20 Thanksgiving Cookie Recipes
Thanksgiving is all about family, and one of our favorite traditions is baking cookies together. My kids absolutely love cookies, and I enjoy every moment spent in the kitchen making them.
That’s why I’m excited to share 20 Thanksgiving cookie recipes that are perfect for adding a sweet touch to your holiday celebrations. These recipes are filled with warm, seasonal flavors that capture the spirit of Thanksgiving.
From classic cookies with a festive twist to fun, creative designs, there’s something here for everyone. Baking these cookies is not just about the delicious end result; it’s about the joy and memories we create together.
Let’s dive into these recipes and make your Thanksgiving even sweeter!
1- Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Easy vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies that are chewy and soft rather than cakey! These cookies are made with only 7 ingredients, come together in one bowl and don’t need to be chilled before baking!
2- Homemade Spiced Oatmeal Creme Pie
Move over Little Debbie. These homemade oatmeal cream pies are bursting with flavor and so easy to make at home! This Oatmeal Creme Pie recipe is going to be a popular holiday cookie.
3- Maple Pecan Cookies
Here is the perfect cookie for fall and winter! Maple pecan cookies have all the good seasonal flavors. Made with pure maple syrup and brown sugar they are perfectly sweet and chewy. You’re going to love them!
4- Soft Pumpkin Cookies
If you want to make the perfect fall cookie, this is the recipe you want to try. These pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting melt in your mouth with each bite. They are easy to make and pillowy soft!
5- Gluten-Free Crumbl Cookies
These copycat gluten-free Crumbl cookies are perfect for the fall season! Filled with pumpkin flavor and topped with a sweet delicious frosting and sprinkled with pumpkin pie spice.
6- Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies make a delicious Fall dessert. Made with pumpkin puree, spices, and melty chocolate chips. These are super soft, easy to make, and will melt in your mouth.
7- Vegan Snickerdoodles
Try these vegan snickerdoodles for a chewy, soft, and delicately spiced cookie recipe.
With the perfect ratio of cinnamon and sugar, you’re going to have a hard time stopping at just one! Serve them as a midafternoon snack with coffee, tea, or plant milk.
8- SOFT APPLE PIE COOKIES
These delicious apple pie cookies are made with a soft cinnamon cookie and filled with homemade apple pie filling.
These taste just like apple pie in cookie form! They are perfect for the holidays and fall time.
9- Pumpkin Oatmeal Cream Pies
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cream Pies are sweet, spiced, and perfectly chewy! Made with homemade pumpkin oatmeal cookies and cream cheese frosting!
10- SAGE COOKIES
These Sage Cookies with Cranberry Buttercream are so unique and delicious! Perfect for Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all Winter long!
11- WALNUT SHORTBREAD COOKIES
These cookies are toasty, buttery, crumbly and just sweet enough to feel like a treat. I fill them with finely chopped bittersweet chocolate and deeply toasted walnuts to give them a nutty, bitter edge and then I highlight that bitterness with a mocha drizzle.
12- PUMPKIN CAKE MIX COOKIES
This one bowl, 3 ingredients (plus some optional) recipe creates the perfect Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies that are so quick and easy to make because of its cake mix shortcut.
13- Butter Pecan Cookies
This one bowl, 3 ingredients (plus some optional) recipe creates the perfect Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies that are so quick and easy to make because of its cake mix shortcut.
14- Carrot Cake Cookies
This one bowl, 3 ingredients (plus some optional) recipe creates the perfect Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies that are so quick and easy to make because of its cake mix shortcut.
15- Keto Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
This one bowl, 3 ingredients (plus some optional) recipe creates the perfect Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies that are so quick and easy to make because of its cake mix shortcut.
16- CHEWY PUMPKIN COOKIES
These chewy pumpkin cookies are crispy on the edges, chewy and soft in the middle, and it is spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
17- Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies are topped with optional toasted marshmallows for the perfect summer-meets-fall dessert. The cookies are also delicious on their own!
18- Maple Pecan Cookies
These maple pecan cookies are bursting with a delicious maple flavor, with lots of maple flavor from both pure maple syrup and maple extract.
19- Molasses Cookies
Simple, chewy and deliciously soft molasses cookies with a touch of pumpkin pie spice to make them our extra cozy fall flavor! These Pumpkin Molasses Cookies with Maple Cream cheese frosting are the perfect cookie to whip up all season long!
20- Pie Filled Thumbprint Cookies
These Pumpkin Pie Filled Thumbprint Cookies take the creamy, spiced pumpkin filling, sweet crust, and whipped cream of a traditional pumpkin pie and transforms them into easy pumpkin pie cookies!
