For this kid-friendly recipe, potatoes are roasted, scooped, then filled with mashed potatoes mixed with mushrooms, ham, and cheese then baked again.

This spinach soufflé is flecked with green and flavored with piquant green garlic. Of course, the Parmesan and fresh goat cheeses don’t hurt. It’s an ideal breakfast, brunch, or light lunch dish.

These crepes, straight from Brittany, are made with richly flavored buckwheat flour and filled to bursting with Golden Delicious apples, onions, and ham.

Whole-Wheat pancakes made with half whole wheat and half all-purpose flour are light and fluffy. Top with strawberry sauce for a perfect family breakfast.

These roasted walnut muffins are moist and crunchy from the addition of fruit and nuts. Whipped cream adds richness and toasting the nuts deepens the flavor.

Adding a Medjool date puree to the batter results in a rich, moist muffin. Toffee streusel with toasted pecans is drizzled over the batter just before baking.

Different dough, but the same gooey goodness is found in these homemade sticky biscuits sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and baked over pecan syrup.

Dry, leftover challa results in crispy on the outside, moist and tender on the inside bread pudding. For a sauce, this carrot crème anglaise is unique.

This is a dense, yet extremely moist coffee cake made with layers of rich sour-cream cake and a filling of peaches mixed with cinnamon-cocoa sugar.

These baked French breakfast brioche, or sweet eggy bread, are topped with a hefty dollop of luscious almond cream and crowned with gently poached pear slices.

This almond-speckled chocolate-filled coffee cake is ideal for breakfast, but it also makes a great holiday treat.

Coffee cake is given a tropical twist with the addition of ripe sweet bananas and flaky coconut. Rich macadamia nuts and cinnamon sugar top it off.

A great excuse to invite friends over for afternoon tea. This colorful, lemon flavored coffee cake is laden with sweet apricots and rich pistachios.

Enjoy for an afternoon treat or more special occasions, this sour cream coffee cake is rich and moist with a sweet cinnamon streusel drizzled on top.

Cocoa powder transforms these waffles into a dark chocolate dessert — delicious served warm with hot fudge sauce, vanilla ice cream, or whipped cream.

This breakfast bread uses sweet potato pulp, spelt, honey, cinnamon, and yogurt for a healthy, flavorful bread packed with vitamins and minerals.

Warm ricotta fritters for dessert provides a delicious end to a weekend brunch. Serve with seasonal fruit or drizzled with honey or maple syrup.

For brunch these corn scones are brown sugar sweet with a savory aroma of rosemary. Brush with melted butter and turbinado sugar for deep golden color.

Nothing beats homemade orange marmalade for Sunday brunch. Well, maybe hot scones to slather the marmalade on. Tart and sweet, this makes a great gift.

For this French toast recipe, thick slices of challah are soaked in eggs, coated in coconut and cornflakes, then griddled. Maple syrup crowns the dish.

Here French toast is made even more delicious by layering brioche in a deep dish and adding cream cheese, pecan, raisins, and plenty of spices.

Cocoa powder heightens the intensity of these dense, dark muffins. Chocolates lovers rejoice. Enjoy with milk or coffee and freeze any leftovers.

Savor this light dessert of mango, lime, and vanilla as is; whir it in a blender for a frosty treat; or start the morning by having it dressed with yogurt.

Ciambella is a delicious Italian coffee cake filled with plump raisins and toasted walnuts and spiked with marsala or rum. Goes great with a glass of wine.

These muffins are individual pineapple upside down cakes. Bake them in muffin tins and invert to reveal a gooey caramelized sugar and pineapple topping.