These easy Make-Ahead Easter Recipes help you plan a delicious and stress-free Easter with recipes for brunch, dinner, and dessert! Celebrate with the recipes my family enjoys year after year on Easter Sunday that can easily be made in advance. You’ll find more Easter recipe ideas on my Easter category page.
Make-Ahead Easter Tips!
- Plan your menu. Start by planning a menu that includes items that can easily be made beforehand. Some great make-ahead dishes include ham, casseroles, vegetables, sauces, gravies, and desserts!
- Shop early. Purchase whatever items you can before the last-minute rush hits the stores. I like to purchase non-perishable items up to a month in advance and then any perishables, like fresh fruits and vegetables, closer to when I make that dish.
- Make a schedule. I have a schedule for preparing my holiday meals, which begins days before the holiday and ends when the meal is served.
Make Ahead Easter Dinner Recipes
Baked Ham
Take the stress out of the holiday by using my tips for making your ham ahead of time. It is perfect every time and so easy to make. It’s a recipe I turn to year after year!
Best Baked Ham Recipe
This baked Ham recipe makes the most juicy, savory, and BEST ham! Easy variations for copycat Honey Baked Ham recipe or a cola glazed ham!
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Make Ahead Easter Side Dishes
While the ham may get lots of attention, the side dishes are really the favorites! And the desserts (of course!).
Mashed Potatoes
These creamy, delicious mashed potatoes make the perfect side dish for every holiday!
Easy Mashed Potatoes Recipe
These homemade mashed potatoes are rich and creamy, easy to make, and make the perfect side dish! Learn how to make the best mashed potatoes recipe with our tips!
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Slow Cooker Green Beans
When I serve these delicious green beans, they are always a favorite. Simply add all of the ingredients to the slow cooker and let it do all of the work. How easy is that?
Slow Cooker Green Beans Recipe
Slow Cooker Green Beans Recipe – These are the best slow cooker green beans and have everyone coming back for more!
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Squash Casserole
Squash casserole is so easy to make ahead and makes a favorite side dish!
Squash Casserole Recipe
Squash Casserole is an essential dish for holidays and special events. Topped with a buttery cracker topping, this squash casserole is an all-time favorite!
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Garlic Roasted Carrots
These carrots are such an easy and beautiful side dish.
Garlic Roasted Carrots Recipe
This Garlic Roasted Carrots recipe makes a quick, easy, and delicious side dish perfect for a weeknight or entertaining guests. These tasty carrots are ready in less than 25 minutes with just a few ingredients!
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Strawberry Spinach Salad
A fresh salad is a great idea to include. This Strawberry Spinach Salad is always a fresh favorite for Easter.
Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe
Strawberry Spinach Salad topped with an easy Poppy Seed Dressing makes for a beautiful and delicious spring and summer salad recipe. Perfect for parties, picnics, and get-togethers! Always a crowd favorite!
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Deviled Eggs
An Easter dinner at my house wouldn’t be complete without a platter of deviled eggs!
Classic Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs make the perfect appetizer or side dish for family meals, parties, showers, and other events. Get this family favorite deviled eggs recipe you are sure to love.
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Strawberry Pretzel Salad
This favorite recipe falls somewhere between dessert and a side dish in my family.
Strawberry Pretzel Salad Recipe
Strawberry Pretzel Salad is an easy, delicious dessert with a buttery pretzel crust, a cheesecake-like layer, and a sweet strawberry topping. It is the perfect combination of creamy, crunchy, sweet, and salty! A great dessert or side dish!
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Dinner Rolls
Dinner rolls have always been a favorite part of my family’s holiday meals.
Dinner Rolls Recipe
Easy dinner rolls recipe makes light, fluffy, buttery, and the best dinner roll! They are the perfect addition to any meal!
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Make Ahead Easter Dessert Recipes
Carrot Cake
This moist, delicious cake has become a family favorite for Easter.
The Best Carrot Cake Recipe Ever
This Carrot Cake recipe is made from scratch, tender, and moist with a delicious homemade cream cheese frosting. Perfect for Easter or anytime! My favorite carrot cake recipe!
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Carrot Cake Sheet Cake
This sheet cake is great for when you want to make a carrot cake that is a bit simpler than a layer cake.
Easy Carrot Cake Sheet Cake Recipe
This Easy Carrot Cake Sheet Cake covered in fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting is moist, delicious, and a favorite carrot cake recipe that everyone loves! Made from scratch with simple ingredients like fresh carrots, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and ginger, this recipe makes a scrumptious dessert for Easter or any time!
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Hummingbird Cake
This moist, flavorful cake has been a family favorite for generations and is one my Grandmother made for Easter and other special occasions.
Hummingbird Cake Recipe
This Hummingbird Cake recipe is a delicious Southern cake favorite. It’s made with bananas, pineapple, pecans, and a decadent cream cheese frosting. It’s a moist, flavorful heirloom cake recipe you’ll love!
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Ultimate Coconut Cake
What could be better for Easter than this scrumptious coconut cake?
Ultimate Coconut Cake Recipe
The ultimate coconut cake recipe for coconut lovers! Made with coconut cream, coconut milk, coconut whipped cream and topped with coconut flake!
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake
It’s always a family favorite anytime, but especially for Easter dessert.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe makes the most delicious, moist, and perfect pound cake! Easy to make with this time-tested recipe and just 7 simple ingredients, it’s the best pound cake and is sure to be a favorite!
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Key Lime Pie
This classic pie has just the right flavor for a springtime or Easter meal.
Key Lime Pie Recipe
This Key Lime Pie is deliciously tart, airy, light, and refreshing! An easy, updated version of a classic, this is the best key lime pie recipe ever! Such an elegant dessert that is always a favorite!
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Coconut Cream Pie
This pie has been a generational favorite in my family.
Coconut Cream Pie Recipe
Decadent Coconut Cream Pie with rich, creamy coconut custard topped with pillowy whipped cream and toasted coconut in a flaky homemade pie crust. Delicious dessert perfect for entertaining!
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Banana Pudding
This is the one you think of when you want the best Southern banana pudding! My family has loved this for Easter and family suppers for generations.
Southern Banana Pudding Recipe
This easy Southern Banana Pudding recipe makes a delicious old-fashioned homemade banana pudding from scratch! Rich and creamy homemade banana pudding between layers of vanilla wafers and fresh bananas and topped with an airy meringue make a favorite dessert!
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Chewy Sugar Cookies
When I serve sugar cookies, they are a hit with both the kids and the adults.
The BEST Chewy Sugar Cookies Recipe!
The BEST Chewy Sugar Cookies Recipe – Absolutely the BEST sugar cookie recipe I’ve ever tasted! These sugar cookies are soft, chewy and produce a flavorful bakery style soft sugar cookie! Quick and easy to make, this sugar cookie recipe makes cookies that turn out perfectly every single time!
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Peanut Butter Bars
What is it about Peanut Butter Bars that make the world just feel right?
Peanut Butter Bars Recipe
Peanut Butter Bars make a quick and delicious treat. This no-bake peanut butter bars recipe is ready in less than 30 minutes and makes between 20 and 36 bars.
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Make Ahead Easter Brunch Recipes
French Toast
There’s something special about this rich and delicious French Toast drizzled with warm maple syrup, whether you are serving two or a crowd!
Best French Toast Recipe
This French toast recipe makes a delicious breakfast or brunch. Make this simple, yet perfect French toast recipe that everyone will love.
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Breakfast Casserole
The breakfast casserole recipe is a family favorite. It is filled with eggs, sausage, cheese, and tender buttermilk biscuits.
Easy Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole Recipe
This easy breakfast casserole is made with eggs, sausage, and cheese and comes together quickly and easily. Makes the best make-ahead breakfast casserole!
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Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche
This delicious, savory Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche makes a perfect entree for a holiday brunch!
Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche Recipe
This delicious Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche recipe features sausage, eggs, and cheddar cheese, all baked on a flaky biscuit crust! It’s easy to make, ready in 30 minutes, and a tasty Southern update to a classic quiche!
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Breakfast Potatoes
Breakfast Potatoes take a breakfast or brunch menu to the next level.
Breakfast Potatoes Recipe
Breakfast Potatoes make a delicious addition to any breakfast or brunch menu. Get this scrumptious, yet so very simple breakfast potatoes recipe.
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Angel Biscuits
Made from simple ingredients, these angel biscuits have gone from being a quick bread that accompanies a meal to being the most favored item on the buffet on many occasions.
Angel Biscuits Recipe
Angel biscuits make a delicious addition to any meal. Lightly sweetened, these fluffy biscuits will quickly become a favorite.
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Blueberry Muffins
Blueberry Muffins are one of my family’s favorite muffin recipes and are perfect for an Easter brunch!
Blueberry Muffins Recipe
This easy one-bowl Blueberry Muffin recipe, with an optional crumb topping, makes the BEST bakery-style blueberry muffins every time. They’re so tasty!
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Oven Baked Bacon
No brunch would be complete without crispy bacon.
How to Cook Bacon Recipe
Learn How to Cook Bacon in the Oven for perfect bacon every time! Enjoy delicious, crispy bacon and less mess with this oven-baked bacon recipe.
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Citrus Scones
These bright and fresh scones are so full of flavor and are so easy to make.
Citrus Scones Recipe with Orange Glaze
Citrus Scones with Orange Glaze are wonderful for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Bright and delicious, this scones recipe is like a slice of sunshine and is ready in 30 minutes!
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Fruit Pizza
This fruit pizza recipe is so fun and easy to make. It’s perfect for serving any time of the year, especially at Easter.
Fruit Pizza Recipe
Easy fruit pizza recipe with a soft sugar cookie crust, thick, creamy cream cheese frosting, and your choice of fruit toppings!
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Rice Krispie Treats
Rice Krispie Treats are a favorite, quick, and easy snack or dessert I know my family and friends will love.
Best Rice Krispie Treats Recipe
The BEST Rice Krispie Treats with the perfect ratio of marshmallows and cereal! Big, thick treats with the perfect gooey, crunchy deliciousness!
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Drinks
Lemonade
What better drink for an Easter meal or brunch than a fresh glass of lemonade?
Fresh Lemonade Recipe
Refreshing homemade Fresh Lemonade recipe made with fresh lemons! It’s a classic delicious drink perfect for any occasion! Includes how to make lemonade concentrate!
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Southern Sweet Tea
No Easter meal is complete at my house without Southern sweet tea!
Southern Sweet Tea Recipe
This Southern Sweet Tea recipe is smooth, sweet, and delicious! It includes tried-and-true tips for how to make sweet tea that everyone loves! I’ve also included instructions on how to make and serve Sweet Tea Concentrate!
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Happy Easter!
Robyn xo
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