This section is from the book "Fruits And Their Cookery", by Harriet S. Nelson. Also available from Amazon: Fruits and Their Cookery.
4 cupfuls pitted cherries.
4 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 cupfuls sugar.
1 teaspoonful vinegar.
1 teaspoonful salt.
1 tablespoonful butter.
3/4 cupful milk.
2 cupfuls flour.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt; add butter; mix until mealy; add milk. Put sugar, cherries and vinegar in bottom of buttered baking dish. Cover with flour mixture and steam forty-five minutes. Serve in dish in which it is cooked.
 
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