Ellie's Mohawk Cookies

Step 1: Pre-heat your oven to 350°f.

Step 2: In a bowl

Step 3: Sift all dry ingredients together flour, baking powder, salt and spices.

Step 4: In another large bowl

Step 5: Cream butter and brown sugar

Step 6: Add vanilla and eggs.

Step 7: Add apples(or other fruit )

Step 8: Alternate dry and buttermilk into wet ingredients.

Step 9: Turn out on to a floured surface bring together

Step 10: Without over kneading.

Step 11: Add flour while kneading if dough is sticky.

Step 12: Roll dough out

Step 13: To an inch thick.

Step 14: Use a cookie cutter to cut out

Step 15: And place on a parchment or silicon lined baking sheet.

Step 16: Bake 350°f

Step 17: For 12-15 minutes.

Step 18: Until bottoms begin to brown.

Step 19: When warm you can run them through th cinnamon sugar if you wish