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20 Overnight Breakfast Recipes for the Easiest Mornings Ever

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Don’t Waste the Crumbs

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, blah-blah-blah, we get it. But there’s one problem: The time it typically takes to prepare breakfast is always better spent in bed. That’s where these 20 recipes come in—you can make them the night before and store them in the fridge overnight. Go ahead, hit snooze one more time.

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Blueberry Overnight Oats

Packed with protein, fiber and antioxidant-rich berries. Oh, and totally delicious.

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Host the Toast

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Raspberry Sweet Rolls with Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze

Dessert for breakfast? Don’t mind if we do.

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Green Kitchen Stories

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Chia and Raspberry Breakfast

Wanna get fancy? Top it with your favorite nut butter, sliced kiwi and mint leaves.

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Don’t Waste the Crumbs

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Overnight Steel Cut Oats

A billion times better than instant oatmeal. Trust us.

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The Chunky Chef

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Easy Overnight Breakfast Strata

Now this is the most important meal of the day. (Maybe the month.)

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Lil’ Luna

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Overnight Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake

Finally, no need to decide between cinnamon rolls and French toast.

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Camille Styles

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Cardamom Yogurt Mousse with Mango

It’s like fro-yo (if fro-yo were secretly healthy and totally acceptable to eat for breakfast).

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Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

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Overnight Buckwheat-Oat Gluten-Free Waffles

Whip up the base the night before so the steel-cut oats soften up overnight.

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Averie Cooks

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No-Bake Honey Nut Cheerios Snack Bars

Fun, colorful (thanks to chocolate-covered sunflower seeds) and perfect for the kiddos.

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Centsless Deals

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Overnight Breakfast Enchiladas

Feeding a crowd? Assemble the night before, then pop them in the oven right before serving.

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Whole Fully

11.

Homemade Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt

Way less sugar than the store-bought cups.

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Chelsea’s Messy Apron

12.

No-Bake Breakfast Cookies

Filled with healthy fats, good-for-you grains and a drizzle of chocolate for good measure.

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Overnight Oats with Chocolate and Strawberry

Juicy fruit meets rich, bitter cocoa powder.

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The Big Man’s World

14.

Healthy No-Bake Pumpkin Spice Latte Bars

Yep, we went here. And you’ll thank us when you try them.

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Camille Styles

15.

Lemon Breakfast Panna Cotta with Stovetop Granola

The granola takes eight minutes to whip up on the stove.

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LAURA WING AND JIM KAMOOSI

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Overnight Peach French Toast

You totally deserve breakfast in bed this weekend. Just leave this recipe in the kitchen. They'll figure it out.

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Well Floured

17.

Overnight Pancake Casserole

We’re never standing in front of a hot stove with a spatula again.

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Little Spice Jar

18.

Veggie-Loaded Breakfast Casserole

Serves 12 of your closest friends (or just you, a dozen times).

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The Seasoned Mom

19.

Overnight Apple Crisp Breakfast Parfait

Mix cinnamon, apples and toasted pecans into Greek yogurt and voilà, breakfast is ready whenever you need it.

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Overnight Oats with Coconut and Ginger

Who needs coffee when you can wake up to this massive flavor explosion?


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Food Editor

From 2017 to 2019 Heath Goldman held the role of Food Editor covering food, booze and some recipe development, too. Tough job, eh?