Description

Make it a special meal this summer by ending it with this special dessert. Serve it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

• Fruit filling:
• 2 cups fresh sweet cherries, pits removed
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• Topping:
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup brown rice flour *
• 1/4 cup tapioca starch *
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• * If you aren't in need of a gluten free recipe, simply substitute 3/4 cup total all purpose flour for the items marked with an *.
• You can also make this with canned cherries.

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place the cherries, sugar, and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, stirring frequently, for 12- 15 minutes, until the cherries have softened and the sugar water has thickened a bit. Remove from the heat and stir in the almond extract.
3. While the cherries are simmering, stir together the sugar and butter in a medium size bowl. Whisk the milk into the bowl with the sugar and butter, then add the flours and baking powder. Pour the batter into a 10" square or 6 cup casserole dish. Spoon the cherries across the batter and then drizzle with the syrupy water from the saucepan.