Wake Up to These 14 Sweet Breakfast Pastries

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Time to kick your breakfast routine up a notch with pastries that make every morning feel like a treat. Think Strawberry Cream Scones with Ricotta—fluffy, jam-packed with flavor, and impossible to resist, or maybe a Cronut to get that sweet croissant-donut combo you didn’t know you needed. For the cinnamon roll lovers, Easy Cinnamon Rolls are just what you’ve been looking for, and if you’re feeling a little adventurous, Guava Cream Cheese Cuban Pastries are ready to transport your taste buds. Add in Strawberry Butter Rose Buns for a touch of elegance and Chocolate Chip Scones for pure comfort. These pastries are a breakfast game-changer!

Strawberry Cream Scones with Ricotta

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Hot strawberry scones cooling on a baking sheet.
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Strawberry Scones are the perfect mix of crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside, with juicy strawberries tucked throughout. Finished with a sweet, sugared glaze, these little bites of heaven are your new go-to breakfast treat.
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Cream Scones with Ricotta

Homemade Chocolate Croissants (Pain au Chocolat)

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Extra flaky and buttery homemade chocolate croissants (Pain au Chocolat) are incredible warm from the oven. Recreate this French bakery classic at home!
Get the Recipe: Homemade Chocolate Croissants (Pain au Chocolat)

Cinnamon Roll Cherry Danish

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Easy, 30-minute (including bake time!) cinnamon roll cherry danishes. Only FIVE ingredients needed for this delicious breakfast!
Get the Recipe: Cinnamon Roll Cherry Danish

Easy Cinnamon Rolls

Easy cinnamon rolls after being baked and covered in glaze ready to serve in the baking pan.
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Cinnamon Puff Pastry Rolls are the perfect sweet indulgence, with layers of cinnamon brown sugar butter wrapped in flaky puff pastry. Baked to golden perfection and topped with a decadent frosting, they’ll have you coming back for seconds (or thirds).
Get the Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Rolls

Cronut

Stack of glazed cronuts, showcasing the ideal blend of flavor and texture.
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With a little help from store-bought dough, Cronuts (croissant-donut hybrids) come together in under 30 minutes! These flaky, tender pastries are the perfect sweet treat when you’re craving something decadent but don’t have all day to bake.
Get the Recipe: Cronut

Cheese Danish

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A simple and delicious recipe for Cheese Danish! These are made with my easy puff pastry, though you can substitute store-bought in a pinch.
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries are the simplified indulgence you deserve. With a flaky puff pastry base and a creamy filling, these pastries are a sweet and easy way to start your morning off right.
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries

Toaster Strudel

Stacked Toaster Strudels with a side of fresh strawberries.
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Jam-Filled Pastries with Easy Vanilla Glaze are the semi-homemade breakfast treat you didn’t know you were missing. These copycat toaster strudels come together in a flash and are perfect for when you want something quick, easy, and totally delicious!
Get the Recipe: Toaster Strudel

Guava Cream Cheese Cuban Pastries

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Guava Cream Cheese Cuban Pastries are a breeze to make and packed with all the sweet, creamy goodness you crave! With just four ingredients, these Cuban breakfast treats bring a burst of flavor that’ll have you hooked from the first bite.
Get the Recipe: Guava Cream Cheese Cuban Pastries

Strawberry Butter Rose Buns

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Strawberry Butter Rose Buns are the brunch showstopper you didn’t know you needed! These delicate yet dense rose-shaped buns are filled with sweet strawberry jam, bringing the perfect berry flavor to your table.
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Butter Rose Buns

Simple Cherry Pastry Pies

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Simple Cherry Pastry Pies are a game-changer—effortlessly made with frozen puff pastry for that perfect flaky, buttery crust. These little pies are packed with sweet cherry goodness, making them the easiest breakfast pastry you’ll fall in love with.
Get the Recipe: Simple Cherry Pastry Pies

Chocolate Chip Scones

Chocolate chip scones with a luscious glaze and scattered chocolate chips, ready to be devoured.
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Chocolate Chip Scones are the perfect balance of flaky and soft, with a sweet sugared glaze that takes them over the top. Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, they’re the scone you never knew you needed—until now!
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3-Ingredient Nutella Croissants

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This 3-Ingredient Nutella Croissants recipe could just snag the crown for the best spur-of-the-moment, pantry-cleaning, 3-ingredient dessert ever. Seriously, if you’re a Nutella lover and a fan of French pastries, this is your new best friend.
Get the Recipe: 3-Ingredient Nutella Croissants

Blueberry Scones

Close-up of blueberry scones on a white surface, each drizzled with white icing. The scones are golden brown with visible blueberries, and some have a sugared appearance.
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Ready to bake some perfect scones? This Easy Scone Recipe by Love and Lemons will have you creating buttery, flaky, and utterly delicious scones in no time—blueberries, chocolate chips, or whatever mix-ins you love, they’ll be the star of your breakfast spread.
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About Jenny deRemer

I am a Charleston, South Carolina-based culinary novice, an ardent authority on all things travel, a designer by trade, and the creator of Not Entirely Average. I have a weakness for farmers' markets, delight in adventures way off the beaten path, enjoy documenting my many moods through photography, and have been known to conquer the occasional yard sale with gusto!

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