[header] How to make holiday fruit drop cookies [title] Place the brown sugar, shortening, buttermilk and eggs into a mixing bowl. [title] Mix the ingredients with a handheld mixer or with a stand mixer using a paddle attachment. [step] Set your mixer at medium speed. 
[title] Mix the flour, baking soda and kosher salt in another mixing bowl, whisking the ingredients so that they are well combined. [title] Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, continuing to beat the dough at medium speed.