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Cookie Countdown: November

October 16, 2019
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Credit: 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

Credit: 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

Credit: 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

Credit: 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. 


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White Chocolate OREO Cookie Balls

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

White Chocolate OREO Cookie Balls Recipe

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Almond Joy Cookies

Credit: 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

Credit: 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

Credit: 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!).


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Autumn Cake Balls

Credit: 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

Credit: 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


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Peppermint Bonbon Cookies

Credit: 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.
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Basic Vanilla Macarons

Credit: 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.


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Flourless Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Credit: Jamie Vespa

These flourless cookies are a dream if you're going gluten-free, especially with the perfect pairing of peanut butter and chocolate. Our readers can't get enough of this easy recipe: "These are awesome," says one 5-star review. "So yummy and really easy to make!" Hungry for more? Check out How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies Chewy, Gooey, Crunchy, or Cakey next. 

 


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Chocolate-Chip-Pecan Cookie Bars

Credit: 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.
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Marbled Sugar Cookies

Credit: 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

Credit: 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.


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Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Coffee Glaze

Credit: 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. 


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Hello Dolly Bars

Credit: 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!
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Chocolate Ganache Sandwiches

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

Credit: 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.
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Gingerbread Critter Cookies

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

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


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Candy Cane Thumbprints

Credit: Photo: Gooseberry Patch

Celebrate the season with these festive Candy Cane Thumbprint cookies.


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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.   


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The Ultimate S’mores Cookie

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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. 


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Chocolate Crackle Cookies


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Cinnamon-Almond Cookies

Credit: 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.
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Stacked Snowman Cookies

Credit: 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

Credit: 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.
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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

Credit: 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.


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Iced Shortbread Cookies

Credit: 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. 


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    1 of 30 Sugar Cookie Mittens
    2 of 30 The Ultimate Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookie
    3 of 30 Chocolate Cookie Cups with Caramel Filling
    4 of 30 White Chocolate OREO Cookie Balls
    5 of 30 Almond Joy Cookies
    6 of 30 Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread
    7 of 30 Chocolate-Peanut Butter Acorns
    8 of 30 Autumn Cake Balls
    9 of 30 Pumpkin Cutout Cookies
    10 of 30 Peppermint Bonbon Cookies
    11 of 30 Basic Vanilla Macarons
    12 of 30 Flourless Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies
    13 of 30 Chocolate-Chip-Pecan Cookie Bars
    14 of 30 Marbled Sugar Cookies
    15 of 30 Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
    16 of 30 Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Coffee Glaze
    17 of 30 Hello Dolly Bars
    18 of 30 Chocolate Ganache Sandwiches
    19 of 30 Spritz Cookies
    20 of 30 Gingerbread Critter Cookies
    21 of 30 Candy Cane Thumbprints
    22 of 30 Thin Mint Whoopie Pies
    23 of 30 The Ultimate S’mores Cookie
    24 of 30 Chocolate Crackle Cookies
    25 of 30 Cinnamon-Almond Cookies
    26 of 30 Stacked Snowman Cookies
    27 of 30 Pecan-Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle
    28 of 30 No-Bake Dark Chocolate Granola Cookies
    29 of 30 Christmas Cutout Cookies
    30 of 30 Iced Shortbread Cookies

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