This is a decadent breakfast casserole that is perfect for a New Year's Day morning or to tuck away and save for Valentines Day!

      A Cherry Danish Casserole is perfect to eat this time of year because besides being delicious, it will use up any left over, day old rolls that you have after the holidays.  The colors are festive and the flavors are bright and cheery.  Best of all, you make it the night before, so in the morning you simply pop it in the oven and heat up your house while it bakes.  Then, simply mix up the simple cherry glaze and pour it over the top when it comes out of the oven.  
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     Those white cubes are chunks of cream cheese! If you are thinking YUM, you are correct! 

     I you don't want to pour on the glaze, you could make it a dipping sauce.  Other alternatives to the glaze are:

• maple syrup
• Sprinkle on powdered sugar
• whipped cream
• Chocolate sauce

I loved enhancing the flavor of the cherries with the glaze. It added to the ooey gooey goodness of the Cherry Danish appeal.
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      At our house, we served this casserole on Christmas morning.  I'm sure that it will be making a reappearance in the near future.  We served it with bacon and hot orange punch.  It was very
Christmasy and  was a hit with everyone! The bread soaked in the egg becomes a unctuous custard.   
 
        If you don't have left over dinner rolls, you can use croissants, which was how the original recipe I saw on DinnerthenDessert made it, or you can use another crusty bread.  I didn't have any croissants laying around, but I did have rolls and decided to try it.  I made the recipe larger to accommodate a larger family and used more cherries!  I also added the cherry glaze with the removed cherry sauce.   

     So, without further ado, here is the recipe that I used to make Cherry Danish Breakfast Casserole, I hope you give it a try and love it! Simply click on the recipe to print.
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     It is hard to believe that we have been blogging since 2014!  It all started with a single idea that we wanted to promote, The Original Hot Cocoa Bomb.  I know, I know, you've heard that others came up with the idea first, but that is water under the bridge now.  But, that idea is what propelled this 9 year project.  
     It has been so much fun over the years to share our ideas and to see which ones caught on in popularity.  We published our most popular posts in years past and I decided to do it again this year with a different twist.  Today I'm going to share our 5 most popular posts of 2023, and also 5 of our most popular posts of all time!  If you've missed seeing them, now is your chance to go back and check them out! 
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     I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that you are looking forward to the New Year with high hopes that it will be a good one for your families and friends.  Thank you for all of your support as we publish our little blog from our corner of the world.  We hope we can add new ideas and a bit of cheer and support to your lives!
      Much love, all of us at 3 Winks Design! 

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     One tradition that we have for Christmas Eve is to keep our meal simple.  We generally have a couple of kinds of soup.  I shared a post about this here.  Soup is such a warm hug type of food, or comfort food in other words.  

       Recently we had a women's Christmas Dinner and Program at our church.  I am on the planning committee for these activities and our committee decided to have a buffet of soups for the dinner.  If you haven't ever been to a soup buffet, I also wrote a post about that on this post.   We had about 9 different kinds of delicious soup and the night was wonderful! 

       My contribution to the buffer that night was two kinds of soup.  One was the ever popular Taco Soup, with toppings of tortilla chips, sour cream and cheese.  The other was this Salmon Shrimp Bisque that I came up with as an alternative to the much more expensive Lobster Bisque. 

        Whenever I come up with a new recipe and try it on people, I am always a nervous wreck.  What a relief when I discovered that this soup was practically all gone by the end of the night! Whew! 

        I actually made this soup in my Instant Pot.  I was able to sauté the veggies in it and then after everything was mixed together, I used the Instant Pot as a Crock Pot to simmer the soup in until it was time to serve it!  One pot equals less mess and I love that.  Not only that, with the lid on the Instant Pot, transporting the soup was an easy task. No spills! 

      If you don't have an Instant Pot, you can always use your Crock Pot and simply start the vegetables in a skillet on the stove. 

     I haven't decided if I'm going to make the switch from clam chowder this year and go with this bisque or stick with tradition.  My son is also doing a duck for Christmas Eve this year, so things are going to be a bit different than the norm.  That's okay though, as long as we keep the reason for the season in mind and spend it with as many loved ones as we can,  I know that it will be a great Christmas. 

     So, if you want to try this Salmon Shrimp Bisque for the holidays, or anytime, here is the recipe! Click on  it for the PDF. 
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     Mixes in a jar are great gifts during the holidays and I've shared a number of recipes for them lately, which I will list below.  I got to thinking about all of the recipes and realized that my SIL, who eats gluten-free,  wouldn't be able to enjoy any of those recipes.  So, I decided to come up with a way to put his favorite gluten-free treat into a jar so that he and people like him can enjoy a special edible gift just like everyone else!