The Best Homemade Easter Recipes
By Rebecca St.Clair
Food is a big part of most of our important holidays and these homemade easter recipes are perfect to indulge in! Not just your traditional chocolate eggs, Easter has so many delicious opportunities for amazing recipes to share with the ones you love!
So let’s get into the kitchen and make fun and festive treats for a holiday filled with family, food, and fun. There is sure to be something on this list perfect for any Easter occasions!
Easter Dinner
Festive Easter Ham
Made with a sweet maple and brown sugar glaze, juicy pineapple rings, and bright maraschino cherries, this vintage baked ham recipe never goes out of style.
Packed with sweet and savoury flavours. This festive ham is a show-stopper!
Classic Maple Turkey
A hint of maple makes this beautifully burnished turkey an extra special holiday feast! Plus, the best sweet and salty gravy!
Deliciously tender, moist, and full of flavour. The perfect centre piece for your Easter table.
Extra Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
Perfectly tender potatoes in a luscious homemade garlic cream sauce with a signature silky texture. These extra creamy scalloped potatoes are the ultimate comfort food side dish.
A perfect make-ahead side dish so you can get everything done on time for the big feast!
Easy Hashbrown Casserole
This super simple potato side dish casserole uses frozen potato hash browns and a crisp and crunchy cereal topper for the perfect easy side dish everyone will love.
Rich Garlic Mashed Potatoes
These Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes are the definition of comfort food. Creamy, fluffy, and infused with rich garlic flavour.
The perfect side dish to any special occasion dinner!
Make-Ahead Mashed Potato Casserole
Rich and extra creamy mashed potatoes with a crispy toasty bread crumb crust. A perfect cozy side dish to pretty much any meal!
Better yet, you can make this casserole the day before. Then all you need to do is bake and enjoy!
Pull apart dinner rolls
Gorgeous soft and pillowy pull apart dinner rolls. This big batch recipe is perfect for family gatherings, as it makes about 36 individual rolls. But I bet you can’t eat just one!
Homemade Crescent Rolls
Skip the sad old store bought crescent rolls. These homemade rolls are extra soft, pillowy, and perfectly golden.
The perfect bakery-style roll for an Easter feast!
Small-Batch Dinner Rolls
This small batch dinner roll recipe gives you bakery-style softness and flavour. Perfect for serving alongside soups, salads, or any holiday meal. This recipe only makes 9 rolls so it’s perfect for a smaller family dinner.
Easter Treats
Old-Fashioned Carrot Cake
The perfect finale to any Easter feast. This classic carrot cake with cream cheese icing is tender, flavourful, and incredibly easy to make. Packed with freshly grated carrots, pineapple, and warm spices.
Dreamy Easter Meringue Nests
Whimsical and elegant. These nest shaped French meringues have a glossy, delicate exterior and a sweet soft centre. Each topped with a rich chocolate and coconut mixture. Some fun mini chocolate eggs complete this fun Easter treat.
Traditional Hot Cross Buns
One of my favourite homemade Easter recipes and a traditional Easter treat! This hot cross bun recipe is full of warm spices and sweet sticky raisins. Baked to a deep golden perfection. A delicate sweet glaze encrusts the top of each bun, and a gleaming white cross shines through!
Easy Coconut Macaroons
Often served at Passover. These macaroons are leavened only with eggs and are gluten-free! Coconut macaroons are soft and tender on the inside with a toasty coconut outside. These perfect little bite-sized treats are so versatile and can be made with melted chocolate mixed in for an extra decadent Easter cookie.
Filled Easter Egg Chocolates
Quick and easy homemade Easter chocolates made with only 3 ingredients! These can be molded, dipped, or filled. Perfect for a homemade easter snack, when you need a little chocolate indulgence!
Vintage Carrot Cookies
Homemade soft and moist bakery style cookies. Full of warm spices, flecks of soft carrot, and little dots of sweet sticky raisins throughout! These cookies are packed with wholesome ingredients and are perfect to pack in Easter lunch boxes for all your little bunnies!
Wholesome Carrot Muffins
Soft and moist carrot muffins are packed with shredded carrots, warm cinnamon spice, and healthy flavourful mix-ins like nuts, coconut, and raisins! A fun grab-and-go Easter breakfast, or add cream cheese icing for a deliciously wholesome snack for all the bunnies in your house!
Easy No-Bake Easter Nests
These no bake chocolate Easter nests are rich soft chocolate mounds of sweet coconut, salty pretzels, and chewy oats. Topped with mini candy chocolate eggs for the perfect decadent no-bake Easter treat!
DIY Easter Egg Dye
Natural Easter egg dye is quick and easy to make at home using simple kitchen ingredients! This is a fun project to get the whole family involved in!
Easter Breakfast
Sweetly Spiced French Toast Casserole
A rich, flavourful, and decadent sweet breakfast! This warm comforting meal is so easy to put together and better yet, it’s the perfect way to use up stale bread and a ton of eggs! With just a few kitchen staples, you will have a special occasion Easter breakfast that takes almost no effort at all!
Breakfast Strata
More delicious ways to use up some of those eggs needed for decorating! This warm, soft, hearty breakfast casserole is topped with a generous dusting of crisp and crunchy toasted cereal for the perfect balance of flavour and texture.
Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
These are always a crowd pleaser! Skip the box mix and make restaurant-style buttermilk pancakes at home! This recipe creates soft, tall, fluffy pancakes that are golden on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
Croque Madame
Perfect for breakfast or lunch! A warm and comforting ham and cheese sandwich layered with cheesy béchamel sauce. Baked until golden and bubbly, then topped with a sunny-side-up egg.
Easy Homemade Eggs Benedict
An easy eggs Benedict made at home with toasted English muffins, savoury ham, a perfectly poached egg, and a rich fool-proof Hollandaise sauce.
This restaurant-worthy breakfast is perfect for a special occasion breakfast at home!
Classic French Toast
This classic French toast is slightly crisp around the edges, fluffy inside, lightly sweet with hints of citrus and caramelized sugar.
Perfect for using up day-old bread. This Restaurant-style recipe is perfect served with maple syrup and fresh berries!
Chocolate raspberry French Toast Casserole
This chocolate raspberry French toast casserole is rich, cozy, wonderfully indulgent, yet incredibly easy to make. Dotted with melted chocolate, bursts of tart raspberries.
Even better it’s make-ahead so all you need to do in the morning is bake and enjoy!
Classic Asparagus and Swiss Quiche
A spring time favourite! This classic asparagus and Swiss quiche celebrates the abundance of the season where tender asparagus meets the smooth egg custard, smoky bacon, and the nutty flavour of Swiss cheese. Baked to golden perfection in a flaky pastry crust, this quiche is hearty and satisfying.
Ham and Cheese Potato Crust Frittata
Delicious cheesy frittata, with savoury ham dotted throughout, and baked on top of a soft and tender potato crust! This simple protein packed egg recipe is perfect for breakfast or lunch!
Light and Fluffy Cheese Soufflé
A rich and fluffy egg dish, packed with cheesy goodness! The perfect classy breakfast to impress your guests.
Easy Easter Treats Anyone Can Make
All of these delicious Easter themed recipes are fan favourites of kids and adults alike. They are perfect for any skill level, so you can skip the prepackaged grocery store snacks. Relax at home and make your own homemade Easter recipes in no time!
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