52 Thanksgiving Cookie Recipes

By: Jessica Farris, Editor, RecipeLion.com

Let's roll in some dough with Thanksgiving cookies! Amid the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving gatherings, from potlucks and parties to family reunions and get-togethers, up until the main event and even after, everyone wants to chat and snack and sneak snippets of Turkey from the oven. With the whole family gathered around, there is hardly time to think, much less host and prepare a breathtaking feast. However, if you bake up some cookie recipes or make bar cookies for a crowd, you'll be able to feed those insatiable appetites and distract them long enough to check off your to-do list.

This is the ultimate authority on Thanksgiving cookies and bar cookies recipes. This phenomenal collection contains every fall flavor and combination, every family favorite and autumn pastime, every cookie you've ever craved while thinking about the holidays. From pumpkin cookies to cranberry cookies from scratch, from cookies with nuts to bar cookies, this list has you covered. Bring these bakes beauties to parties and events or lay out a gorgeous spread on the kitchen table so people can snack and chat at ease.

Once you've waddled away from the table, a cookie may be the only thing you have room for! Over the next few days, these Thanksgiving cookie recipes make great snacks when you can't squeeze in any more turkey, and friends and family who can't make it to dinner will love a batch as an edible gift.

52 Thanksgiving Cookie Recipes

Pumpkin Cookies

Cookies with Nuts

Bar Cookies Recipes

Favorite Thanksgiving Cookie Recipes

Brownie Recipes

Pumpkin Cookies

Pumpkin fans unite! Head on down to the pumpkin patch for fresh pumpkin to use in these amazing pumpkin cookie recipes. These unforgettable recipes are like little bites of autumnal heaven. Fluffy and delicious, each one of these Thanksgiving cookie ideas offers something different, despite the similarity of their most important ingredient.

Cookies with Nuts

Harvest time in autumn means squash, gourds, apples, and of course nuts! Go nutty for almond cookies, peanut butter thumbprints, walnut cookies, pecan sandies and more. These impossibly good cookies are the best combination of wholesome goodness and rich nutty texture.

Favorite Thanksgiving Cookie Recipes

This little collection is perfect for the kids. Sugar cookies are great for decorating with turkeys, pilgrims, and Native Americans, while chocolate chip cookies are the go-to homestyle favorite. This collection also includes that Thanksgiving requirement, cranberry! Try your usual oatmeal raisin cookies with the zesty tang of cranberry instead.

Bar Cookies Recipes

Simplify your holiday baking with these delicious bar cookies for a crowd. Just mix the batter, pour it in the pan, and pop it in the oven! This collection also features the most classic of baked bars—brownie recipes! These timeless favorites will become your favorite dessert recipes in no time!

Brownie Recipes

The first rule of feeding a hungry herd of family and friends is to never, ever forget the chocolate. These elegant chocolate brownie recipes and blondie recipes are surefire crowd pleasers. Simple and inexpensive ingredients come together so easily, you'll want to make all of them. These brownies in particular include classics as well as some specially made for Thanksgiving!

Looking for more Thanksgiving recipes? If you liked this collection, be sure to check out 303 Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas: The Conclusive Menu for all of your main dishes, side dishes, desserts and more! Happy Thanksgiving!