Best Easter Recipes. Celebrate with these springtime recipes, from traditional favourites to baked ham dinners and luscious lemon desserts.
Easter weekend is just around the corner once again. It’s a fabulous time to get together with loved ones and enjoy some delicious eats.
With plenty of springtime inspiration, Easter feels like it marks the welcome beginning of a new season. We like to celebrate with fresh ingredients, lighter desserts, beautiful brunches and family dinners.
This collection covers some of our most-requested and most popular Easter recipes, including several versions of Hot Cross Buns, lemon desserts, baked ham dinners, treats for the kids and brunch ideas.
We hope you enjoy the holiday with your friends and family – Happy Easter, everyone!
Best Easter Recipes
Not just for Easter Sunday, these delicious, fragrant, yeast raised sweet rolls have become a brunch staple year round at our house.
A quicker alternative to hot cross buns, especially if you love the flavour of molasses.
Juicy and tender with the easiest, tastiest, glaze ever. This tried and true recipe has been a traditional favourite in our family for many, many years.
A British Easter tradition. A light fruitcake with a layer of marzipan baked into the centre, then topped with a traditional marzipan decoration.
An easy version of lemon mousse comprised of lemon curd and whipped cream sits atop a light as air sponge cake and is then topped with more lemon curd, whipped cream and candied lemon peel.
A must for Good Friday! After years of experimenting I've perfected my homemade version of fish and chips that uses part rice flour in the batter recipe for guaranteed crunch.
Spain’s answer to French Toast, often served at Easter. The egg mixture used for soaking the bread is turned into a beautiful creme anglaise serving sauce. A decadent and delicious Easter brunch!
This incredibly delicious recipe for tender roast leg of lamb has a flavourful smoked paprika and garlic rub on the outside and a fragrant summer savory and onion stuffing inside. What an amazing idea for Easter dinner.
Our take on a classic French tarte au citron. A simple dessert for Easter that never goes out of style.
A delightfully easy ice cream treat for everyone. We've dressed these up for Easter but you can adapt the idea to any holiday or occasion, like birthday parties!
Parmesan Panko Crusted Rack of Lamb with Country Croutons and Rosemary Dijon Dressing; an indulgent Easter meal or a delicious romantic dinner for two.
An old family recipe much like panna cotta or blancmange but more mousse like in texture. Serve with whipped cream & berries or in a trifle, especially when using angel food cake.
Maryland meets Newfoundland in this indulgent version of Eggs Benedict, perfect for a celebration brunch or Good Friday.
A brilliant combination of a luscious, creamy cheesecake layer baked right on top of moist delicious carrot cake. Absolute genius!
Easy to prepare and provide a subtly flavoured, creamy, indulgent side dish for your Easter ham, lamb or practically any roast dinner.
A light, airy, pillowy soft baked pancake, that's perfect to make for Easter brunch served with your favourite fresh fruit.
A fantastically delicious and easy way to enjoy roast lamb with mint sauce. For special occasions like Easter, or for an amazing Sunday roast dinner any time of year.
Developed from an outstanding Red Velvet Cake recipe, this lemon cake is a perfectly moist and tender crumbed cake with a lemony buttercream frosting.
The lemon sage butter gets tucked under the skin of the bird to infuse its flavor directly into the meat while adding extra moisture to ensure a succulent, juicy turkey.
Marshmallow Cookie Bars. Easy to make in any flavour you like. The shortbread cookie bottom gets topped by a homemade marshmallow layer made from your favourite flavour of Jello!
With an easy to make, lemon glaze. Fragrant lemon and tart cranberry in every bite of these soft and tender scones. Perfect for afternoon tea or weekend brunch.
This collection was originally put together for Thanksgiving side dish ideas, but many of these delicious recipes will go well with your Easter dinner, too!
Another festive take on Hot Cross Buns. These festive sweet rolls are a fantastic addition to a Holiday brunch or even for gifting to friends and family.
A super easy mousse made from strawberries and marshmallows on a light as air sponge cake. A nice light celebration cake or the perfect end to a great meal.
Over 20 delicious recipes to make a fabulous addition to Easter dinner, like our signature English Roasted Potatoes.
A dense buttery pound cake packed with brilliantly coloured morsels of gumdrop candy. It's very popular during the Holidays or as a birthday cake here in Newfoundland.
A lemon lovers dream! It's a simple but delicious combination of sponge cake, lemon mousse, limoncello liqueur and whipped cream.
A very old traditional Newfoundland recipe made from hard tack and salt cod. It's still an incredibly popular dish year round as well as at the holidays like Easter, Good Friday and Christmas Eve.
Make the bread pudding the day before, slice and fry in butter the next day, then top it with a delicious mixed berry compote. Brunch decadence!
Another collection of fabulous scones for your Easter weekend. These Raspberry White Chocolate Scones are a particular favourite!
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