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'Cookie Man's' kids open North Jacksonville bakery

Veronica Anderson presses down peanut butter cookie dough in the kitchen of Arble Baking Company on May 16, 2023.
Bob Self
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Florida Times-Union
Veronica Anderson presses down peanut butter cookie dough in the kitchen of Arble Baking Company on May 16, 2023.

A new Jacksonville bakeshop from "The Cookie Man's" kids celebrate family, hard work and community one homemade cookie at a time.

Arble Baking Company held its grand opening this month in the Dunn Village shopping center in North Jacksonville.

Homemade oatmeal walnut, chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies baked from scratch in their home kitchen were more than a sweet treat enjoyed by four Jacksonville siblings as they were growing up.

It was how their now-retired parents — Veronica and Willis "The Cookie Man" Anderson — put each of them through college.

Read the rest of this story at the Florida Times-Union, a WJCT News partner.