Look for unexpected fruit treats on the menu, besides the pies and cakes of this baker

mers while her parents worked. She loved watching her Grandmama in the kitchen.

“She had a couch that backed up to her counter, and I’d watch from there. She would say ‘Get your knees off my couch. Come into the kitchen and learn something,’” Jones said.

Jones has incorporated her grandmother’s specialties into her professional baking menu – yeast rolls, pound cakes and pies. “I started with pies, chocolate and sweet potato, and then her rolls.”

Some of her best-sellers these days are her cakes, cupcakes, pies and cheesecakes in a jar.

By Lucy Weber

Joy Jones can thank her grandmother for igniting her passion for baking.

Abaker who works out of her home in Grand Junction, Tenn., Jones said when she was growing up, she would stay with her grandmother after school and during sum-

“I love to cook, but baking is my passion,” Jones said. “And I love trying new things.”

Since Jones started on her second job running her bakery, J’Lanette Boutique & Baked Goods, out of her house in 2018, she has expanded into tasty treats that her grandmother never considered. Candy grapes, plus candy pineapples, kiwi, watermelons and oranges come in a variety of flavors like cotton candy, tutti-frutti, tropical punch, strawberry crunch, green apple and other unique flavors. “I did grapes to mimic caramel apples,” and the flavors just grew from there, she said.

“I started the treat-making side of the business to stay popular and keep my name out there,” Jones said. “I wish I could stay home and bake all the time.”

Her family – husband Cordale, 13-year-old daughter Jori and 9-year-old daughter Mya – are her taste testers, but Maya is the one that Jones knows she has to please to get her new flavors on the market.

“If it makes it past her, it’s approved. It’s good to go.”

Jones can be found in her kitchen every weekend, all younger daughter was in. Mya was in the running for Harvest Fest queen, and the winner needed to raise the most money. “I came up $100 short, but I had a great experience.” day Friday, Saturday and half-a-day on Sunday fulfilling her orders. Every Sunday, she makes sure to

Jones is a familiar face at pop-up stores and festivals in the area in addition to taking orders. Orders can be made through her business Facebook page, J’Lanette Baked Goods, through email at Jlanettegb@yahoo.com or her personal Facebook, Joy Lanette.

The entrepreneurial spirit runs throughout the Jones’ household. Her husband, who was her high school sweetheart, operates a handyman service in addition to his full time career. Oldest Jori has a business selling eyelashes and tools, plus creating her own lip make “something sweet” for her family. “I bake it, but I don’t eat it. I don’t like sweets.

Jones said she always baked for her family, but what got her in the bakery business was contest her glosses to sell, in addition to her keychain business. Mya runs her own lemonade stand and will be adding snow cones to her menu this season.

“We all have a strong work ethic,” Jones said.