30-year-old quit her job to open a bake shop—now her 2 storefronts bring in 7 figures yearly: 'I always knew I wanted to work for myself'

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Five years before Abi Caswell opened her own bakery, she had never made a single cookie. Today, she owns and manages two bake shops that bring in seven figures in sales, she says. Caswell, 30, is the founder of Batter , a bakery with two storefronts in Hammond, Louisiana and in New Orleans. Her ultimate goal has always been to own her own business, she tells CNBC Make It. "Since I was a kid, I always knew I wanted to work for myself," she says. "I wanted to be able to control my schedule, and I