With breakfast fare breaking the early-morning barrier, distinctive recipes can make your menu rise and shine all day.
The breakfast day part is expanding–not only growing in its variety of choices, but also stretching past morning hours into the clockless day. Diners seek breakfast items on their schedule, looking to restaurants for dishes that historically only appear during typical breakfast hours. Indeed, in a recent Mintel Menu Insights survey, the top thing breakfast diners said they’d like to see more of at restaurants was “all-day breakfast” (36% weekday, 38% weekend). Operators are responding, adding more than 460 new breakfast items to their menus in 2009. Mintel forecasts that the breakfast foodservice market will expand by 13% in the next four years. Our chefs at the Kraft Culinary Centre take breakfast seriously. We feature their recipes below—ones that hit different sustaining trends and offer solutions for operators.
Savory Breakfast Recipes
Wild Mushroom Breakfast Panini with Parmesan-Cream Cheese Spread
The breakfast panini answers multiple requests: It's portable, craveable and fits into “breakfast all day” perfectly. This one delivers with the woodsy flavor of sautéed wild mushrooms and the creaminess of a spread made with Philadelphia Cream Cheese, fresh sage and thyme, Kraft 100% Shredded Parmesan Cheese and Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Bits. Fluffy scrambled eggs keep this panini in the breakfast realm.
Breakfast Biscuit Swirls with Sausage
Perfect for on-the-go customers, unmanned buffets or breakfast platters, these biscuits offer diners a comfort-food home run. Our chefs spread biscuit dough with Philadelphia Cream Cheese embellished with an easy plus-three of fresh basil, garlic and black pepper. They top the spread with pork sausage, spinach, Kraft Chedasharp Pasteurized Process American Cheese Shred, carrots, egg and Kraft 100% Shredded Parmesan Cheese. They roll up the biscuit dough, cut it into satisfying biscuits and then bake until puffed and golden brown.
Ham and Honey Mustard Biscuits
With a breakfast sensibility that suits any time of day, these flaky biscuits are studded with Oscar Mayer Honey Ham, honey, Grey Poupon Classic Dijon Mustard and honey-roasted peanuts.
Steak and Egg Breakfast Tostadas with Black Bean-Tomato Salsa
Answering the breakfast-all-day demand with a hearty dish, our chefs top a crisp tostada with a simple plus-one spread of Philly and tomatillo salsa. They grill flat-iron steak and slice it thinly for a tender profile. After the meat is laid on the tostada, they perch a fried egg atop, laying claim to this dish as a breakfast champion. A fresh black bean-tomato salsa rounds out the Latin profile, looking to Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing for its bright, zingy flavor.
Bacon Breakfast Recipes
Yes, bacon deserves its own category! To call it a favorite is putting it mildly—bacon has a cult following, and those who worship it seek it out in all day parts.
Steak, Egg and Bacon Wrap
This wrap delivers big, beefy flavors with grilled skirt steak, Oscar Mayer Bacon and A.1. Original Steak Sauce. Our chefs enliven the wrap's creamy spread by combining Philly with A.1. Scrambled eggs, green onion, tomato and Cheddar round out the profile.
Bacon, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Wrap
A riff on the wrap above, this one sees Philly embellished with Grey Poupon Bistro Sauce, bringing in a background of horseradish and Dijon. Wraps stuffed with breakfast favorites key into the clockless day, allowing diners to enjoy breakfast both on the go and on their schedule.
Bacon and Egg Burger
According to NPD research, 24% of the twenties demo want burgers at breakfast. This one celebrates breakfast by topping a meat patty with crisp Oscar Mayer Bacon and a fried egg. A.1. Thick & Hearty Steak Sauce adds fantastic dimension.
Sweet Breakfast Recipes
Tropical Island Pancakes
It's simple and easy to turn everyday pancakes into a memorable dining experience. Our chefs add a tropical touch to the pancake batter with coconut extract, coconut flakes and orange-blossom honey. For the Coconut-Ginger-Cream Cheese Filling, our chefs embellish Philly with coconut milk, fresh ginger root and prepared whipped topping.
Cherry-Cream Cheese Biscuit Swirls
Biscuits fit so well into the breakfast category and, here, our chefs turn them toward the sweet side of things with a plus-two of Philly with sugar and vanilla. Cinnamon, icing sugar and cherry pie filling complete the picture on these portable, decadent biscuits.
Chocolate-OREO Creme Pancakes
It's hard to improve on chocolate pancakes, but our chefs up the ante with an Oreo Creme Spread, which they layer between the pancakes. The luscious spread is a simple combination of Philadelphia Cream Cheese and our new Oreo Creme In-Fusions. Perfection.
Caramel Cream-Filled Banana Breakfast Bread with Streusel Topping
Our chefs make banana bread with a crunchy streusel topping and a decadent, creamy filling. They split the banana loaf in half and spread dulce de leche, then Philly enriched with sugar, milk and prepared whipped topping. This breakfast bread is designed to wow diners who love a sweet start to their day.
Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Spread
Building on Philly, our chefs take the spread into a satisfyingly sweet direction. They add the classic carrot cake ingredients: carrots, cinnamon, honey, nutmeg and raisins, to the cream cheese. This cream cheese spread is perfect on bagel bars, brunch menus or on-the-go counters.