1. Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This tube pan coffee cake gets a richer, softer texture from sour cream. Diced pecans add a little crunch to the coffee cake; the top is generously coated with cinnamon streusel. Garten drizzles a maple-flavored glaze over the top of the coffee cake for the finishing touch.

Bake it a day or two ahead to save time on Mother's Day breakfast. Keep the glaze in the fridge, separate from the finished coffee cake. When it's time to serve, just warm up a few slices in the toaster oven or microwave, and drizzle them with the glaze.

“That coffee cake is the very best! I've made it many times,” commented one Instagram user on Garten's post.

2. Bacon, Egg, & Cheddar Sandwich

A beginner-friendly breakfast sandwich is an easy choice for breakfast in bed on Mother's Day. This sandwich is stuffed with creamy scrambled eggs, fresh avocado, and thick slices of applewood smoked bacon. Chances are, it'll take you well under 30 minutes to prepare, which means it's great for making day-of.

If you're headed out to a picnic or Mother's Day excursion, these easy-to-eat sandwiches work well on the go, too. Pack them in paper bags and pop them in an insulated container to keep them hot.

3. Fresh Raspberry Mini Corn Muffins

“I can't write a cookbook about comfort food without including corn muffins; they're my guilty pleasure,” Garten said about this recipe. These bite-sized muffins will undoubtedly be the star of the brunch table. Made with cornmeal and fresh raspberries, those who have tried this recipe say that it's absolutely delicious.

To save time, Garten recommends making the batter the night before, storing it in the fridge, and then baking the muffins fresh the next day. The muffins only take 20 minutes of your Mother's Day morning to bake.

4. Easy Sticky Buns

Garten's Easy Sticky Buns recipe truly deserves its name. This beginner-friendly bake is easier to make than it looks, because Garten uses frozen puff pastry for the buns. Don't worry—your Mother's Day guests won't be able to tell the difference.

You'll roll the puff pastry into its signature cinnamon roll shape, filling it with a delightful cinnamon-sugar mixture as you go. The secret to these sticky buns is to bake them in muffin tins, with a mixture of butter, brown sugar, and pecans on the bottom. When you invert the tin after the buns are done baking, the glaze will drizzle over the pastries—transforming them from just ‘buns' to true ‘sticky buns.'

5. Spicy Bloody Marys

Is it really a Mother's Day brunch without a classic brunch cocktail? Garten's spicy bloody mary looks just as good as it tastes—it's also easy to serve up as a mocktail, if you prefer. Horseradish, yellow onion, Tabasco, and tomato juice are just a few of the aromatic ingredients that give this cocktail a fresh, savory flavor.

Serve your cocktail in a tall glass with ice cubes. Don't forget the garnish to complete your breakfast tray or brunch drinks station—Garten uses celery sticks to decorate her bloody mary glasses.