An 8-year-old California boy, Jalen Bailey, who loves to bake runs a home-based
bakery, where he creates and sells cookies, bread, muffins and tarts in hopes
of earning enough money to buy a house for himself and his mom, Sharhonda
Mahan.
This summer, when other kids his age are in swimsuits at the
pool, Bailey is wearing his apron, hard at work in the kitchen. Instead of
running around a ball field, Bailey is running a hand mixer, whipping up fresh
batches of yummy treats.
"I just love to bake," he tells PEOPLE. "It's
fun!"
"I want to buy a house with a pool and a big back yard
and a kitchen so me and my momma can bake and make memories."
Bailey and his mom, a single parent, live in a small rental
house. While still a pre-schooler, Bailey got started in baking by helping his
mom during gift-giving season.
"I used to bake sweet potato pies to get extra money
for the holidays," says Mahan, 30, a nanny. "He was always in the kitchen,
asking if he could help. I didn't do it well at all," Bailey says.
"It took me 10 minutes to cut one sweet potato."
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