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This collection of 30 irresistible Fall Cookie Recipes features pumpkin, pecans, chocolate chips, and warming spices. From classic iced oatmeal cookies to festive fall holiday sugar cookies, find your new autumn baking favorite!

A black plate filled with maple leaf-shaped sugar cookies sits on a white surface, next to a wooden spatula, an orange checkered cloth, and a white jar—perfect inspiration for your fall cookie recipes.


 

🍁 Whether you’re looking for chewy pumpkin cookies to bring to a harvest party or classic sugar cookies with a seasonal twist, this collection has something for every autumn craving!

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Line Your Baking Sheets: Use parchment paper or silicone mats on your baking sheets to ensure even baking and easy cleanup. It’s very helpful when you’re making a bunch of cookies at once like for a party or bake sale!

Room Temperature Ingredients: Unless a recipe specifies something different, let your butter, eggs, and dairy ingredients come to room temperature for about 30 minutes before you start. This creates smoother cookie dough that bakes more evenly.

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Maybe your idea of fall flavors are different, or maybe we share some overlapping, but my must-have fall flavors include pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, maple, caramel, and all the nuts!

Switching out seasonal foods is one of the things I love most about cooking – it’s never a boring week in the kitchen!

My Favorite Fall Cookies

1
Cake Mix Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe.
Cake Mix Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Quick and easy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies made with only 4 ingredients including a cake mix.
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a stack of thin lightly golden cookies
Grandma’s Slice-n-Bake Cookies
These rich and buttery slice and bake cookies are super easy to make — just put the dough together, slice it, and bake it!
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honey pecan sliced cookies stacked on a round plate.
Honey Pecan Slice-and-Bake Cookies
Honey Pecan Slice-and-Bake Cookies are easy to make with honey, pecans, and butter. Just roll, slice, bake and enjoy!
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Chewy and decadent, Extra Soft Snickerdoodle Cookies are sweet and buttery with a lovely kick of warmth from the cinnamon-sugar coating.
Soft Snickerdoodle Cookies
Chewy and extra Soft Snickerdoodle Cookies are sweet and buttery with a lovely kick of warmth from the cinnamon-sugar coating.
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top view - christmas setting on wooden block with egg nog and traditional tan looking pecan sandies cookies on a white plate
Pecan Sandies
This pecan sandies cookie recipe makes tender shortbread cookies fill with lots of pecan bits. It’s buttery and just the right amount of sweet and the texture is my favorite. 
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a pile of pumpkin cookies with autumn sprinkles on a round white plate.
Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Sprinkles
These soft pumpkin cookies are delightfully fluffy and perfectly spiced, topped with colorful sprinkles for a festive touch!
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7
pumpkin spice spritz cookies in a bowl
Pumpkin Pie Spritz Cookies
Pumpkin pie spice spritz cookies are small and crunchy cookies that have the warm spices of pumpkin pie mixed with a little bit of sweetness!
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8
Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies cooling on a round wire rack. A few cookies are placed on a scalloped white plate below. A black and white checkered cloth is underneath, and a coffee cup is partially visible to the side.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
These soft and chewy cookies are packed with rich chocolate chips and gooey caramel bits, making them a perfect treat for any occasion!
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Applesauce Cookies Recipe
Healthy Applesauce Cookies
Healthy Applesauce Cookies are the perfect breakfast for a busy morning. They are delicious and so easy to make your kids can help with them in the kitchen. 
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10
golden top and bottom with cinnamon speckled cream filling two whoopee pies stacked on top of each other
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with a Whipped Cinnamon Filling
Brace yourselves for bites of heaven — these pumpkin whoopie pies with whipped cinnamon filling are the perfectly sweet and soft, cream-filled cookie sandwiches you need this fall… and probably year-round, too.
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11
rugelach cookies on a large round plate, which look like stuffed and gooey rustic croissants
Rugelach Cookie Recipe
Rugelach is a cookie made with a tender pastry dough made with cream cheese and then spread with jam, nuts, and cinnamon and then rolled into a crescent and  baked. They are sweet, tender, and the dough reminds me of a really good pie crust.
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12
maple leaf shaped maple sugar cookies on a round black plate.
Maple Sugar Cookies
This Maple Sugar Cookie recipe, made with real maple syrup, is the perfect sweet treat for any time of year! These easy cookies are a wonderful snack.
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13
stack of sugar cookie bars
Sugar Cookie Bars
Are you craving a treat that's both easy to make and irresistibly tasty? Look no further than Sugar cookie bars! These delightful treats are a fun twist on the classic sugar cookie, and they're perfect for any occasion.
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14
My Favorite Frosting for Sugar Cookies
My favorite frosting is buttery, creamy, and fluffy to ice your favorite sugar cookies or any other dessert that calls for simple icing.
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15
halloween decorated monster iced sugar cookies
Halloween Sugar Cookies
These Halloween Sugar Cookies are such an easy Halloween food idea! As a lover of sweets, I’m of the firm belief that sugar cookies aren’t just for Christmas, and candy isn’t just for Halloween! Celebrate this fun (and sometimes spooky) holiday by baking a big batch of these festive sugar cookies with your loved ones this Halloween season!
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16
dark chocolate Halloween M&M cookies on cooling rack
Dark Chocolate Halloween M&M Cookies
Dark Chocolate Halloween M&M Cookies are festive and so quick and easy to whip up! Add them to the list of things you make in October to celebrate all month long. 
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17
A batch of monster cookie bars topped with colorful candy-coated chocolates, cut into squares on parchment paper, with a large knife next to them on a wooden surface.
Monster Cookie Bars
These easy Monster Cookie Bars combine creamy peanut butter, old-fashioned oats, chocolate chips, and colorful M&Ms in one delicious sheet pan dessert. Naturally gluten-free and perfect for feeding a crowd!
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18
top view of molasses cookies stacked on a plate
Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies
This easy recipe for Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies is a favorite. Soft, chewy, lightly spiced cookies that are perfect for gift giving and holiday baking.
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19
cinnamon chip oatmeal cookie recipe.
Oatmeal Cookies with Cinnamon Chips
Oatmeal Cookies with Cinnamon Chips are soft with just a little crisp around the edges and those cinnamon chips are delicious. Tried, true, and perfect!
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A stack of gingerbread cookies topped with white icing, next to cinnamon sticks. A partially visible plate of more cookies is in the background, along with a bottle of milk and a patterned cloth.
Iced Gingerbread Cookies
Iced gingerbread cookies are the perfect festive treat for any occasion! With a warm, decadent, chewy center, these cookies are guaranteed to be a hit with any crowd.
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21
A plate of ginger molasses sandwich cookies with a creamy filling, stacked on a wooden table. The cookies are sprinkled with sugar, and a baking tray is visible in the background.
Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies
When it comes to holiday baking, few treats represent the cozy, spiced flavors of the season quite like gingerbread sandwich cookies. These delectable cookies feature soft gingerbread rounds paired with a fluffy marshmallow filling, making them perfect for sharing or savoring with a glass of milk.
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22
scene with ginger snap cookies on a rack and also piled on a plate with milk and festive napkins
Thin and Crispy Gingersnap Cookies
These thin and crispy gingersnaps cookies are just like your favorite ones from the store. They are spiced to perfection and bordering on spicy, crisp, and full of flavor. You will love these!
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23
These old fashioned iced oatmeal cookies have a lovely balance of warm spices, milky sweetness, and oatmeal earthiness.
Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies
These old fashioned iced oatmeal cookies have a lovely balance of warm spices, milky sweetness, and oatmeal earthiness.
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24
close up of the cookie-frosting-cookie view from a bread pan stacked with oatmeal cream pies
Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies
Amazingly rich and fun homemade oatmeal cream pies made from a homemade cookies and a marshmallow fluff filling for an easy and delish dessert!
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25
A plate piled with freshly baked chocolate chip walnut cookie recipe showing cookies sitting on a white cloth. More cookies are visible in a baking tray in the background. The cookies, based on the perfect recipe, are golden brown with visible chunks of chocolate and nuts.
Best Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie Recipe
This chocolate chip walnut cookie recipe brings together buttery cookie dough, melty chocolate chips, and perfectly toasted walnuts for that ideal balance of chewy and crunchy.
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26
Close-up of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies on a baking sheet. The cookies are golden brown, with visible chocolate chips, and sprinkled with sea salt, resting on a beige silicone baking mat.
Salty Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
This salty chocolate chip cookie recipe has a rich, nutty flavor from browned butter with a chewy center and crisp, golden edges. The addition of walnuts and a sprinkle of coarse salt make these cookies an irresistible treat!
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27
two peanut butter nutella cookies on a plate with the rest on a cooling rack behind
Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies
Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies are rich, sweet, slightly salty flavors and sure to become a favorite treat for anyone with a sweet tooth.
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smores cookie bars cut into squares and on a white plate.
S’mores Cookie Bars
No need to light a campfire for these soft, gooey and yummy S’mores Cookie Bars. All the goodness of a classic s’more without the mess and cleanup!
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Rich and decadent Peanut Butter S'mores Bars made with a simple cookie-dough-graham-cracker crust, peanut butter, chocolate, and marshmallow creme.
Peanut Butter S’mores Bars
Rich and decadent Peanut Butter S'mores Bars made with a simple cookie-dough-graham-cracker crust, peanut butter, chocolate, and marshmallow.
 
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square portions of nutella s'mores bars.
Nutella S’mores Bars
Nutella S’mores Bars that are made with graham crackers, marshmallow fluff and of course Nutella!
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