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20 Easy Pumpkin Cookies to Make This Fall

Consider this your Christmas cookie warm-up.

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Courtesy of Half Baked Harvest/Dear Crissy/Cookie and Kate

With the beginning of fall comes everything we love most: sweater weather, Halloween season, and pumpkin spice. Enjoy all the pumpkin-flavored snickerdoodles, thumbprints, Oreos, and biscotti while you still can — before you know it, Christmas will be here.

1

Pumpkin Pie Cookies

pumpkin pie cookies
Courtesy of Savory Nothings

These adorable pie-shaped treats are inspired by pumpkin pastries from the Harry Potter world.

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2

Pumpkin Brookies

pumpkin brookies
Chelsea Lupkin

What do you get when you combine brownies and cookies? Brookies!

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3

Frosted Vegan Pumpkin Cookies

healthy cookies - vegan pumpkin sugar cookies
Minimalist Baker

No dairy products were used in the making of these cookies.

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4

Edible Pumpkin Cookie Dough

edible pumpkin cookie dough
Jon Boulton

We won't judge if you eat it by the spoonful.

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5

Pumpkin-Cherry Breakfast Cookies

pumpkin cherry breakfast cookies on a wire rack
Emily Kate Roemer

Skip the line at Starbucks and nosh on dessert for breakfast instead.

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6

Pumpkin Biscotti with Cranberries and Almonds

Pumpkin Biscotti
Courtesy of The Tart Tart

...or dunk these crunchy cookies into your morning latte to satisfy those PSL cravings.

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7

Brown Butter Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown Butter Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Courtesy of A Cookie Named Desire

Chocolate chip cookies are good on their own, but add cardamom, pumpkin and brown butter to make 'em taste even better.

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8

Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodles

Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodles
Courtesy of Half Baked Harvest

All of fall's coziest flavors (hello, pumpkin, cinnamon and chai!) packed into one tasty cookie.

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9

Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies

Pumpkin  Cheesecake Cookies
Courtesy of Just a Taste

When it comes to cozy, decadent desserts, nothing beats a creamy pumpkin cheesecake. But these bite-sized cheesecake cookies come pretty close.

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10

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Salted Caramel Buttercream

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Salted Caramel Buttercream
Courtesy of The Wicked Spatula

We dare you to find a store-bought tub of frosting that tastes as good as this.

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11

Pumpkin Pecan Polvorones

Pumpkin Pecan Polvorones
Courtesy of Cookie and Kate

Generous amounts of powdered sugar mandatory.

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12

Pumpkin Pie Spice Thumbprint Sugar Cookies

Pumpkin Pie Spice Thumbprint Sugar Cookies
Courtesy of Diethood

Repeat after us: There is no such thing as too much pumpkin.

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13

Pumpkin Power Cookies

Pumpkin Power Cookies
Courtesy of Primally Inspired

Packed with pumpkin puree, coconut oil, chopped nuts, dried cranberries, and pumpkin seeds, these will keep you fueled all day long. Feel free to eat 'em for breakfast!

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14

Double Chocolate Pumpkin No-Bake Cookies

Double Chocolate Pumpkin No-Bake Cookies
Courtesy of The Recipe Rebel

You don't even need to turn on the oven.

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15

Pumpkin Pie Oreos

Double Stuffed Pumpkin Pie Oreos
Courtesy of Half Baked Harvest

This gives a whole new meaning to "double stuffed."

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16

Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Courtesy of Baker by Nature

There are 100% real oats in here ... in case you're craving something a little more wholesome.

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17

Soft Pumpkin Cookies

Soft Pumpkin Cookies
Courtesy of Lovely Little Kitchen

Say hello to the lightest, fluffiest, sweetest cookies around.

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18

Pumpkin Butterscotch Chip Cookies

Pumpkin Butterscotch Chip Cookies
Courtesy of Life, Love and Sugar

Butterscotch chips have been living in the shadow of chocolate chips for far too long.

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19

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies
Courtesy of Dear Crissy

The name says it all.

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20

Coconut Caramel Pumpkin Oatmeal Skillet Cookie

Coconut Caramel Pumpkin Oatmeal Skillet Cookie
Courtesy of Melanie Makes

Go the unexpected route and bake up one giant cookie in a skillet. Sharing is optional, of course.

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