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14-year-old Ben Norman raised over $700 for his former Little League team's travel expenses by selling homemade cookies.

The fundraising effort evolved into a small business, Ben's Batter Up Bakery, with expanded cookie flavors and a baseball theme.

The bakery, run by Ben and his mother, Mary, is now Texas Cottage Food certified and aims to expand to local farmers' markets.

When Ben Norman found out his Southwest Little League friends and former teammates would travel to Sugarland for the 2025 50/70 Southwest Region Tournament, he racked his brain for a fundraiser that could help get them there.

His idea? Saran-wrapped paper plates piled with homemade butterscotch and chocolate chip cookies.

Roughly 30 batches — and many hours at kitchen counters — later, the 14-y

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