Twelve easy Sunday brunch recipes from Delish cover the full spread of a lazy morning table, from shareable bacon-and-egg sliders to baked feta eggs and a Dutch baby that doubles as a blank canvas for whatever toppings take your fancy. The collection leans into that slower pace of weekend mornings, mixing make-ahead options with quick-cook plates so there is something workable whatever energy level Sunday brings.
Easy Sunday brunch recipes: the sweet side of the spread
Several of the recipes lean into autumn flavours, which gives the list a particular warmth. The baked pumpkin spice donuts are built around fluffy cake donuts packed with pumpkin flavour, finished with a maple glaze and a cinnamon sugar dusting. For those who want something more involved, the PSL cinnamon rolls add pumpkin spice and instant coffee to a base cinnamon roll recipe, creating what Delish describes as a decadent take on a seasonal latte in breakfast form.
Banana bread waffles bridge the gap between the two formats, carrying the flavour profile of banana bread into something with the tender-yet-crisp texture that makes waffles appealing. Similarly, the pumpkin pie French toast bake is designed for cooks who would rather not stand over a hob all morning: it is assembled ahead of time and baked, delivering autumnal flavour without the sustained effort.
Delish’s collection also points to a quiche as one of the more considered options for a brunch gathering. Their Best Quiche is built around a soft, creamy filling studded with ham, chives, and Gruyère, all set inside a crunchy, buttery pie crust. It is the kind of dish that travels well to a table and suits a crowd more readily than individually plated options.
Savoury plates that anchor the easy Sunday brunch recipes list
On the savoury end, eggs take several forms. Eggs Florentine places perfectly poached eggs on sautéed spinach, covered with hollandaise. It is a less-seen alternative to Eggs Benedict for anyone not in the mood for meat, and one that Delish suggests is ready to move further into the brunch mainstream.
The baked feta eggs draw on a format that gained traction on TikTok, reworking the baked feta concept as a breakfast dish. White beans replace pasta here, adding what Delish calls a hearty creaminess, with crusty bread or pita alongside. It is an efficient plate: low effort, high return, and adaptable to what is already in the fridge.
The crispy hash brown breakfast tostadas take a store-bought frozen hash brown patty, press and pan-fry it until crisp, then layer cheese, a fried egg, and crispy bacon on top. The whole thing comes together in 15 minutes, making it one of the fastest options on the list. At the other end of the bacon spectrum, the bacon weave breakfast sandwich stacks even more bacon into the classic bacon, egg, and cheese format, while the bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit casserole scales the concept up into a hands-off bake using American cheese and canned biscuits.
Huevos rancheros breakfast bowls close out the savoury section. Refried beans, lightly crisp tortillas, fried eggs, salsa, and cotija form the base of the dish, reworked into a bowl format. It is a familiar set of flavours reorganised into something slightly more flexible for a weekend morning.
The bagel breakfast sliders sit somewhere between the sweet and savoury camps, transforming the single-serve bacon, egg, and cheese bagel into a tray of mini sandwiches. The format makes it shareable, which changes its role at a brunch table from a quick grab-and-go item into something that anchors a spread.
Taken together, the list gives a morning cook genuine range: baked dishes that need no attention once they are in the oven, quick-fry plates under 15 minutes, and a Dutch baby that scales to however many people are sitting down. The full collection, including the quiche and further recipe details, is available on Delish.