Alabama’s Yellowhammer Cookie created by Mary Claire Cook

A cookie created by a fourth-grader in Alabama is now the state’s official cookie.

The Yellowhammer Cookie got the designation via legislation by Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday.

Mary Claire Cook, a student at Trinity Presbyterian School in Montgomery, whipped up the winning recipe, which includes pecans, peanut butter, and honey.

Pupils at the Christian day school, which is located in Montgomery, were the ones who thought up the idea of a state cookie, during their lesson on Alabama history.

“We figured Alabama doesn’t have a state cookie, but other states do,” Kathryn Bandy, the college counselor at Trinity, told WSFA-TV.

Seniors at the school were tasked with crowning the winner — and were also the ones who chose the cookie’s name and pitched the idea of a state cookie to GOP Rep. Reed Ingram.

“We selected the cookie because it has three ingredients that really encapsulate the state of Alabama, with pecans from Mobile and Baldwin counties, nuts from the Dothan area, and oats from Central Alabama,” Trinity senior Russel Powell told the outlet.

Earlier this month, a bill that called for the creation of a state cookie passed in the House and Senate.

On Friday, Cook brought a batch of her now-famous cookies to Ivey, who taste-tested the treats before signing the bill.

“Sweet Home Alabama just got a little sweeter!” she said.

With Post Wires