30 Cute Decorated Fall Sugar Cookies for Festive Autumn Baking
Easy fall sugar cookies decorated with cute autumn designs! These fall themed cookies are perfect for bake sales, fall parties and potlucks, and cozy autumn desserts.
There’s just something so fun and festive about decorated sugar cookies with a seasonal flair.
They bring out our inner child, make the holiday or season more meaningful, and are just plain fun to bake!
I put together a list of the best decorated sugar cookies for Fall, so you can enjoy some cozy fall baking.
Whether you’re hosting an autumn gathering, making treats for a bake sale, or just looking for a crafty (edible) project – you’ll love these!
From colorful leaf-shaped cookies to pumpkins, scarecrows, acorns, and adorable woodland creatures, there’s so much autumn inspiration.
Best of all, most of these recipes and designs are actually realistically easy to make – no fancy baking skills required.
Let’s check ‘em out!
(🍁 Looking for more fun fall recipes? Try one of these fun fall dip recipes, cozy autumn brunch foods, easy fall side dishes, seasonal autumn charcuterie boards, or homemade pumpkin drinks!)
Fall Sugar Cookies
Scarecrow Cookies
Is there anything more Fall-esque than a scarecrow? These adorable Scarecrow Sugar Cookies are delicious and bring an instant smile.
Decorated Leaf Cookies
With an easier-than-usual sugar cookie recipe and some Fall M&Ms, you can create these gorgeous Decorated Leaf Cookies.
Indian Corn Cookies
These Indian Corn Cookies are super cute and a fun project that the kids can even help with (if you’re feeling patient!).
Frosted Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies
The assortment of frosting colors in these Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies make them extra gorgeous. They’re a delicious cookie-cut sugar cookie flavored with pumpkin spice seasoning for that special autumn flavor.
Fall Wreath Sugar Cookies
A pretty twist on the traditional decorated fall treat, these Fall Wreath Cookies look gorgeous but can be easier than you think to put together.
Apple-Shaped Cookies
The spiced apple scent of Apple Oatmeal Sugar Cutout Cookies is amazing! Bake the provided recipe or your favorite sugar cookie recipe then use the unique decorating technique to make them look like apples.
Fall Leaf Cookies
Celebrate the beautiful fall foliage with these festive Fall Leaf Cookies. Best of all, they look “decorated” right out of the oven - no icing required!
Bonfire Cookies
Whether you’re doing some fall camping or having a cozy bonfire at home, these adorable Campfire Cookies are a fun activity for the whole family.
Glittering Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Glittering Pumpkin Sugar Cookies are pumpkin-spice cookies with a sparkly sugar topping for a sweet crunch. The perfect fall treats for any occasion!
Tie Dye Leaf Cookies
A toothpick makes easy work of decorating these Tie Dye Leaf Cookies. They’re a fall decoration all on their own!
Fall Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
These autumn sour cream sugar cookies are the perfect comfort food! Dye the cream cheese frosting in fall colors, and cut into leaves and other autumn shapes.
Chalkboard Apple Sugar Cookies
Make adorable back to school sugar cookies with this chalkboard apple sugar cookies tutorial! Perfect for teacher gifts, back to school parties, or fun after school treats.
Iced Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Beautiful enough to come from a bakery, but easy enough to create with a #5 tip and a pasty bag, these Iced Pumpkin Cookies have a lovely design.
Football Cookies
Fall is quintessential football season, and nothing makes tailgating or game day parties more fun than a tasty football-shaped treat!
Acorn Iced Cookies
The recipe for these Acorn Iced Cookies is great to use with cookie cutters since the dough doesn’t spread while baking.
Dia de los Muertos Sugar Cookies
Add a new tradition to honor Dia De Los Muertos with these cookies. It falls on November 1st each year.
Pumpkin Pie Cookies
Use these Pumpkin Pie Cookies as design inspiration for a unique Thanksgiving dessert idea!
Woodland Creature Cookies
Woodland Creature Cookies are a cinnamon brown sugar cookie recipe with buttercream frosting will give you all the fall feels. Using brown sugar in a cut out cookie gives you a fun, crispier cookie.
Thanksgiving White Chocolate Bark
Ok so this isn’t technically a cookie, but it was too gorgeous not to include. And you could use the same decorating method on a sugar cookie or cupcake.
Pumpkin Vine Cookies
Easy flood icing is the secret to creating these Pumpkin Vine Cookies. They smell good, taste great, and are beautiful to look at.
Beautiful Fall Leaves
If you want to win the fall cookie content, you’ve got to try these! They look absolutely stunning and taste great too.
Soft Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookie
Tis the season for pumpkin spice recipes! Both the cookie and the buttercream frosting in this recipe have real, canned pumpkin, which gives it just the right amount of festive flavor.
Candy Corn Sugar Cookie Bites
Anyone with a pizza cutter and Ziploc bag can make these Easy Candy Corn Sugar Cookie Bites. The cream cheese sugar cookie dough can't be beat!
Cozy Mug Sugar Cookies
Cozy Mug Sugar Cookies are filled with warmth and caring! Customize the icing color to your favorite fall color scheme - or to look like a cozy PSL!
Halloween Sugar Cookies
Halloween themed sour cream sugar cookies are the perfect spooky party treat! The cream cheese frosting is fun to decorate and is a great Halloween activity for kids.
Easy Homemade Copycat Lofthouse Cookies
The soft, tender, frosted Lofthouse cookies are one of my favorite sweet treats to buy at the store. But you can actually make them right at home with this fun copycat recipe.
Mummy Sugar Cookies
Mummy sugar cookies are soft homemade vanilla sugar cookies topped with royal icing and candy eyes. These easy Halloween cookies make a festive Halloween treat or dessert.
Turkey Cookies
Turkey cookies are the cutest Thanksgiving dessert! Homemade cut out sugar cookies decorated with royal icing to look like Thanksgiving turkeys.
Easy Thanksgiving Cookies
These easy Turkey Cookies are the perfect festive way to celebrate Thanksgiving! This recipe is simple to make and super fun to decorate, with or without the kids.
Turkey Sugar Cookies
These beautiful sugar cookies are sure to be “gobble gobbled” at your Thanksgiving feast! This easy to follow tutorial, with video, will show you how much fun it is to decorate your own.
Ready to try some new fall sugar cookies decorated?
I hope this list of cute fall cookies has given you tons of inspiration for festive autumn treats.
Whether you’re baking for Thanksgiving or Halloween, or just want some cute fall treats to snack on, there are so many fun cookie decorating ideas to choose from!
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