Cookie Countdown: November

Updated: November 26, 2018
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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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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Copycat Milano Cookies

Photo: Aaron Kirk; Prop Stylist: Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland; Food Stylist: Paige Grandjean  

For a cookie that’s sure to impress, look no further than our homemade take on the classic Milano cookie. These copycat cookies are crisp around the edges and slightly softer in the center than the store-bought variety, but we found them to be the perfect dunker for a cup of hot coffee or cold milk. Pro-tip: Use a microplane to shave the edges of the baked cookies (if needed) to shape or resize for perfect sandwiching. For other favorite filling flavors, be sure to try our takes on Mint Chocolate and Dulce De Leche Milano Cookies.


Copycat Milano Cookies Recipe

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Pumpkin-Orange Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Photo: Jessica Colyer

If you're a fan of pumpkin desserts, look no further than these festive cookies.


Pumpkin-Orange Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
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Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Photo: Zoë Engongoro; Styling: Emma Crist

A gooey skillet brownie topped with scoops of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with melted peanut butter and rich chocolate syrup– what could be better?


Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie 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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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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Chai Tea Eggnog Cookies

Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Caroline Murphey

The chai gives this cookie a kick while the eggnog topping shows a sweet side.


Chai Tea Eggnog 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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Louisiana Pecan Balls

Photo: Quentin Bacon
Every dessert tastes better when it's rolled in powdered sugar, and this easy cookie recipe is no exception. Peek in your pantry to find all the ingredients you'll need.
Louisiana Pecan Balls Recipe
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Ultimate M&M Cookies

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Feed your inner child (or your actual child) with these chewy-in-the-center, crispy-at-the-edges, candy-studded cookies.


Ultimate M&M Cookies Recipe

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Thin Mint Whoopie Pies

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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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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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Junk Food Cookie Bars

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The next time you're at the end of an exceptionally rough week, we'd definitely recommend whipping up a batch of these kitchen sink cookie bars. The perfect decadent balance of salty and sweet, these chewy treats are here to satisfy all junk food cravings. We loaded them up with peanut butter, chocolate chips, pretzels, Oreos, potato chips, and M&M’s, but feel free to experiment with swapping in some of your favorite snacks and flavors. 


Junk Food Cookie Bars Recipe

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Basic Vanilla Macarons

Photo: Beth Branch

They may be called "basic" and "vanilla", but there's nothing plain about this amazing treats.


Basic Vanilla Macarons Recipe

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Sheet Pan Oatmeal Toffee-Orange Cream Bars

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These toasty-sweet, sheet pan sandwich cookies are fantastic for potlucks or tailgates—heck, whip a batch up on the weekend and enjoy for after-school snacks or dessert throughout the week. Toffee bits and cinnamon kick up the flavor of a traditional oatmeal cookie, while adding fresh orange zest to the filling adds a special touch or bright flavor to these tasty bars. Be sure the cookie is completely cool (out of the pan) before cutting it, or it will crumble. And to ensure a smooth cut, you’ll want to chill the filled cookie really well before slicing into bars.


Sheet Pan Oatmeal Toffee-Orange Cream Bars Recipe
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S'mores Cookie Cake

Caitlin Bensel

This giant cookie is a sweet, indulgent treat that tastes like a traditional campfire s'more. The cookie base is soft and gooey when warm, but firms up after cooling. Bonus: Little kids will be spared a scorched marshmallow or burned fingers. 


S'mores Cookie Cake 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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Sugardoodle Cookies

Photo: Beth Branch

Girl Scout cookies are great, but these cookies are better! Tip: for consistent measurements when rounding and shaping your dough, use a mini ice cream scoop for the perfect size every time.


Sugardoodle Cookies Recipe
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Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Bars

Photo: Helen Dujardin; Styling: Kay Clarke

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Bars Recipe

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Triple Mint Cookies

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Mint lovers will fall head over heels for these rich, brownie-like cookies filled with chopped mint candies and topped with minty icing.


Triple Mint Cookies Recipe

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Tiny Cardamom Orange Cookies

Photo: Annabelle Breakey; Styling: Jeffrey Larsen

Hints of cardamom, orange, sesame, and pistachio provide a final Eastern Mediterranean flourish to the picnic. They're so small, you can eat them by the handful.

Picnic tip: Pack cookies in an airtight, crushproof container.


Tiny Cardamom Orange 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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Sparkling Ornament Cookies

Photo: Iain Bagwell; Food Styling: Torie Cox; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine

These richly colored vanilla and almond-flavored cookies are perfect for little hands--the more sprinkles, the better!


Sparkling Ornament Cookies Recipe

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Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Jan Gautro
Add some color to your cookie tray with these jam-filled thumbprints. This recipe could also be your healthy alternative for the next school party.
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
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Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Photo: Randy Dausch; Styling: Lindsey Lower

You probably have everything on hand to make these chewy, chocolaty peanut butter cookies. To fit the cookies on a single sheet pan, divide cookies into 5 rows of 4. Pressing the cookies flat helps them bake quickly and get lovely crisp edges; otherwise they'll be too round and undercooked.


Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip 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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Orange Sugar Cookies With Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting

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Orange zest lends a delicate floral, citrus flavor to this delightfully crisp and light shortbread cookies. Finished with a vibrant orange and cream cheese frosting, they’re the perfect treat to deliver a taste of sunshine on a chilly winter day.


Orange Sugar Cookies With Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting 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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White Chocolate-Tahini Cookies

Photo: Jennifer Causey; Styling: Lindsey Lower

The most magical part of these cookies is how quickly they disappear.


White Chocolate-Tahini Cookies Recipe

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Peppermint Molasses Cookies

Photo: James Carrier
Of the many cookies her grandmother made at Christmastime, these frosted molasses cookies were Cheryl Zakhar's favorite.
Peppermint Molasses Cookies Recipe
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