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The 10 Most Popular Breakfast Recipes of 2021

These made getting out of bed sligggghtly less painful.
Four openface sandwiches each topped with a fried egg sliced avocado melted cheese and pickled red onions.
Photo by Emma Fishman, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime

Our most popular breakfast recipes of 2021 sure made it a lot easier to get up in the mornings. Who wants to hit snooze when you've got a strawberry doughnut muffin waiting?! On the days when we did get up on the wrong side of the bed (it happens!), we could still count on these pumpkin pancakes to raise our spirits to their gravity-defying heights. Seriously—look at that fluff! 

Make your first meal of the day the best one with the help of this year's most popular breakfast recipes, counting down from No.  10 to No. 1 (here's a hint: oatmeal stole the show):

  • Bibingka waffle on a plate topped with yoguut dried coconut currants and apricot and fig wedges.
    Photo by Emma Fishman
    1/10

    10. Bibingka Waffles

    Glutinous rice flour gives these coconutty waffles (inspired by the Filipino cake bibingka) their delightfully chewy texture. And although it seems paradoxical, they’re gluten-free, too.

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  • Hazelnut Breakfast Tart recipe
    Photograph by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Alison Attenborough, Prop Styling by Summer Moore
    2/10

    9. Sheet-Pan Hazelnut Breakfast Tart

    A decadent, holiday-worthy, make-ahead breakfast that’ll feed a crowd? Look no further than this kringle-inspired hazelnut breakfast tart.

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  • Strawberry Doughnut Muffin Recipe
    Photo by Emma Fishman, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Sophie Strangio
    3/10

    8. Strawberry Doughnut Muffins

    Freeze-dried strawberries are our new baking obsession. You’ll understand why once you’ve made these strawberry doughnut muffins.

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  • Image may contain Food Dish Meal Platter and Bread
    Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Micah Morton
    4/10

    7. French Toast Waffles

    A French toast walks into a waffle iron and leaves crispier, custardy, and full of nooks and crannies perfect for catching an all too simple caramel sauce. 

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  • Blueberry Spelt Muffins
    Photographs by Jenny Huang, food styling by Sue Li, prop styling by Sophie Strangio
    5/10

    6. Blueberry Spelt Muffins

    The classic blueberry muffin gets a makeover with nutty, whole-grain spelt flour in the batter and the crispy streusel topping.

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  • New Mexican Breakfast Burritos Recipe
    Photo by Emma Fishman
    6/10

    5. New Mexican–Style Breakfast Burritos

    This breakfast burrito recipe from Eric See requires shredded hash browns and New Mexico chiles. And that’s perfectly fine by us.

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  • Image may contain Plant Confectionery Food and Sweets
    Photographs by Jenny Huang, food styling by Sue Li, prop styling by Sophie Strangio
    7/10

    4. Granola Scones

    Scones full of the textures and flavors of a granola bar—a hint of sweetness comes from copious dried fruit and a sprinkle of raw sugar.

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  • Four openface sandwiches each topped with a fried egg sliced avocado melted cheese and pickled red onions.
    Photo by Emma Fishman, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime
    8/10

    3. Molletes

    Fried eggs, pico de gallo, melty cheese, and refried beans, all piled atop crusty bread.

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  • Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Cyd McDowell, Prop Styling by Paige Hicks
    9/10

    2. Pumpkin Pancakes

    These pumpkin pancakes are tall and light, highly spiced, and the perfect way to relish a crisp fall morning.

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  • Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Pearl Jones, Prop Styling by Anne Eastman
    10/10

    1. Morning Glory Baked Oatmeal

    This warm and cozy baked oatmeal studded with carrots, apples, and raisins is the make-ahead breakfast situation your busy mornings need.

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Mehreen Karim was formerly the Recipe Production Assistant at Bon Appétit, where she built recipes and stories for bonappetit.com. She also developed recipes and wrote stories to help readers discover unlikely food combinations (caramelized dates and asparagus) and cooking hacks (how to grill chicken without a grill) to inspire home ... Read More
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