These Christmas Breakfast Sandwiches have been our family tradition for decades.
This overnight breakfast casserole is so easy. While you are busy opening presents on Christmas morning, these sandwiches bake and are ready to eat when you are.
A delicious make-ahead Christmas breakfast. Bread, cheese, and cold cuts topped with beaten eggs. This sandwich casserole is perfect for the holidays.
Do you have family traditions in your home? Certain things that are a must each holiday season? We sure do. Now we have more fun with grandkids in the mix. After all these years, my family still says this is the best breakfast for Christmas morning.
Holiday foods are so delicious, and we have a slew of favourites here.
- Holiday croissants are great for weekend brunches. They even make a quick dessert idea too.
- Cranberry Sweet Rolls are great on the brunch menu.
- Holiday Cream Cheese Pinwheels have all the flavours of the holidays all wrapped up.
- Rum and Eggnog Latte is a must for tree trimming and movie watching.
- Festive Granola is always a great stocking stuffer or gift for the teacher.
- Boozy Bourbon Fudge is the ultimate food gift for holiday parties.
- Ultimate Cranberry Sauce is always a hit (serve some with these sandwiches too).
- Easy Gravy made from scratch is a must for mashed potatoes and stuffing.
As for Christmas breakfast, well you already know what we have. One year I thought of making something different. OMG, my adult kids went nuts. Even my grandkids now insist on only eating these breakfast sandwiches on Christmas morning.
Holiday Breakfast Sandwich Ingredients
It seems like such a long time ago that I first made these sandwiches. I wanted to have an easy breakfast recipe ready to put in the oven while we opened presents. This savory holiday breakfast casserole is perfect.
Christmas morning is a little busy. Preparing breakfast was one thing I did not want to worry about. After all, I would be in the kitchen soon enough getting the holiday dinner on the table. This is the easiest holiday breakfast hands down. Make as many pans as you need.
- Sliced Bread of any kind. I like to use the Texas Toast thick cut. Of course, home-baked bread is always a delicious option.
- Deli Meat – I use a combination of turkey and ham. Sliced chicken is another great option.
- Butter – to help make the sandwiches nice and brown.
- Eggs – white or brown.
- Milk – but you can always use cream if you prefer.
- Cheese – a variety that melts nicely.
Make Ahead Christmas Morning Sandwiches Assembly
Before we go to bed, my daughter and I assemble this breakfast sandwich casserole and place it in the fridge for the morning.
We make our little assembly line, chat, and get it done! Be sure to check the recipe card for detailed instructions.
These easy breakfast sandwiches are like a grilled cheese, stuffed French toast fusion. Similar to a croque monsieur but in a baked version. Full instructions are in the recipe card.
- Prepare your baking pans.
- Butter the outside of the bread (like for grilled cheese)
- Layer the cheese and meat, and top with the other slice of bread.
- Cut the sandwiches in half, and place them in the baking dish.
- Mix the milk and eggs (like for french toast).
- Pour over the sandwiches, cover with foil, and place in the fridge.
In the morning I put on a pot of coffee and head down to the family room. Stockings, presents, excitement, love, and laughter fill the room.
When things start to settle down, I go upstairs and turn on the oven (and make another pot of coffee). Once the oven is ready, I take the pans of sandwiches out of the fridge and place them in the oven. This usually gives us about another 30 minutes or so to finish up with the presents. By now everyone is starting to get hungry.
We head upstairs to the dining room. Pans of sandwiches are placed on the table and everyone helps themselves. See, I told you this would be easy. Our Christmas morning tradition lives on.
Substitutions / Recipe Tips
- Foil pans are great for this recipe. Clean-up is a breeze.
- Any kind of bread will work, but you want it to be able to soak up the milk/egg mixture.
- Deli meat is a personal preference for sure. You can use any kind you like. You can also place more or less in the sandwiches.
- Milk can be replaced with cream, or non-dairy oat milk is an option.
- Eggs can be white, brown, large, or extra large.
- Butter can be replaced with a good-quality margarine spread.
- Cheese slices have lots of options. Be sure it melts nicely. I love using Provolone, but Swiss, Gouda, Edam, and Cheddar would be great choices.
- Store leftovers wrapped in foil in the fridge. Reheat in a moderate oven until warm enough to eat.
What Is The Most Common Christmas Breakfast?
There is no end to delicious options for your holiday breakfasts and brunches.
In our house, the holidays are all about spending time together and our special family traditions. I hope you give this festive breakfast casserole a try. It just might become your family tradition too. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Christmas Morning Breakfast Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 12 slices bread (your choice)
- 6 ounces deli ham
- 6 ounces deli smoked turkey
- 6 ounces provolone cheese (or cheese of your choice)
- 10 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup butter optional
Instructions
- Spray your baking pans with cooking spray, and set aside.
To prepare the Sandwiches:
- Butter the outside of the bread slices (like for grilled cheese). Use 2 slices of buttered bread per sandwich.
- Layers as follows: 2 slices of turkey, 2 slices of cheese, then 2 slices of ham.
- Cut sandwich diagonally and arrange in a sprayed casserole dish, cut side down. (I try to stagger the sandwiches in the pan).
- Beat the eggs and milk in a measuring cup and pour over the tops and sides of the sandwiches.
- Cover with foil and place in fridge until ready to bake.
To bake in the morning:
- Preheat oven to 375º F
- Place sandwiches in oven uncovered and bake for about 30 minutes until crisp and golden.
- Remove from oven and ENJOY!!
Allison hanson
I love this, we travel to grandparents homes all day on Christmas which leaves little time for us in the morning, I love the idea of starting a little tradition to keep out mornings as special as the rest of the day is!
Homemade & Yummy
Yes this makes for strees free cooking Christmas morning.
Honey @ The Girl Next Shore
I totes agree – this is also a tradition for my fam! I love Christmas ham sandwiches with quezo de bola!
Homemade & Yummy
My family does love this tradition…as you know from the post.
prasanna hede
Wonderful family traditions! We too have similar traditions to followed on most of the festive days BTW these sandwiches are perfect!
Homemade & Yummy
My family thinks they are perfect too. Thanks so much.
Elizabeth
What a gorgeous sounding recipe, and such a wonderful family tradition to have. I’ll have to try this recipe!
Homemade & Yummy
Thanks….it is a winner in this house. They can’t wait to eat these every year.
Jessie Gunaseelan
Looks beautiful! This is a perfect Christmas morning breakfast.
Homemade & Yummy
We happen to think so too.
Jolina
I love reading about Christmas traditions of other families. So interesting! Is it too early to check out Old Scugog Road? Love the sandwiches too. Looks like something we’d love to treat ourselves to even after Christmas!
Homemade & Yummy
Hope you enjoy the Christmas lights….and the sandwiches.
Colleen
A make ahead breakfast is a must in our house Christmas morning, too. But it’s one meal that we like to change up, so these sandwiches just might be on the breakfast menu this year! They look delicious.
Homemade & Yummy
Well hope you give these a try….as you can see they are a “must” in our house.
Jane
These look yummy! Quick question: 10 eggs/sandwich? That means you used 60 eggs for this recipe? I must be reading this wrong…
Homemade & Yummy
HAHAH….no 10 eggs total!!
Veena Azmanov
Gloria this reminds me of Sunday morning brunch mom use to make. We’d come back from church and she’d put together these amazing sandwiches. Ham and cheese were our favorite!. Love this Christmas morning tradition. Yum.
Homemade & Yummy
Thanks Veena….my kids love these, and our special tradition.
Elinor Hill aka Beach Hut Cook
What a great tradition. I love it. Such a perfect dish to serve on Christmas morning. I’d have it every day.
Homemade & Yummy
Well I think my family would too.
Julia
My mouth is watering here 🙂 They look perfect!
Homemade & Yummy
It would not be Christmas morning without them that is for sure.
Annie @ Annie's Noms
This looks wonderful, can you come and do Christmas breakfast at mine?! We always have ham on toast on Christmas morning with a glass of Orange juice and once Mum tried to change it and there was uproar from my dad and brother! Even though I’ve moved out now, I still have the same tradition with my fiancé. I always make the ham on Christmas Eve and then it’s ready to go for Christmas morning. I love that traditions are handed down through generations, but I don’t mind change from time to time and I really want to try these sandwiches!!
Homemade & Yummy
Well good luck trying to change tradition….but I hope you give these a try. It might help you change things up
Alisa Infanti
I am having some girls over for a Christmas brunch and wanted something a bit different to serve. Thanks for sharing I am going to give this a try!
Homemade & Yummy
Well from years of experience, I’m sure they will love them.
Lisa
I love this tradition! We normally do some type of egg bake and I think this would be a nice change of pace for our family… with a mimosa of course.
Homemade & Yummy
Thanks….we LOVE it too. Happy Holidays.
Leslie
This is one of those palm-tp=forehead moments! This is such a creative idea and a wonderful tradition, too!
Homemade & Yummy
HAHAH….well now you can give it a try too.
Camilla Hawkins
Love these Christmas sandwiches, we usually have croissants but I could see this filling working for those too-)
Homemade & Yummy
Yum…stuffed croissants work for me….but I will have to try that for New Year’s breakfast (LOL).