Alabama has an official state cookie — thanks to the hard work and baking prowess of a 4th grader from Montgomery, Alabama.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed HB421 into law on Friday, June 2, officially designating the “Yellowhammer Cookie” as the state’s official state cookie.
The Yellowhammer Cookie is a creation of Mary Claire Cook, a 4th-grade student at Trinity Presbyterian School in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Above, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs the bill designating the Yellowhammer cookie as the official state cookie. Looking on is the cookie recipe’s creator, Mary Claire Cook, a 4th-grade student. (Office of Governor Kay Ivey)
Rep. Reed Ingram (R), who worked with the 4th-grade students throughout the legislative process, authored the bill to name the Yellowhammer Cookie the state cookie.
The Yellowhammer Cookie consists of two oatmeal cookies with a peanut butter filling between them. The sandwich cookie features ingredients that are important to Alabama, noted the bill’s text.
Peanuts are the “official state legume of Alabama,” said the text of the bill, while “Alabama is one of only 15 states that produce pecans … The pecan is designated as the official state nut of Alabama.”
The brightly colored yellowhammer is Alabama’s state bird, according to the State Symbols USA website. (iStock)
Additionally, “Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer” is the University of Alabama football team’s well-known cheer, according to Fanbuzz.com.
While most states have designated an official flower, animal and other various symbols, most do not have an official state cookie.
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Massachusetts also has an official state donut, the Boston Cream donut.
Glazed donuts are displayed at a Dunkin’ Donuts store on Sept. 7, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois. In Massachusetts, the state donut in the Boston Cream. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
A handful of other states have adopted official state pies or variations on official “state desserts.”
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Recently, Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey (D) made headlines after naming the “Taylor Swift ham, egg, and cheese” as the state’s official sandwich, in part to honor the singer’s tour dates in New Jersey.
