Fun Christmas Breakfasts For The Whole Family
Christmas morning is an exciting time for children and families. Why not make it even more fun for the children with some fun Christmas breakfasts. Here are three recipes for a fun filled Christmas breakfast.
Christmas Tree Waffles by McCormick
What you need
- 2 cups waffle mix
- 1 1/3 cups milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 15 drops McCormick® Green Food Color
- Confectioners’ sugar
- Mini candy-coated chocolate pieces, such as M&M’s® Minis
Instructions
Preheat the waffle iron. Spray with no stick cooking spray.
Mix all of the ingredients, except confectioners’ sugar and candy pieces, until blended.
Pour about 1/3 cup of the batter onto the center of the waffle iron (amount of batter needed varies per waffle iron size). Close lid and cook for about 5 minutes or until no more steam is seeping out. *The time depends on what the waffle temperature is set to.
Repeat with remaining batter.
Beak each waffle into 4 triangles and layer 3 triangles on a serving plate to resemble a Christmas tree. Sprinkle some confectioners’ sugar over the waffles. Use candy (M&M’s) to decorate the tree as ornaments.
Cinnamon Roll Christmas Trees by The Pinning Mama
What you need
- 1 Tube Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls
- 3 Drops green food coloring
- 5 Yellow M&Ms
- Assorted Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
Open the cinnamon roll tube and remove the rolls. Unroll the first roll and shape into a tree by starting at the base of the tree and making a 2-2.5″ line of dough curving it up to make the next slightly smaller.
Bake the rolls are directed on the package.
While the rolls bake, mix the green food coloring into the icing.
Remove the rolls and let cool for 3-5 minutes, then spread with the green icing.
Sprinkle with sprinkles and place a yellow M&M at the top.
Santa Pancakes by Blessed Beyond Crazy
What you need:
Pancake Mix
Raspberries
Bananas
Whipped Cream
Marshmallows
Purple Grapes
Instructions
*No exact counts, make based on your liking
Mix together the pancake mix, following the pancake instructions for how many pancakes you want to make.
Pour pancake mix on the griddle and heat until a golden brown on both sides.
Remove the pancake from the griddle and let cool for 3-5 minutes.
Slice the banana into quarter inch thick pieces.
Using the banana slices build a beard along the bottom of the pancake, using roughly a dozen banana slices.
Next using about a dozen raspberries, build a Santa hat making each row of raspberries shorter and shorter until making a tip of the hat.
Use whipped cream as the fluff on the Santa hat. Make aline of whipped cream between the raspberries and pancake and make a ball of whipped cream at the end of the Sant hat.
Using 2 marshmallows much them flat then use as the Santa eyes. Put one purple grape on each marshmallow as eyeballs.
Touch it off with a raspberry nose.
