Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        ***FILLING***
  6              large  ida red apples peeled -- cored and sliced~
     1/2           cup  light brown sugar -- (up to 3/4)
  3        tablespoons  flour
  1           teaspoon  cinnamon
     1/4      teaspoon  ground cloves
                        freshly grated nutmeg
  1 1/2           cups  dried cherries
  2        tablespoons  fresh squeezed lemon juice
  1 1/2      teaspoons  grated lemon peel
  3        tablespoons  unsalted butter -- cut into bits
                        ***BISCUIT TOPPING***
  2               cups  flour
  1         tablespoon  sugar
  2 1/2      teaspoons  baking powder
     1/2      teaspoon  baking soda
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
  4        tablespoons  cold unsalted butter -- cut into bits
  2        tablespoons  cold vegetable shortening -- cut into bits
  1                cup  heavy cream -- plus 2 tablespoons
                        cinnamon sugar -- for sprinkling

Preparation:

Heat oven to 375 degrees.. In a bowl, combine apples, sugar, flour, spices to taste, cherries, lemon juice and peel, and butter. Toss to mix; transfer to a buttered deep round baking dish. Into a bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Add butter and shortening and blend with your fingertips or pastry blender until it resembles coarse meal. Add 1 cup of the cream, stirring until dough forms a ball. Be careful not to overwork dough. On a lightly floured surface, turn out dough and pat into a 1/2-inch thick round. Use a 2 to 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter to stamp out rounds. Gather scraps into a round and stamp out more rounds. Arrange rounds, lightly touching one another, on top of apple filling so they form one continuous layer. Brush tops with remaining 2 tablespoons heavy cream and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar to taste. Bake cobbler in middle of oven 35 to 40 minutes, or until filling is bubbling and dough is pale golden.

Nutritional Information:

318 Calories (kcal); 13g Total Fat; (35% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 48g Carbohydrate; 42mg Cholesterol; 307mg Sodium