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This first page brings together five cookie recipes with very different methods, from oven-baked doughs to air fryer batches and slow cooker desserts. The lineup includes pumpkin cookies, peanut butter cookies, and several easy cookie-based treats that use a few ingredients and simple shaping or layering steps.
Some recipes are finished with frosting or mix-ins, while others rely on a short bake, a quick air fry, or gentle slow cooker cooking until the edges set. Each one uses a clear method that matches its ingredients and creates a distinct cookie-style dessert.
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- 3 Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies with Cake Mix
- Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies
- 3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Summer Peanut Butter Cookie Dessert
- 4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Cookie Dough
- Ann Roger’s Christmas Cookies
3 Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies with Cake Mix
These pumpkin cookies begin with spice cake mix, eggs, and pumpkin puree, which are mixed together until the dough becomes a wet, sticky batter. The dough is scooped onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, gently patted down, and baked until the edges look lightly golden and the centers are set.
After cooling, the cookies are topped with a cream cheese frosting made by beating softened cream cheese and butter until smooth, then mixing in powdered sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. The frosting goes onto fully cooled cookies, with a little extra cinnamon sprinkled on top if desired.
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Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies
These air fryer peanut butter cookies use just peanut butter, sugar, and egg, mixed into a smooth, creamy dough. The mixture is rolled into small balls, placed on a liner in the air fryer basket, and flattened with a fork to make the crisscross pattern that gives the cookies their familiar look.
They cook at 300°F until golden brown, then rest briefly in the basket before moving to a wire rack. The short setting time after cooking helps them hold together before they are transferred and cooled completely.
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3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Summer Peanut Butter Cookie Dessert
This slow cooker dessert layers peanut butter sandwich cookies with sweetened condensed milk and whipped topping for a warm, cookie-based treat. The cookies are arranged in a loose single layer in a greased slow cooker, then covered with the condensed milk and finished with a gentle layer of whipped topping.
It cooks on low until the edges are set and lightly golden while the center stays soft. The method emphasizes leaving the lid on during cooking so the heat stays steady, then letting the dessert rest before scooping and serving it warm.
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4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Cookie Dough
This slow cooker cookie dough dessert starts with a frozen log of cookie dough set in the center of a greased insert. Fruit pie filling is poured over and around the dough, then butter pieces and white chocolate chips are added on top for extra richness and sweetness.
The dessert cooks on LOW with the lid left closed, allowing the dough to soften and bake while the filling warms through. After cooking, it rests briefly before serving, which gives the dessert time to settle before it is scooped out.
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Ann Roger’s Christmas Cookies
Ann Roger’s Christmas Cookies are made by creaming butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy, then mixing in egg and vanilla. Flour, chopped nuts, and candied cherries are stirred in just until combined, creating a dough with visible mix-ins and a festive look.
The dough is shaped into two logs and chilled before slicing, which helps make clean 1/4-inch rounds for baking. The cookies are baked until the edges are lightly golden, then cooled on the baking sheet for a few minutes before moving to a wire rack.
