30 Fall Cookie and Bar Recipes Every Baker Needs to Try

Recipe: Butter-Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Add an extra crunch to this slice-and-bake shortbread by coating both dough logs with turbinado sugar before slicing them into rounds.

Recipe: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

The secret to these crowd-favorite cookies is in the butter. It all comes down to the first (very important) step of browning the butter before you start baking.

Recipe: Apple Pie Cookies

Your typical apple pie gets a makeover in this bite-sized cookie. These pillowy, personal-sized treats are like miniature hand pies, and the pocket of apple pie filling is sure to make you think of your favorite Thanksgiving slice. 

Recipe: Caramel-Apple Cookies

The flavor of your favorite state fair treat in cookie form, this dessert makes the most of apple and caramel. 

Recipe: Candy Corn Cookies

Celebrate fall's favorite candy by topping our classic homemade sugar cookies with the festive treat.

Recipe: Brown Butter-Caramel Blondies

Drizzle this sweet treat with homemade caramel for extra gooey goodness.

Recipe: Fudgy Flourless Chocolate-Pecan Cookies

A rich, delectable flourless treat, this rich dessert is essentially a cookie brownie filled with toasted chopped pecans and gooey pockets of melted chocolate.

Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Nothing screams fall more than these scrumptious pumpkin spice cookies that pair well with a cup of hot chocolate...or a pumpkin spice latte from your favorite coffee shop. 

Recipe: Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

Get our your piping bags and create the perfect fall treat. If it's past Halloween, just leave the jack-o'-lantern face off your design for a timeless fall pumpkin. 

Recipe: Cappuccino Swirl Bars

Good to look at, but even better to eat, these bars are surprisingly easy to make.

Recipe: Butterscotch Cookies

Butterscotch chips are just as easy to buy at the grocery store as chocolate chips. Bake them into this classic cookie recipe for soft chunks of caramelized buttery goodness.

Recipe: Nutty Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

With a chocolate-peanut butter filling that will remind you of your favorite peanut butter cup, this nutty delight is the perfect fit for any fall gathering. 

Recipe: Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

This blast from the past is just a delicious and simple to make as you remember. A no-fuss treat, the recipe comes from our February 1986 issue, but we brought it back to delight your taste buds all fall and winter long.

Recipe: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cakey-thick cookies are a cross between a pumpkin muffin and a chocolate chip cookie, making them the ultimate treat for chocolate lovers in the fall.

Recipe: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Crisp on the outside and exceptionally gooey on the inside, it may be impossible to only eat one of these crinkle cookies. 

Recipe: Peanut Butter Fingers

These Peanut Butter Fingers play on the beloved combination of peanut butter and dark chocolate, and its complex sweet and salty combination will keep you coming back for another bite.

Recipe: Kitchen Sink Cookies

Sweet meets salty in this family-favorite recipe that incorporates chopped almonds, chocolate chunks, and crushed corn chips. 

Recipe: Pecan Pie Cookies

Not all occasions call for a full-on pie. With a shortbread crust and a pecan pie filling, these bite-sized pecan pie treats pack in all the best elements of your favorite fall pie. 

Recipe: Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies

These presidential family-approved cookies are stuffed with chewy, gooey ingredients.

Recipe: Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

The key ingredient for the best mint chip cookies? It's as easy as mint dark chocolate.

Recipe: Spiced Pecan Pie Bars

You can't go through the fall season without making these cinnamon pecan bars.

Recipe: Butterscotch-Toasted Oatmeal Cookies

Butterscotch chips perfectly compliment these oatmeal cookies.

Recipe: Cranberry-Almond Cookies

This quick and easy dessert is a fruit-lover's treat of choice.

Recipe: Lemon-Almond Bars

These bars are easy peasy lemon squeezy and mighty tasty too.

Recipe: Seven-Layer Cookies

This impressive, flavor-packed treat couldn't be easier—or more delicious.

Recipe: Caramel-Stuffed Ginger Cookies

Take your ginger snaps to the next level by adding a caramel center.

Recipe: Raspberry Jam Thumbprints

You can substitute whatever preserves or jam you have on hand for the raspberry jam.

Recipe: Crispy Praline Cookies

Get the flavor of your favorite New Orleans candy in a quick and easy cookie recipe with a short ingredient list.

Recipe: Easy Witch's Hat Cookies

You're just four ingredients away from this festive treat.

Recipe: Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies

This 4-ingredient peanut butter cookie recipe is a must-have for novice cookie enthusiasts and seasoned bakers alike.