Alabama has a State Cookie, and its name should not come as a surprise

The Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama now has an official state cookie: The Yellowhammer Cookie.

Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday signed legislation naming the confection created by a Montgomery fourth-grader as the official state cookie.

Students at Montgomery’s Trinity Presbyterian School came up with the idea of a state cookie. Fourth-grader Mary Claire Cook submitted the winning recipe, which includes pecans, peanut butter and honey, WSFA-TV reported.

Cook brought a batch of the cookies to Ivey for the bill-signing ceremony.

Alabama has a long list of official state emblems and symbols, including a state vegetable, nut, amphibian and spirit.

Wanna make these cookies? Here’s the recipe:

Yellowhammer Cookies

Cookie ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 cup butter, melted, slightly cooled
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 4 1/2 cups quick oats
• 24 pecan halves

Directions

• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl
• In a separate bowl, beat together melted butter, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs
• Add dry to wet and mix well
• Add oats. Continue beating until well mixed
• Cover and refrigerate dough for 2 hours
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Form dough 1 1/2-inch balls and flatten. Arrange on parchment-lined baking sheet
• Place a pecan half on half of the cookies. (These will be the cookie tops.)
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until set.

Filling ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 tbsp. honey
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Filling directions

• Mix peanut butter, honey, butter and powdered sugar
• Beat for 3 minutes
• Spread filling between 2 cookies and sandwich together