Looking for autumn breakfast ideas? With the days getting shorter and chillier, now is the time to be warming up with a cosy bowl of porridge and incorporating seasonal ingredients and warming spices into your morning muffins, baked oats and more.

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Find make-ahead grab-and-go options for busy mornings as well recipes for more leisurely weekend breakfasts. We've also included savoury options for people who prefer to start the day with something less sugary - read more about swapping sweet for savoury breakfasts.

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Autumn breakfast recipes

Baked oats

Make breakfast an occasion with this simple, speedy recipe for baked oats – ready in half an hour, it's great topped with nuts, berries and yogurt.

Baking tin filled with golden baked oats on a linen napkin next to a plate of cherries and chopped nuts and a bowl of yogurt

Energising breakfast bowl

Get closer to your daily quota of colourful fruit and veg with this breakfast bowl recipe, which also helps to support your immunity.

A bowl of overnight oats with fresh fruit on top

Breakfast oatmeal cookies

These healthy breakfast cookies are easy to make and full of wholesome ingredients including fibre-packed oatmeal and fruit – ideal for a breakfast or a mid-morning snack. Enjoy with a warming pumpkin spice latte.

Cookies next to tea

Pumpkin muffins

Make your own pumpkin purée to combine with warming autumnal spices for these seasonal pumpkin muffins. Top with cream cheese frosting for a more indulgent breakfast.

Pumpkin muffins with icing on a board

Cinnamon, pecan and apple crumble bars

Usher in autumn with moreish, cinnamon-infused crumble bars swirled with seasonal apple compote and studded with crunchy pecans.

Cinnamon, pecan and apple crumble bars cut into rectangles

Healthy muffins

Bursting with banana and pineapple, and gently spiced with cardamom and cinnamon, these vegan crumble muffins make a great on-the-go breakfast. They're made with flaxseeds and wholemeal flour which is a higher fibre option compared to white flour.

Two muffins in cases with pineapple chunks

Healthy chia pudding

This creamy, lightly sweetened pud is surprisingly filling due to the soluble fibre in chia seeds – topped with quickly cooked apples, it’s a simple and healthy brekkie.

Cups of Chia Pudding Topped with Apple Chunks and Raisins

Mocha porridge

Morning porridge tastes so much more exciting when you add cocoa powder, espresso, almond milk, dates and cinnamon. The perfect vegan start to the day.

Two bowls of porridge with toppers on the side

Pear and blue cheese toasts

Seasonal pears team well with tangy blue cheese to make these deluxe sourdough toasties. Ideal for cosying down and munching on when it's wet and rainy outside.

Slices of rye sour dough topped with blue cheese, pear and salted butter honey on a board

Porridge loaf

Transform leftover porridge into this delicious, oaty loaf with a whipped honey and cinnamon butter to slather on generous slices fresh out of the oven.

Porridge loaf with some slices cut out of it

Cinnamon rolls

Sticky and sweet, cinnamon rolls are a Scandinavian favourite, served for breakfast or as a satisfying snack. Our step-by-step guide will help you make perfect treats for friends and family.

Tear-and-share cinnamon rolls with a cup of coffee

Protein porridge

Start the day with this healthy porridge. It’s high in protein and low in sugar – we used granola, banana, chocolate chips and seeds as toppings.

A bowl of porridge topped with banana, granola and chocolate chips, next to a coffee

Healthy banana pancakes

Those on a gluten-free diet don’t have to miss out on pancakes – try these deliciously fluffy and healthy banana pancakes, drizzled with maple syrup and topped with banana chunks.

Plate of pancakes with syrup and bananas

Pumpkin seed butter on rye

Pumpkin seed butter makes the perfect vegan toast topper for breakfast. Serve with apple and chia seeds for an energy boosting brekkie. Add date nectar for sweetness, or leave out for savoury toast toppings.

Pumpkin Seed on Rye Bread

Brown sugar breakfast cake

Start your day with a square of coffee-coloured yogurt sponge, topped with a swirl of brown sugar buttercream. This cake tastes even better the next day.

An iced sheet cake cut into squares with coffee on the side

Berry and nut butter porridge

Using frozen berries makes this an autumn-friendly brekkie. Packed with nuts, fruit and oats, this hearty porridge bowl is perfect for a post-workout breakfast.

Berry porridge with nut butter in two bowls

Banana and pumpkin seed muffins

Add some crunch to your morning muffin with our best ever banana and pumpkin seed muffin recipe. Packed with energy they are the perfect way to start the day.

Banana and pumpkin seed muffins

Savoury vegan crêpes

Pack crisp vegan crêpes with garlicky mushrooms for an easy plant-based brunch.

Vegan Crêpes with Mushrooms on a Plate

Kale smoothie

Try our health editor's vegan, four-ingredient green smoothie, packed with vitamins and nutrients including vitamin C.

A glass filled with green kale smoothie with a metal straw on an orange and pink background

Figs on toast with goat's yogurt labneh

Delicious and good for you... these easy figs on toast with labneh are simple and quick to make. This recipe is light yet creamy, and veggie-friendly. Ready in just 15 minutes these make for a mouth-watering breakfast, brunch or snack.

Fig Toast Recipe With Labneh

Mexican breakfast corn muffins

Check out our moist and cheesy corn muffins. Packed with Mexican flavours these easy muffins are ready in less than an hour and make a simple and healthy breakfast.

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Mexican Corn Muffins Recipe

Frozen berry smoothie

Keep frozen berries in your freezer? Try our super simple frozen berry smoothie recipe that's ready in just five minutes. This smoothie is ideal if you want an on-the-go breakfast.

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