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As the air gets crisper and the days get shorter, it can only mean one thing: Baking season is here! So, get out your favorite mixing bowls and cookie sheets because these fall cookie recipes are calling your name. Whether you simply want to add some new fall desserts to the mix or you want to plan ahead for an easy Thanksgiving treat, these seasonal cookies are just the thing to make your home smell warm and sweet.
If you love to fill your home with the smell of pumpkin-scented candles, just wait until you bake up a batch of the pumpkin sugar cookies or pumpkin snickerdoodles instead—they're the real deal! Or give other seasonal flavors a try, like apple-cinnamon cookies, gingersnaps perfumed with warm spices, or salted caramel treats. There are even some football-shaped cookies that are perfect for a fall tailgate or bake sale.
If you're new to baking, don’t worry. There are plenty of easy fall cookies like peanut butter cookies or iced oatmeal cookies. From there, you may feel like branching out to practice your decorating skills. Grab a pastry bag and try Ree Drummond's cowboy boot gingerbread cookies or the spiced cut-out cookies that look like pumpkins. You can also use that extra candy to make Halloween desserts like candy corn cookies to sweeten the season even more. Happy baking!
Gingersnaps
Nothing tastes cozier than the combo of rich molasses and a warm mix of spices. These bake up chewy and slightly crisp around the edges, but the best part may just be the sparkling sugar top.
Get Ree's Gingersnaps recipe.
Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Cookies
Take homey oatmeal cookies to the next level with tart dried cranberries and vibrant orange zest. A drizzle of white chocolate makes them even more special.
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Carrot Cake Cookies
Fall calls for warm spices like cinnamon and ginger and so does carrot cake! Make these mini cookie versions, top them with cream cheese frosting, and watch them disappear.
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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
It's hard to get better than spiced, cake-like pumpkin cookies come fall. But you can if you sandwich sweet marshmallow frosting in between them!
Get Ree's Pumpkin Whoopie Pies recipe.
Fig Bars
Remember these fig bars from when you were a kid? Well, now you can make them from scratch with a tender whole wheat cookie dough crust and an easy fig filling.
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Caramel Apple Cookies
Granny Smith apples and warm spices? Yes, please! These cookies are loaded with tasty mix-ins like dried apple chips that make them perfect for fall.
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Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Give your sugar cookies an autumnal makeover by adding pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin puree to the dough. Then, top it off with a layer of pumpkin-flavored icing.
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Brown Sugar Oatmeal Cookies
These oatmeal cookies are chewy, sweet, and "magical," Ree says. You can serve them up with a glass of milk or even use them to make ice cream sandwiches!
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Candy Corn Cookies
This might just be the easiest Halloween cookie around. The base is a simple white chocolate chip cookie, then you just top it off with candy corn for added color and sweetness.
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Cinnamon Roll Cookies
These adorable cookies looks just like cinnamon rolls and taste like the, too! They even have the cinnamon swirl and sweet glaze to drizzle on top.
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Football Cookies
Fall isn't just baking season, it's also football season. So why not combine the two for your Friday Night Lights. They'll be the winner of the game!
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Yes, you can make this nostalgic lunchbox treat at home—and they're so good! They're meltingly soft, full of spice, and topped with a lusciously sweet and simple glaze.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
The combination of warm, spiced pumpkin and melty chocolate chips makes these cookies the ultimate fall comfort food. They'll be your new favorite for the season!
Apple Pie Cookies
These cookies are like adorable mini apple pies. You'll make the apple pie filling from scratch but the pie dough can simply be the store-bought kind.
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Peanut Butter Cookie
Remember this simple cookie as a kid? To get that classic crosshatch, we like to use a potato masher for the crisscross pattern.
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Millionaire's Shortbread
Take shortbread cookies up a notch by adding two dreamy layers of caramel and chocolate! The flaky sea salt helps to balance out the sweetness.
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Snickerdoodle Bars
These bar cookies are a fun twist on classic snickerdoodles! They still have the cinnamon-sugar topping and chewy texture just in a pretty diamond shape.
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Carmelitas
This recipe starts off with a simple oat-filled cookie dough, but it gets even more decadent from there. The chewy caramel, crunchy pecans, and chocolate chips make it a chewy treat for all ages.
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Espresso Biscotti
These crunchy golden cookies are made with espresso powder for a bold coffee flavor. You'll want to pour yourself a pumpkin spice latte to dip them in!
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Breakfast Cookies
Fuel up for a day of leaf peeping or apple picking with these wholesome breakfast cookies. They're chock full of oats, cinnamon, pumpkin seeds, and dried fruit.
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