If you want to shake things up this year, I’ve found incredible Thanksgiving cookies that might just steal the spotlight from pumpkin pie. These aren’t your typical holiday treats—think warm spices, festive shapes, and flavors that go way beyond the usual. From classic favorites with a twist to new ideas you’ll want to make every year, these cookies are bound to be a hit. Grab a few ideas here to make dessert extra special this Thanksgiving!
Pumpkin Thanksgiving Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting

These Pumpkin Thanksgiving Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are made with real pumpkin, warm spices, and a decadent cream cheese frosting.
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Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies With Pecans

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With their gooey texture and subtle touch of espresso, these chocolate cookies are nothing short of heavenly.
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Chewy Rice Krispie Oatmeal Cookies

These chewy Rice Krispie Oatmeal Cookies have a crispy twist that are just what you need to shake up your baking routine.
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Just Sweet Enough Almond Sugar Thanksgiving Cookies

With their signature nutty flavor and extra sweetness from toffee bits, these Almond Cookies are a crispy delight.
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Crispy And Chewy Oatmeal Coconut Cookies With Raisins

Coconut oatmeal cookies with oats, raisins, walnuts, and cinnamon—crispy outside, chewy inside, and packed with flavor. Perfect for a cozy, homemade treat.
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Buttery Orange Rosemary Shortbread Cookies

Rich and buttery with just a hint of sweetness, these Orange Rosemary Shortbread Cookies have a subtle, but standout flavor.
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White Chocolate Cookie Recipe

White chocolate cookie recipe with oatmeal mixed in bake up some decadent, chewy cookies, good enough to share.
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Slice And Bake Double Chocolate Cookies

Double chocolate cookies are a rich and decadent cookie with a gooey chocolate chunk in every bite. A shortbread type dough that you just slice and bake.
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Confetti Cookies

Confetti Cookies are a buttery cookie filled with fun colorful sprinkles and then iced with a butter frosting and more sprinkles.
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Carrot Cake Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting

Celebrate SPRING with all the flavors of a carrot cake but in cookie form with a cream cheese filled carrot cake cookie.
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Special K Cookies With White Chocolate

Cookies with Special K cereal added to the dough along with white chocolate, cranberries and almonds are crispy without being dry. An EASY to make cookie where cereal is not the only SURPRISE ingredient.
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Walnut Cookies Recipe

Walnut cookies recipe are buttery shortbread cookies made with cream cheese and surrounded by walnut pieces for a decadent treat.
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Best Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

This recipe for brown butter chocolate chip cookies may change your life. Instructions on how to brown butter included!
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Classic Holiday Shortbread Thanksgiving Cookies

Cut-out Shortbread Thanksgiving Cookies offer the perfect canvas for festive decorations such as drizzles of chocolate and sprinkles of candy canes.
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Brown Butter Coconut Cookies Recipe

This amazing brown butter coconut cookie recipe is made with brown butter for a rich nutty flavor. Crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside, the perfect cookie for a coconut lover.
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Thick & Oh-So-Chewy Brown Butter Sugar Cookies

Nutty brown butter adds so much flavor to these chewy sugar cookies!. Two types of sugar help keep these brown butter cookies chewy and soft with crispy edges. The browned butter is made ahead of time to allow it time to chill and for those nutty flavors to come through in the baked cookie. Yields 24 cookies.
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Chocolate Toffee Brownie Cookies

Chocolate Toffee Brownie Cookies only have 5 ingredients and all you need is a bowl and a cookie sheet. Start with a boxed brownie mix and with a few additions you’ll have amazing chocolaty cookies. So EASY, and take very little effort.
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Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

These Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies have a smooth and creamy filling surrounded by an amazing chewy cookie. They are NOT hard to make and worth an extra step. Salted peanuts add a surprising crunch. An absolutely perfect sandwich cookie.
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Peppery Peanut Butter Cookies

Homemade Peppery Peanut Butter Cookies will melt in your mouth but leave you with a spicy surprise. A little cayenne enhances this classic cookie recipe.
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Frosted Eggnog Thanksgiving Cookies

Frosted eggnog cookies recipe are soft, cake-like, holiday cookies baked for all eggnog lovers with a buttery eggnog frosting.
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Classic Butterball Cookie Recipe (Mexican Wedding Cookies)

This Butterball Cookie Recipe only needs 6 simple ingredients. Buttery cookies with chopped walnuts coated in a blanket of confectioner sugar.
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Soft And Chewy Pumpkin Spiced Cookies

Jump into the fall season with these soft and chewy Pumpkin Spiced Cookies! They’re made with real pumpkin and coated in cinnamon sugar.
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With these delicious Thanksgiving cookies, you might just find yourself forgetting about pumpkin pie altogether! They’re sure to impress your guests and become a new favorite on your festive dessert table! If you need a cake to go with the cookies, try some of these perfect Thanksgiving Cakes.


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