Best Harvest Cookies Recipes

AUTUMN HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Cream together butter and the brown and white sugars in a bowl until smooth. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and orange extract.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice; stir flour mixture into the sugar mixture. Add the rolled oats, walnuts and cranberries and mix thoroughly. Using a small ice cream scoop or teaspoon, drop rounded scoops of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

HARVEST PUMPKIN-OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray baking pans with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter, SPLENDA® Sugar Blend and SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend in large bowl at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract; mix well. Add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned and set in centers. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

GREAT HARVEST BREAD COMPANY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Beat together brown sugar and butter until well combined. Add oats, eggs, molasses, and milk; beat well. Add dry ingredients to beaten mixture; beat until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, scoop dough and drop about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 13 minutes, until just starting to brown around the outside. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets. Remove and cool on racks. Makes 24 giant cookies Adapted from source: Great Harvest Bread Company

MRS. FIELDS PUMPKIN HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• In a small bowl, combine the flour, pumpkin pie spice, and baking soda.
• In a medium bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, pumpkin and vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture until just combined. Stir in the white chocolate and pecans.
• Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or until just set. Transfer to wire racks to cool. Note: A friend said she cooked them at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes to shorten baking time, but I haven't tested that temp/time combo yet.

HOMESTEAD HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix 1 cup raw sugar and honey together in a bowl for honey-sugar.
• Cream remaining raw sugar, honey-sugar, and butter together in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla extract; mix thoroughly. Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Mix until evenly moist throughout. Incorporate dried apples, persimmons, and walnuts.
• Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes.

HARVEST OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl and mix well. Set aside.
• Cream together the brown sugar and butter until well combined.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
• Mix in the molasses, milk and vanilla.
• Take one cup of the rolled oats and grind them in a blender or food processor until it is the consistency of coarse flour.
• Add the ground oats and the remaining cup of rolled oats to the butter mixture and mix well.
• Now add the flour mixture and mix until combined.
• Stir in the chocolate chips until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
• Using a 1/4 cup scoop (my standard size ice cream scoop works well for this) or a measuring cup, scoop the dough onto ungreased cookie sheets 3 inches apart.
• Bake for 12-13 minutes until the edges are just starting to brown.
• Remove from oven and cool two minutes on cookie sheets.
• Remove from cookie sheets to cool completely on racks.

GOLDEN HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon and cloves; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in remaining ingredients. , Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in the refrigerator.

HARVEST SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Chill for 1 hour or until firm. , On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with lightly floured pumpkin or leaf cookie cutter or others of your choice. Using a floured spatula, place cookies on greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with sugar if desired (or frost baked cookies after they have cooled). , Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.

HARVEST PUMPKIN-OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray baking pans with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter, SPLENDA[®] Sugar Blend and SPLENDA[®] Brown Sugar Blend in large bowl at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract; mix well. Add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned and set in centers. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. NOTE The third-party trademarks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners.

AUTUMN HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Cream together butter and the brown and white sugars in a bowl until smooth. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and orange extract.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice; stir flour mixture into the sugar mixture. Add the rolled oats, walnuts and cranberries and mix thoroughly.
• Using a small ice cream scoop or teaspoon, drop rounded scoops of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

HARVEST PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and all spice in medium bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla.
• Gradually add flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed until well blended, stir in chopped pecans and cranberries with spoon.
• Drop heaping tablespoonsfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Flatten slightly with back of spoon, and press one pecan half into center of each cookie.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let cookies stand on cookie sheets 1 minute; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
• Store tightly covered at room temperature or you can freeze up to 3 months.

HEALTHY HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Spray cookies sheet with non-stick cooking spray (or use parchment paper).
• Beat sugar, sweet potatoes, margarine and egg in large bowl on medium speed until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake about 12 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched.
• Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire rack.

FALL HARVEST OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 350'.
• In a large Bowl, cream together Butter and both brown and granulated sugar.
• Add both eggs, vanilla extract and pie spice and mix well.
• Add baking soda, flour, oatmeal, raisins and cinnamon chips and mix well (by hand is best).
• You can either roll dough into approx 2 inch balls or use the drop method onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper and bake at 350' approx 9-12 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Let cool 1 minute and remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• NOTE: Baking time is approximate as it was not given in original recipe so watch those cookies!

SUGARLESS FALL HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.
• Simmer the dates, apples, and raisins in 1 cup of water for 3 minutes to soften and "plump".
• Cool and remove fruit from liquid. Discard cooking water.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together eggs and shortening. Add vanilla.
• Stir in cooled date mixture.
• Add dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in nuts.
• Chill for 15 minutes.
• Drop by rounded tablespoonful onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake about 10-12 minutes or until nicely browned.
• Store in a cool place.

CHINESE HARVEST MOON COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. mix well.
• roll desired sized balls with your palms and press them onto a cookie sheet. they not expand that much, so be specific.
• bake at 350F for 13 - 15 minutes, depending on your preference.

HARVEST CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• 2. In a large bowl, combine butter, yogurt, and sugars until well blended; stir in egg and vanilla.
• 3. In a separate bowl, combine flour, flaxseed, oats, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt; combine well.
• 4. Stir flour mixture alternately with the pumpkin into creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and cranberries and/or pecans.
• 5. Drop by tablespoonful onto prepared pans. Bake for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire rack.

HARVEST SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter, shortening, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time until blended. Add vanilla and applesauce until combined. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg and oats. Add to butter mixture and mix well. With a rubber spatula, fold in the cranberries and pecans. Scoop with 2 1/2-inch ice cream scoop onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Place the dough balls 2 inches apart and bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool.

HARVEST PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and allspice in medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture. Beat at low speed until well blended. Stir in chopped pecans and cranberries, if desired. Drop heaping tablespoonsful of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with back of spoon. Press one pecan half into center of each cookie. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Let cookies set one minute; transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Store tightly covered at room temperature or freeze up to 3 months.

HARVEST WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Vanilla Dough preparation:
• Beat cake mix, oil, melted butter, egg, and vanilla in large bowl until dough forms. Stir in walnuts.
• Chocolate Dough preparation:
• Beat cake mix, oil, melted butter, egg, and vanilla in large bowl until dough forms. Stir in walnuts.
• Cookie preparation:
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Scoop 1 teaspoon of vanilla dough into ball. Scoop 1 teaspoon of chocolate dough into ball. Gently press dough balls together, then roll gently to form one ball. Place 20 balls on an ungreased baking sheet, spaced evenly apart. Bake for 10 minutes, or just until cookies begin to brown. Cool cookies on cookie sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to cooling racks and cool completely. Repeat with remaining chocolate and vanilla dough, forming about 6 dozen cookies total. Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days, or freeze up to 3 months.

HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• beat egg, butter, sugar and vanilla together then add baking powder, bee pollen, Motts apple cider dry pack and salt. Mix well.
• Add flour, nuts, raisins and seeds. Mix well. Make a roll and break of chunks into 36 pieces.
• Bake 12 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees oven.