Yellowhammer cookie

Yellowhammer cookie
TypeCookie
CourseDessert
Place of originMontgomery, Alabama
Main ingredients
  • Peanuts
  • Pecans
  • Oats
  • Honey
  • Peanut butter

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.