch.