Breakfast Charcuterie makes breakfast on Christmas morning a real treat with a selection of meats and pastries for all.
Breakfast Charcuterie
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Breakfast Charcuterie is my offering for today, consisting of several concept ideas and smaller recipes. At first I was going to do something else, but got an idea to do this on a lark.
Now I can’t recall what the first thing was going to be so I guess forgetting that one was a good thing. However.
Nobody will be forgetting this tasty display anytime soon. Especially because it is so easy. You will notice that I messed up on the topic a little bit- since I was putting my idea in place on my feet in the market. I spaced about it needing to be a cheese board and was just thinking charcuterie.
Although typically charcuterie is cold cuts and mostly pork. Well, I do have a bit of pork here, and even chocolate salami.
But a “little” short on cheese. And I actually was going to include some, but my eyes were bigger than my charcuterie tray as my mother would have said. Something had to give and it was the cheese.
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Breakfast Charcuterie
The ideas for breakfast charcuterie can be many. And you can certainly mix and match. Some things I made, other things I bought. I used easiest methods since there were many things to put together. The idea is not to work yourself to death. Do what you have time for.
Which I why I used some packaged dough (biscuits and crescents) to make those things super easy.
Recipes in this post:
- Tiny Cinnamon Rolls
- Buttermilk Biskettes
- Piglets in Blankets
- Brown Sugar Glazed Lit’l Smokies
Purchased items:
- Mini Donuts
- Mini Croissants
- Chocolate Salami
- Fresh Fruit
- Dried Fruit
- Bakery Churros
- Small Decorated Cookies
- Canadian Bacon
Simply Prepared:
- Bacon
- Sausage Links
- Hard Cooked Eggs
Other Ideas You Might Like:
- Mini Muffins
- Mini Quiche
- Chicken Nuggets on Biskettes with Hot Honey
- Chicken Nuggets on waffle sections with maple syrup
- Various Cheeses with Fruity crackers
- Bagels and Lox or Cream Cheese Schmear
- Small squares of coffee cake
- Baked Oatmeal Squares
- Toast with Peanut Butter
- Selections of Jams, Jellies, Preserves and Butter
- Rolled Omelet
- Homemade Poptarts
Which things can you think to add? Add your ideas below (in the comments) to help others!
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Breakfast Charcuterie

Breakfast Charcuterie
Ingredients
Tiny Cinnamon Rolls:
- 4- count package Pillsbury crescent roll dough
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-2 teaspoons milk
Piglets in Blankets:
- 4- count package Pillsbury crescent roll dough
- 8 Lit'l Smokies sausages
- 3 ounces cheddar cheese 3 rectangular snack squares, cut into thirds
Buttermilk Biskettes:
- 5- count package Pillsbury Grands biscuits
Brown Sugar Lit'l Smokies:
- 10 ounces Lit'l Smokies sausages
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
Simply Cooked Items:
- Bacon
- Sausage Links
- Hard-Cooked Eggs
Purchased Items:
- Mini Donuts
- Mini Croissants
- Chocolate Salami
- Fresh Fruit
- Dried Fruit
- Bakery Churros
- Small Decorated Cookies
- Canadian Bacon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
Purchased items:
- Arrange on a large tray. Feel free to put a napkin or paper towel under cut fruit.
- Add other items to the platter as they get ready.
Simply cooked items:
- Cook eggs and cool, fry bacon and breakfast sausages and keep warm.
- Peel eggs and halve those when cool.
Tiny cinnamon rolls:
- Separate dough into two halves that make two squares and pinch perforations back together.
- Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and roll up each square, pinching seams closed.
- Gently slice with a serrated knife into six rolls from each.
- Place in a small baking pan sprayed with baking spray.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
- Cool. While cooling, stir together an icing from the sugar, vanilla and milk.
- Drizzle over rolls.
Piglets in Blankets:
- Unroll crescent dough and separate into triangles.
- Cut dough in half to make more triangles.
- Place sausage and cheese on dough and roll up.
- Place in nonstick foil lined baking pan and bake 12-15 minutes or until golden.
- Don't bake them in the same pan with the cinnamon rolls or biskettes please.
Buttermilk Biskettes:
- Unroll biscuit dough and cut each biscuit into four pieces.
- Roll into a ball then flatten slightly.
- Place on a baking pan and bake 12-15 minutes or until golden.
Brown sugar lit'l smokies:
- Melt butter in a small skillet and add sausages.
- As they start to brown, sprinkle with sugar.
- Stir and continue to stir until they are nicely browned then removed from heat and plate.
Notes
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This is just stunning – I can only imagine how happy anyone would be to wake up to this spread! I love the idea of this for Christmas morning grazing!
Such a fun idea for a holiday breakfast or brunch, Sue! Love it!
What a fun charcuterie tray. Very festive Sue.
This is the coolest breakfast platter I have ever seen, Sue. Seriously. I love it. Thanks for joining in the fun and games.