3-D Printer for Baking Supplies

 Emily Yancey

Missouri-based kindergarten teacher Emily Yancey launched her confections company Led By Faith Cookie Company with help from a Hunter’s Fund grant. After starting the cookie business as a passion project during COVID-19, she realized she needed to scale up in order to provide her intricate, decorated sugar cookies to customers across the country. Now, she’s looking to scale up further: by creating her own 3D-printed cookie cutters and making her business truly self-sustaining.

Without a 3D printer, Emily has to either source custom cookie cutters from other people, or turn away orders that she’s not prepared to fulfill. “The flexibility to design cookie cutters in-house means being able to provide the exact cookie a client dreams up and not having to turn away orders from a lack of cookie cutter options to meet their needs,” Emily says.

In the years since accepting her initial grant from Hunter’s Fund, Emily has grown her cookie clientele and successfully marketed her sweets on social media. Now, she’s on track to double her revenue from last year.

“The logical next step to continue growing is to learn how to incorporate the 3D

printing technology to diversify the products I am able to offer through creating custom cookie cutters,” Emily says. “Hunter's Grant would allow me to continue expanding my business by

accepting complex and unique orders while further extending my reach within the community and beyond. My dream is to one day own a brick-and-mortar storefront and continuing to establish long-standing clientele is just one of many steps on my way to making my dream a reality.”