Make This Mother’s Day Breakfast for a Crowd With Minimal Stress

Puff pastry treats are best enjoyed with a knife and fork to capture the flakiness.
Make This Mother’s Day Breakfast for a Crowd With Minimal Stress
Puff pastry treats are best enjoyed with a knife and fork to capture the flakiness. JeanMarie Brownson/TCA
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On Mother’s Day, our family finds it preferable to gather at someone’s home rather than wait in line at a crowded restaurant. The challenge is that we’d all like easy preparations that deliver restaurant-quality flair.

This year, I’m using frozen puff pastry to make breakfast treats for a crowd with minimal stress. Made by layering butter between dough through a series of turns and flips, this pastry bakes into many flaky, buttery layers.

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JeanMarie Brownson
JeanMarie Brownson
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JeanMarie Brownson is a James Beard Award-winning author and the recipient of the IACP Cookbook Award for her latest cookbook, “Dinner at Home.” JeanMarie, a chef and authority on home cooking, Mexican cooking and specialty food, is one of the founding partners of Frontera Foods. She co-authored three cookbooks with chef Rick Bayless, including “Mexico: One Plate at a Time.” JeanMarie has enjoyed developing recipes and writing about food, travel and dining for more than four decades. ©2026 JeanMarie Brownson. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.