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Cookies By Cris

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Cris Kennedy's Recipe for Home Business Success

Westlake woman launches Cookies by Cris

Cris Kennedy is turning her grandmother's recipes into a 21st-century business. The Westlake resident has started Cookies by Cris, a home-based business in which she makes and sells homemade cookies. Kennedy, a former pediatric nurse, started the business a little over a year ago, mostly doing it for friends and posting photos of her creations on her personal Facebook page. Since then, mostly by word of mouth, Kennedy has slowly been growing her business. She is now doing cookies for birthday parties held at Nicky Nicole. The holidays have been busy for her. She has been making cookies for area PTAs and school-related parties. She also offers holiday cookie trays featuring a variety of cookies including sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, …

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Bake Your Best Christmas Cookies Ever

Cris Kennedy offers tips for holiday baking

Cris Kennedy loves to bake, and has turned it into her home-based business, Cookies by Cris. Over the years she has baked, she's learned some lessons and tips and is passing them along to Patch readers to help them with their holiday baking. Make what you like. Is there a cookie that you can't imagine the holidays without? Don't worry if it's not a popular kind of cookie. More for you! Give the gift of cookies. Are you going to visit a someone for an afternoon? Bring a little plate of cookies. "Everyone's eyes light up when they see homemade cookies," Kennedy said. Shop sales. Kennedy buys lots of butter when it's on sale in the fall, and freezes it for her Christmas baking. She also hits the post-Christmas sales for everything from cookie…

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Cris Kennedy's Recipe for Home Business Success and Pat Catan's Craft Centers

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