Easy Autumn Cookie Recipes
35+ of The Best Autumn Cookie Recipes
Autumn (or Fall) is the best time of year for beautiful baking! Thatโs why you will love these easy Autumn cookie recipes. They are perfectly themed for Autumn and Winter, with flavours like chocolate, hazelnut, pumpkin, salted caramel, Nutella, and more. These are some of the best Autumn cookie recipes from the Internetโs best bakers!
Best Chocolate Cookies
Chocolate Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies
For these chocolate hazelnut cookies you can make your own hazelnut flour! Just blend them up into a fine powder. For best results use cooking chocolate over eating chocolate. They are equally as delicious as they are beautiful.
Turtle Cookies
For these turtle cookies the recipe calls for all purpose flour aka plain flour, but you can sub cake flour (or self raising flour) if you enjoy an extra tender result. Make sure you donโt use too much though because then they wonโt spread.
Chocolate Cookies Filled With Cookie Dough
Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches filled with raw cookie dough are the best Autumnal cookies ever. The raw dough filling does not use egg so itโs edible. They take 20 minutes to prep and 9 minutes to bake resulting in 12-14 sandwich pies.
Rocky Road
If you adore rocky road, this Autumn dessert cookie is really going to impress you. These treats are great for the whole family and even parties or bake sales (because thereโs plenty of those in Autumn!). Theyโre easy to prepare, made with boxed cake mix, and smothered in melty marshmallows.
Salted White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Salted White Chocolate Chip Cookies are so scrumptious. You can have them after dinner, take them to bake sales, bring to cookie swaps, or give them as an edible gift. Important ingredients include unsalted butter, brown sugar, chocolate chips, and coarse salt for sprinkling on top.
Brookies
Brookies are the best for Autumn because theyโre made from scratch and light and fluffy. All you need is white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, eggs, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, corn starch, and butter! Yum.
Chocolate Chip Whoopie Pies
You will love these chocolate chip Whoopie pies because they are more than just a cookie. They are a sandwich cookie filled with yummy frosting. Nevertheless they are still a simple dessert made with everyday ingredients. Make sure you get your cookie scoop, piping bags, and tip.
Rolo Cake Mix Cookies
If you love Rolo candies you will adore this dessert. The author recommends using parchment paper on the baking sheet to prevent sticking. After you bake them add the candies quickly (and carefully) so they melt just the right amount.
Nutellotti Nutella Filling Cookies
How gorgeous are these Nutellotti soft nutella cookies? They are essentially an Italian thumbprint cookie stuffed with Nutella filling. All you need for the scrumptious filling is Nutella, butter, powdered sugar, and heavy cream.
Best Pumpkin Flavoured Cookies
Pumpkin Sโmores Cookies
Thick, chewy and packed with melty chocolate, gooey marshmallows and crunchy biscuits, these Pumpkin Sโmores Cookies are the ultimate autumn bake. Theyโre basically campfire sโmores in cookie form with a pumpkin spice twist.
Pumpkin tiramisu cookies
If you love tiramisu and canโt resist a soft, spiced autumn bake, these Pumpkin Tiramisu Cookies are about to become your new favourite treat. Theyโre thick, chewy cookies made with pumpkin purรฉe and a touch of espresso, then topped with a creamy mascarpone frosting and dusting of cocoa for that classic tiramisu finish. Itโs like your favourite Italian dessert met pumpkin season โ and the results are divine.
Maple Glazed Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Who doesnโt love sugar cookies? Theyโre like a blank slate for desserts. You can add anything into them or on top. Like these maple glazed pumpkin ones with warming spices and shortening instead of butter to reduce the spreading of the cookie while baking.
Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies
I love snickerdoodles with a perfect combination of cinnamon and sugar then you add pumpkin in the mix and I am in heaven. Plus this recipe browns the butter which is next-level tasty. No mixer or dough chilling is needed either.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cookies
Letโs normalize eating pumpkin flavoured desserts all year round! I thought the combination of pumpkin and maple was peak Autumn until I tasted pumpkin and cream cheese cookies! Itโs utterly the best, especially with a cup of coffee and a book.
Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Cookies
Cookies for breakfast? Iโm in! These cookies are chock full of Autumn flavours like pumpkin pie, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Not to mention oats, pecans, pumpkin and carrots for a hearty and healthy dessert you can snack on in the morning, noon or night.
Pumpkin Dulce De Leche Nutella Cookies
Pumpkin Dulce de Leche Nutella Cookies are perfect for a crowd. What is dulce de leche anyhow? This caramelised milk syrup originates from Latin America and is created by slowly heating sugar and milk over multiple hours. Itโs absolutely mouth-watering in treats and desserts.
Pumpkin Kitchen Sink Cookies
What are Kitchen Sink Cookies? This variety of cookie has a bunch of different kinds of ingredients- whatโs referred to as โeverything but the kitchen sink.โ These also happened to be pumpkin flavoured โ delicious!
Pumpkin Chai Spice Snickerdoodle Cookies
Perfect for an Autumn brunch or party โ these pumpkin chai spice treats are soft, chewy, and festive for the end of summer and start of Autumn. Theyโre great for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I might even make this recipe for New Yearโs Eve!
Mini Pumpkin Crumbl Copycat Cookies
How cute and dainty are these mini pumpkin Crumbl copycat cookies? Itโs easy to make the dough and the frosting. All you really need is shortening, egg, sugar, flour, vanilla extract, salt, baking powder, butter, maple syrup, and powdered sugar!
Best Cookies For Thanksgiving
I know Thanksgiving is a major holiday in the USA so here are some of the best cookies for Thanksgiving.
Stuffed Apple Pie Cookies with Cinnamon Glaze
Apple Pie Filled Cookies with Cinnamon Glaze is a dessert to die for! This recipe takes 1 hour to prep, 20 minutes to cook, resulting in 10 scrumptious cookies. Equipment needed includes: a stand mixer, food processor, and silicone mould.
apple crumble cookie bars
Think chewy cookie base, with a delicious spiced stewed apple filling and a crunchy crumble topping. These cookie bars are ideal for a gathering and can be eaten hot or cold โ theyโre amazing served hot with some ice cream!
Loaded Festive Cookies
These loaded cranberry, orange and white chocolate cookies need no special equipment or ingredients! All you need is a mixing bowl, a cookie sheet pan, and a cooling rack. The edible gold dust and silver candies can be ordered online or found at your local grocery store.
Apple Caramel Oatmeal Cookies
If youโre looking for the best dessert to serve to a crowd, these soft oatmeal cookies are sure to please. Theyโre made with gooey caramel chunks, fresh apples, drizzled with Dulce de Leche. For best results use both Gala and Granny Smith apples.
Cinnamon Sweet Potato Cookies
Want an easy and healthy Autumn cookie recipe? This Cinnamon Sweet Potato treat needs only 3 ingredients! 4 if you add an additional sweetener. Theyโre plant based and gluten free with sweet potato, almond flour, and cinnamon.
Best Creative Autumn Cookie Recipes
Crumbl Copycat Churro Cookie Recipe
You will really impress your guests and loved ones with this recipe for copycat Churro Crumbls. Ingredients are simple, for example: softened and unsalted sweet cream butter, brown sugar, eggs, flour, cornstarch, cream of tartar, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and salt.
Biscoff Butter Cookies
These Biscoff butter cookies are the most scrumptious chocolate chip treats stuffed with Biscoff spread! They also have cinnamon, brown sugar, caramel and spicy flavor. Plus they are so gorgeous on a party platter or dessert charcuterie.
Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Cookies
Delicious snickerdoodle cookies made with browned butter! These snickerdoodle cookies are bursting with sweet cinnamon flavour and are so easy to make!
Maple Cinnamon Star Cookies
Baking and Autumn go hand in hand. Thereโs no better time to try something new than when the leaves are changing and the temp is getting cold outside. Serve up these Maple Cinnamon Star shaped desserts topped with pretty sprinkles for a real stunner.
Salted Caramel Heart Cookies
How pretty and fun are these salted caramel heart centre snickerdoodles? The most important thing to remember is to ensure the temperature is right when making the caramel from scratch. Keep the heat at 245 degrees F or below.
pumpkin spice pecan shortbread cookies
These delicious pumpkin spice shortbread cookies have chunky pecans throughout, and are dipped in a sweet maple glaze finished with yet more pecans. These are the ultimate cookie for Autumn!
Twix Cookies
Sweet, chewy, crisp, salty, creamy, and crunchy, these Twix cookies tick every box and more. And theyโre so simple to make. Just start with the base using ingredients like salted butter, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, baking powder, and all-purpose flour. Pro tip: use Kraft caramel bits.
Champagne Sugar Cookies
Serve up some magnificent champagne sugar cookies. They take 10 to 13 minutes tops to bake โ make sure not to overbake because they taste just lovely, slightly undercooked. This easy Autumn cookie recipe makes 24 portions.
Easy Autumn Cookie Recipes With Fruit
Blueberry Cookies
You should definitely make these Frozen Blueberry Cookies for the best fruit dessert. They have a unique flavour and delightful lavender colour for Autumn. In addition to blueberries they have white chocolate chips making them a lovely edible gift idea too.
Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies
I canโt think of a better combination than raspberries and cheesecake, especially when you make it a cookie! For best results chill the dough for 30 minutes to 2 hours. This helps prevent spreading while in the oven.
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
A classic cookie flavour, these cranberry and white chocolate cookies are chewy and delicious. Theyโre quick and easy to make too.
Caramel Apple Shape Cookies
These beautiful Autumn cookies have the best design! They are shaped like caramel apples with delicious icing. Important ingredients you will need include: powdered sugar, meringue powder, and gel food colouring. The bright colours will put a smile on everyoneโs face!
Berry Shortcake Cookies
Berry shortcake biscuits are fluffy, chewy, fruity, and tender. Make the base with simple pantry items like all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract.
Cranberry White Chocolate Shortbread
These Shortbread Biscuits are dangerous to have around. Between the white chocolate, tart cranberries, and perfect dough, theyโre crisp, buttery, and hard to resist. They are utterly ideal in the Fall with a hot cup of tea!
Maple Pecan Cookies
A sweet, soft cookie packed with maple syrup and crunchy pecans. This is another quick and easy cookie recipe, ideal for when youโre in a hurry and need a sweet treat.
How Do I Make Sure My Cookies Are Soft And Chewy?
You can ensure your cookies are always soft and chewy by using top-quality ingredients and incorporating them properly. For example, choose the right flour and sugar โ and always sift them. Make sure they are not expired. Also cream the sugar and butter before beating in the eggs. Lastly, always fold in the flour. Bake the cookies for the correct length of time, and allow to cool before moving.
These easy Autumn cookie recipes are the best treats for the changing season. From chai and pumpkin to cranberry and white chocolate, weโve got Autumn cookies covered! You might also like to try some of our other cookie recipes:
You might also like Easy Royal Icing for Cookie Decorating if you want to ice some cookies this Autumn.
Do you have a favourite Autumn cookie recipe? Let me know in the comments!
