From The Modern Family Cookbook

½ cup sugar
1¼ cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 No. 2 can or 4 cups fresh sour red cherries
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder, see p. 122
3 tablespoons shortening
â…“ cup milk

Blend sugar and ¼ cup of the flour together, add juice from canned cherries and cook over direct heat, stirring constantly until thickened. Add cherries and turn into a baking dish. If fresh cherries are used, increase sugar to 1 cup. Pit cherries, put in baking dish and sprinkle with a mixture of the sugar and ¼ cup of the flour. Sift remaining flour 3 times with salt and baking powder. Cut in shortening. Add milk all at once and stir until dough stiffens slightly, then turn out on floured board and knead 3 or 4 times. Roll ¼-inch thick and cut in ¼ -inch strips. Arrange strips lattice fashion over cherries. Bake in a moderately hot oven (425° F.) For 15 to 20 minutes or until crust is nicely browned. Canned cherries will now be done. Continue baking the fresh cherry cobbler 10 to 15 minutes longer, reducing the heat to moderately slow (325° F.). Serve warm.

Variation: Plain pastry instead of the biscuit dough may be used to cover the cobbler