Fruit Filling

I hear it all the time – people, especially those new to a gluten free diet, tell me how difficult it is to cook and bake gluten free; the ingredients are hard to find, they are expensive, they can’t be found in the regular grocery store…

I understand that there can be challenges to baking gluten free, trust me; I have had to face my fair share of challenges over the past 18 years of creating gluten free recipes. But it does not have to be hard, expensive and inconvenient. To prove this I gave myself a little challenge. I decided to bake a dessert that could be taken to a bake sale, a cookie swap or served to friends with tea or coffee and to use ingredients I bought entirely at my local grocery store.

I don’t live in a big city and I certainly don’t live in a progressive city – I think my grocery store is probably pretty average in terms of what gluten free items are available. But I will say this –