Meet Yellowhammer Cookies, Alabama’s Delectable New State Cookie (2024)

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What is the state cookie of Alabama Yellowhammer? ›

A yellowhammer cookie is a type of stuffed drop cookie containing peanuts, pecans, oats, honey and peanut butter. Invented for a school baking competition, it became the official state cookie of Alabama later that year. The recipe includes locally relevant ingredients and is named after Alabama's state bird.

These Alabama state sandwich cookies are irresistible, no matter where you're from. As of June 2, 2023, Alabama gained an official state cookie–it's even been signed into law. If you're from Alabama and you've never heard of yellowhammer cookies, you're in for a treat.

What is a 'Yellowhammer' cookie? Nutty treat becomes Alabama's newest state symbol. ALABAMA (WHNT) – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 421 (HB421) into law Friday, making the “Yellowhammer Cookie” the official state cookie.

Recipes for cookies are highly variable. Probably the most popular cookies in the United States are those that are based on a simple dough of flour, butter, sugar, and egg, to which a variety of flavouring and texturizing ingredients, such as chocolate chips, oatmeal, raisins, or peanut butter, may be added.

This state is known as "The Yellowhammer State." This nickname originated back during the Civil War when one day a company of Alabama troops paraded in uniforms trimmed in bits of bright yellow cloth. This reminded people of birds called "Yellowhammers" which have yellow patches under their wings.

DESCRIPTION: The northern flicker is Alabama's state bird where it is often referred to as the “Yellow-hammer.” The name “Yellow-hammer” comes from a term that was applied to a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville.

ALABAMA: From an Indian tribe of the Creek Confederacy originally called the Alabamas or Alibamons, who in turn gave the name to a river from which the State name was derived.

Alabama's state song is predictably named "Alabama," with lyrics written by Julia Tutwiler, an advocate for education and prison reform in the state during the late 19th century.

Audemus jura nostra defendere — Latin for "We Dare Defend Our Rights" or "We Dare Maintain Our Rights" — is the state motto of Alabama and is depicted on the official Coat of arms of Alabama.

Pizzelles are the oldest known cookie and originated in the mid-section of Italy. They were made many years ago for the “Festival of the Snakes” also known as the “Feast Day of San Domenico”.

What is the most favorite cookie in the world? ›

Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co.

'Cookie' as a nickname has a long history. It's often just a name given to the cook, or whoever the duty of cooking falls on. It's also often given to folks that are fragile, 'crack up' easily, or are just sweet in nature. Perhaps it is a name referring to a particular 'cookie incident'.

Lane cake, also known as prize cake, is a four-layer white cake with a bourbon-spiked raisin filling that originated in the American South. It's the official state cake of Alabama.

There aren't many buttery-yellow birds in Britain, so the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is probably our best-known bunting. The yellowhammer is common all year round, with 680,000 breeding pairs in the UK, though numbers are declining (Red List of Conservation Concern).

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey just signed it into law earlier this month. Tennessee's state cookie is chocolate chip and Georgia's state cookie is peanut butter with chocolate chips.