
A
holiday brunch menu featuring a
make-ahead breakfast casserole
made with ham, bacon, hash browns and cheese,
cranberry
muffins with cinnamon sugar topping, poached pears
with cranberry sauce, and
spiced tea. Enjoy
the flavors of the season with this festive brunch menu.
The
holidays can be a busy time of year for just about anyone and for many
folks that means having additional house guests for the week or
weekend. The thought of making breakfast for a lot of people can be a
bit daunting at times.

That's
why this brunch
menu features a breakfast casserole that can be made ahead the evening
before and put in the oven in the morning. You will have enough to do
preparing the spiced tea, toast, and coffee, setting the table,
and
just accommodating your
guests.
Treat
them right with this easy brunch idea that will take some of the stress
out of the holidays for you and also serve up a tasty meal for your
guests.

This
holiday brunch also
includes
poached pears served with festive cinnamon cranberry sauce. Mellow
pears
are boiled in orange juice and topped with a fresh homemade cranberry
sauce.

For
a complementary drink, try spiced tea.
The flavors of
cranberry, orange, and apple and the spices of
cinnamon and clove make this hot beverage a delicious
alternative to coffee.
Just right for the cold winter months.
Find
more ideas for your holiday brunch menu here. You may also
want to check out this
Christmas
brunch menu featuring Eggs Benedict, fruit salad, and raisin
muffins.
Brunch
Menu
To
prepare this brunch menu:
Begin the day before
preparing the breakfast
casserole and place it in the refrigerator overnight. The poached pears
and cranberry sauce can be made ahead the day before as well as they
will be served cold. The muffins would be best if baked fresh in the
morning, but could be done the day before if stored in an airtight
container. The spiced tea will only take a few minutes to prepare, so
that can be done right after you place the breakfast casserole in the
oven and it will be ready in plenty of time.
Shopping
Checklist
This shopping list is for making the
entire brunch menu. Please refer to each individual recipe
for correct proportions.
Basic
Pantry Items:
eggs
milk
cinnamon
flour
sugar
baking
powder
salt
butter
cinnamon sticks
whole
cloves
Items you may
have to shop for:
1
package bacon
8 frozen hash brown potato patties
1
medium onion
2-8
ounce cans of sliced mushrooms (or 12 ounces fresh mushrooms)
8
onces medium or sharp cheddar cheese
1 pound smoked
ham
4 Bartlett or other
green pears
1 quart of Orange juice
1-12
ounce package fresh or frozen cranberries
dried cranberries
dried
cherries
1-12 ounce Cranberry frozen concentrate juice
1-12
ounce Orange frozen concentrate juice
1-12 ounce Apple
frozen concentrate juice
8 ounce package red hot cinnamon
candies
large
coffee pot percolator for the spiced tea (24 cup size)
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