13 Easy Breakfast Skillet Recipes for a Great Morning Start (2024)

Apple-Kielbasa Hash

Apples add a sweet spin to this breakfast hash recipe. Add thickly sliced kielbasa sausage, potatoes, and garlic to season the skillet before adding chunks of apples, onions, and Brussels sprouts. Top the mixture with four to six fried eggs, and you have an easy scoop-and-serve breakfast.

Asparagus and Prosciutto Frittata

Asparagus, thyme, and prosciutto add class to a basic breakfast frittata. This breakfast recipe starts on the stove top and ends in the broiler, but all of it takes place in one pan. Better yet, this easy breakfast only takes about 25 minutes to get on the table.

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Sweet Skillet Popover

A slightly sweet batter poured over buttered apples puffs up to golden perfection, creating an elegant breakfast. The popover bakes in the oven, so be sure you're using an oven-safe skillet.

Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

Cake for breakfast? Yes please. The hardest part of this skillet coffee cake recipe is waiting 30 minutes for it to cool enough to dig in. For an even sweeter finish, drizzle it with powdered sugar icing.

Giant Cast Iron Cinnamon Roll

Not all breakfast recipes are created equal, but we're equally as taken by this slice-and-serve cinnamon roll as we are by the cream-cheese frosting. Although it may look like just one portion, this cast-iron skillet sweet roll actually serves 16.

Egg White Scramble with Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes

If you're looking for a protein-packed breakfast under 150 calories, here you go. Garlic and Parmesan cheese boost the flavor enough so you'd never suspect the dish is low in calories. Save those egg yolks for these recipes.

Blueberry-Ricotta Pancakes

Ricotta and egg whites whipped to a stiff peak add unmatched moistness and fluffiness to these blueberry pancakes. Cook each until golden, and keep the finished ones warm in the oven.

Apple Dutch Baby

A slightly sweet batter topped with buttered apples puffs up to create this elegant breakfast skillet recipe. The German-style pancake has a custard-like center with edges that puff into a crispy crunch. The Dutch baby bakes in the oven, so be sure you're using an oven-safe skillet.

Zucchini and Tomato Frittata

Baked eggs never tasted so good. Thin slices of zucchini, fresh mozzarella, and yellow cherry tomatoes make for one impressive skillet breakfast. A sprinkle of walnuts adds an unexpectedly delightful crunch.

Puffed Oven Pancake in a Skillet

You can call it a Dutch baby or a breakfast popover, but we call it delicious. Bust out the oven-safe skillet to create this decadent breakfast. Whipped cream is optional.

Savory Egg and Sweet Potato Scramble

Sweet potatoes bring fall flavor to this breakfast recipe, but you'll want to enjoy it year-round, thanks to its quick start-to-finish time and one-pan ease. Although this recipe starts with potatoes, eight freshly cracked eggs quickly turn it fluffy. To transform it into a southwestern-themed dish, top it with a few dashes of hot sauce.

Potato Frittata

With this fancy frittata, your brunch buffet becomes a lot more impressive. Thin slices of carrots and potatoes make the skillet frittata extra hearty. Although the recipe takes an hour to come together, the 25 minutes of prep work are worth it for the satisfied looks on the faces of your guests.

Shakshuka

This classic North African and Middle Eastern dish just may be the best breakfast skillet recipe out there. Onions, bell peppers, jalapeño, and spices simmer together in the skillet for 20 minutes, developing into a saucy and flavorful stew to which you add the eggs. Once the eggs are cooked (when the whites are set and the yolks are slightly runny), simply sprinkle the skillet with feta and cilantro and serve.