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Norton physical therapist turns side gig into booming cookie business

Norton physical therapist turns side gig into booming cookie business
AUGUST 22ND, A NEW SMALL BUSINESS IS WINNING OVER LOUISVILLE HEARTS AND STOMACHS WITH COOKIES. TEN LIZZY BAKED GOODS STARTED OUT AS A SIDE GIG BY ONE NORTON PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND NOW IT’S GROWING RAPIDLY. WLKY IS ALEX DURHAM SHARES HOW THE OWNER’S DREAM CAME TRUE. THE OWNER, LIZZIE KETTLE, HAS ALWAYS SAID PHYSICAL THERAPIST BY DAY AND BAKER BY NIGHT. LIZZIE, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? YOU STARTED THIS OUT JUST BY DOING SOMETHING FUN, RIGHT? YES, A LITTLE SIDE HUSTLE IN GRAD SCHOOL WHEN I WAS STUDYING TO BECOME A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND SO THESE ARE WHAT YOU’RE REALLY KNOWN FOR ARE THESE CUSTOM SUGAR COOKIES. WHAT MAKES THEM SO SPECIAL? I’D SAY IT’S THE BUTTER CREAM FROSTING. THIS IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF MY BUSINESS. THE BUTTERCREAM FROSTED SUGAR COOKIES. AND SO YOU’RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU HAD GO OUT OF YOUR HOME KITCHEN, WHICH IS WHAT THIS WAS AS A HOME BAKING BUSINESS. NOW YOU’RE HERE IN CHEF SPACE. HOW HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERING THE GROWTH THAT YOU’VE HAD? IT’S BEEN A GREAT GROWING EXPERIENCE. OBVIOUSLY, I’VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION THAT I’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. ALSO, WHILE LEARNING HOW TO GROW A BUSINESS. NO DOUBT. AND SO WATCHING YOU DO THIS REALLY FUN, LIKE KIND OF BACK TO SCHOOL THEME THAT’S WHAT YOU DO ON THESE SUGAR COOKIES. YOU MAKE THEM REALLY FUN AND THEMED PEOPLE PLACE CUSTOM ORDERS. DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE THESE SOMEWHERE? SO I DO CUSTOM ORDERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, DURING BUSY TIMES AND WHATNOT TO COME UP WITH HOLIDAYS SETS. BUT YOU CAN FIND MY COOKIES AT ALL TIMES AND ALL FOR PAUL’S FRUIT MARKET LOCATION IS IN CAFE COMMONS. IN NORTON COMMONS IN ADDITION TO THESE SUGAR COOKIES AT OUR FAMILY RECIPE. YOU ALSO DO OTHER TYPES OF COOKIES. YES, I DO. I HAVE FOR MY MOST POPULAR FLAVORS RIGHT HERE, OUR ULTIMATE COOKIE, WHICH IS EMINEM’S CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND GROUND OATS. THE NEWEST LAUNCH OF SNICKERDOODLE COOKIE HAS BEEN A GREAT HIT. THE ORIGINAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE AND THEN A CLASSIC EMINEM. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU CAN FIND THIN LIZZY BAKED GOODS ON ONLINE, OR YOU CAN EVEN CHECK
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Norton physical therapist turns side gig into booming cookie business
A new small business is winning over Louisville hearts (and stomachs) one cookie at a time.Lizzie Kelly is the baker and owner behind Tin Lizzie Baked Goods.She grew up in Louisville attending Sacred Heart and Bellarmine.You can find her buttercream frosted sugar cookies in all shapes, sizes and colors at Paul's Fruit Market locations and Café Commons in Norton Commons.She offers custom iced cookies starting at $25 per dozen, chocolate chip cookies, M&M's, ultimate cookies and more.For the full menu, click here.Kelly has her doctorate in physical therapy and has said for years she is a physical therapist by day and baker by night, because that is exactly how it all started.​Four years ago, when Kelly was knee-deep in graduate school, she found baking to be her outlet to step away from the books. After filling orders for close family and friends while working for Norton Healthcare, word of mouth and social media brought her to where she is today.Kelly is passionate about baking and hopes to one day have a brick-and-mortar store.That's originally where the name Tin Lizzie Baked Goods came from. Kelly said she always dreamed of selling her cookies out of tins at her own store one day.For now, the boxes are paper, but she has hope the tins are right around the corner.WLKY's Alex Durham learned more about these sweet treats and got a behind-the-scenes look at how they're made. Watch below.

A new small business is winning over Louisville hearts (and stomachs) one cookie at a time.

Lizzie Kelly is the baker and owner behind Tin Lizzie Baked Goods.

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She grew up in Louisville attending Sacred Heart and Bellarmine.

You can find her buttercream frosted sugar cookies in all shapes, sizes and colors at Paul's Fruit Market locations and Café Commons in Norton Commons.

She offers custom iced cookies starting at $25 per dozen, chocolate chip cookies, M&M's, ultimate cookies and more.

For the full menu, click here.

Kelly has her doctorate in physical therapy and has said for years she is a physical therapist by day and baker by night, because that is exactly how it all started.

​Four years ago, when Kelly was knee-deep in graduate school, she found baking to be her outlet to step away from the books.

After filling orders for close family and friends while working for Norton Healthcare, word of mouth and social media brought her to where she is today.

Kelly is passionate about baking and hopes to one day have a brick-and-mortar store.

That's originally where the name Tin Lizzie Baked Goods came from. Kelly said she always dreamed of selling her cookies out of tins at her own store one day.

For now, the boxes are paper, but she has hope the tins are right around the corner.

WLKY's Alex Durham learned more about these sweet treats and got a behind-the-scenes look at how they're made. Watch below.