Cookie Countdown: November

October 16, 2019
Photo: Antonis Achilles; Food Styling: Tina Bell Stamos and Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland
We're celebrating every day of November this year with a new cookie. WIth favorites like sugar and oatmeal cookies, you're bound to 'fall' for your new favorite cookie this autumn! Gear up for the holiday season and satisfy that sweet tooth with these fantastic cookie recipes that are great to share with friends and family.
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Sugar Cookie Mittens

Gooseberry Patch

Cozy up with these fun and festive Sugar Cookie Mittens for the holiday season. Pour a glass of milk, pull up a seat by the fire, and prepare to indulge in a fabulous sweet treat.


Sugar Cookie Mittens Recipe
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The Ultimate Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookie

Sara Tane

Everybody needs a go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe, and this is the one that you can rely on, time after time. Topped with flaky sea salt and bursting with bittersweet chocolate chunks, this sweet treat is not for the faint of heart.


The Ultimate Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookie Recipe

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Chocolate Cookie Cups with Caramel Filling

Photo: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Holiday cookie baking can be impressive without being stressful. Make this easy cookie dough and store it in the fridge up to two days before you need to bake these fantastic filled cookies. What's great about this recipe is that you'll stand apart at the annual cookie exchange. Not only are your cookies a different shape, but they are filled with ooey-gooey caramel and topped with a crunchy pecan and a little sea salt for the perfect mix of sweet and salty. 


Chocolate Cookie Cups with Caramel Filling Recipe
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White Chocolate OREO Cookie Balls

Photo: Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Margaret Dickey; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck

White Chocolate OREO Cookie Balls Recipe

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Almond Joy Cookies

Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall and Kady Wohlfarth; Prop Styling: Kay Clarke

Inspired by the favorite almond, coconut, and chocolate candy bar, these loaded Almond Joy Cookies are sure to steal the show on any holiday cookie platter or cookie swap they show up at.  


Almond Joy Cookies Recipe

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Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross
Dark brown sugar adds rich caramel notes to these cookies; turbinado sugar provides crunch.
Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread Recipe
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Acorns

Photo: Kat Teutsch; Styling: Jerrie-Joy for Pat Bates and Associates

Creating these chocolate "nuts" couldn't be easier; it's a great assembly-line project for kids (though we can't promise they won't sneak a little chocolate!).


Chocolate-Peanut Butter Acorns Recipe

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Autumn Cake Balls

Oxmoor House
Try your hand at homemade cake balls with these bite-sized treats.  They feature iconic autumn designs like leaves, acorns, and pumpkins.
Autumn Cake Balls Recipe

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Pumpkin Cutout Cookies

Photo: Hector Sanchez; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller    

Bake the cookies up to five days ahead, and store in an airtight container. To make our wind cookies and leaf cookies, we used round cutters and swirly piping to represent the wind, and various sizes of leaf-shaped cutters for fluttering foliage


Pumpkin Cutout Cookies Recipe
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Peppermint Bonbon Cookies

Oxmoor House
Here's a decadent holiday combination--soft and chewy chocolate on the inside with a little peppermint candy crunch on top. These gems are great plain or we offer a double glaze option, too.
Peppermint Bonbon Cookies Recipe

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Basic Vanilla Macarons

Photo: Beth Branch

To make these light Meringue cookies, gently fold the almond flour mixture into the egg whites, but be careful not to overmix. The end result is a light and fluffy vanilla treat.


Basic Vanilla Macarons Recipe

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Flourless Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Jamie Vespa

These flourless cookies are a dream if you're going gluten-free, especially with the perfect pairing of peanut butter and chocolate.


Flourless Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
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Chocolate-Chip-Pecan Cookie Bars

Photo: Con Poulos
Feel free to swap walnuts or almonds for the pecans, or use half nuts and half dried cranberries for tart, chewy bars.
Chocolate-Chip-Pecan Cookie Bars Recipe

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Marbled Sugar Cookies

Photo: Kat Teutsch; Styling: Jerrie-Joy for Pat Bates and Associates

Beautiful Marbled Sugar Cookies will make a festive addition to your fall table. 


Marbled Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

Photo: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Torie Cox

If you love to bake cookies and bars during Christmas, you will certainly add this recipe to your lineup of favorite holiday desserts to share with friends and family. The sugar cookie dough gets a double dose of chocolate from both melted chocolate chips and cocoa, as well as a pop of flavor from cinnamon and a touch of cayenne pepper. Add a broiled marshmallow on top and you’ll have a mug of hot chocolate in the form of a cookie.


Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies Recipe
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Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Coffee Glaze

Photo: Darcy Lenz

Full of warming fall flavors, these fluffy Pumpkin Spice Cookies are just about the perfect after-dinner treat to pair with a cup of coffee. After all, they’re basically everyone’s favorite seasonal latte delivered in cookie form. 


Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Coffee Glaze Recipe

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Hello Dolly Bars

Photo: Oxmoor House
These bar cookies are also known as seven-layer bars. They take less than 30 minutes to make and call for just 8 ingredients, making Hello Dolly Bars the perfect dessert for taking along, well, just about anywhere!
Hello Dolly Bars Recipe

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Chocolate Ganache Sandwiches

Photo: Melanie Acevedo
The only cooking involved in these easy 3-ingredient sandwich cookies is heating  the chocolate chips and cream in a saucepan.
Chocolate Ganache Sandwiches Recipe
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Spritz Cookies

Photo: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Linda Hirst 
No holiday dessert table is complete without Spritz Cookies. For truly authentic Spritz Cookies, be sure to invest in a cookie press to get that oh-so-perfect shape.
Spritz Cookies Recipe

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Gingerbread Critter Cookies

Photo: Kat Teutsch; Styling: Jerrie-Joy for Pat Bates and Associates

Adorable squirrel-shaped cookies make a fun addition to your autumn table. 


Gingerbread Critter Cookies Recipe

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Candy Cane Thumbprints

Photo: Gooseberry Patch

Celebrate the season with these festive Candy Cane Thumbprint cookies.


Candy Cane Thumbprints Recipe
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Thin Mint Whoopie Pies

Time Inc. Video Studio

Inspired by the favorite Girl Scout Cookie, these mint-chocolate whoopie pies are a Thin Mint lover’s dream. The addition of crushed Thin Mints to the soft and fluffy dessert sandwiches delivers the perfect element of crunch. In other words, here’s yet another fine reason to fully stock your freezer with these iconic Girl Scout Cookies this season.   


Thin Mint Whoopie Pies Recipe

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The Ultimate S’mores Cookie

Time Inc. Video Studios

These cookies taste just like a s'more, no campfire required. The graham crackers really come through in the cookie, while the melty chocolate melds with toasted marshmallow during the baking process. 


The Ultimate S’mores Cookie Recipe

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Chocolate Crackle Cookies


Chocolate Crackle Cookies Recipe
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Cinnamon-Almond Cookies

Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross
These delicately spiced shape-and-bake cookies are crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside. Store extra cookies in an airtight container.
Cinnamon-Almond Cookies Recipe

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Stacked Snowman Cookies

Photo: Jonny Valiant; Styling: Blake Ramsey Murray

Kids will love helping to frost and deliver these stackable snowman cookies!


Stacked Snowman Cookies Recipe

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Pecan-Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle

Oxmoor House
This recipe is called "brittle" because it's a big slab of crisp chocolate chip cookie that you break into irregular pieces after it bakes. Package in a cookie jar or in a decorative tin for a festive and sweet twist on chocolate chip cookies.
Pecan-Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle Recipe
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No-Bake Dark Chocolate Granola Cookies

Traditional no-bake cookies get a flavor makeover with the addition of granola and dark chocolate cocoa powder.
No-Bake Dark Chocolate Granola Cookies Recipe

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Christmas Cutout Cookies

Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall and Kady Wohlfarth; Prop Styling: Kay Clarke

This is the perfect sugar cookie recipe for holiday baking; it's easy to make and a great way to get kids involved in the fun.


Christmas Cutout Cookies Recipe

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Iced Shortbread Cookies

Photo: Antonis Achilles; Food Styling: Tina Bell Stamos and Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland

These are perfect for the holidays because they are so versatile and make for a fun project with kids. 


Iced Shortbread Cookies Recipe
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