Cookie Element founder talks community, career and confections

Cookie Element founder talks community, career and confections

“Never in a million years did I think I would be in the cookie business,” said Amy Spillane, baker and founder of the Cookie Element in Yorba Linda, which celebrated eight years in the game. “I did not go to culinary school and I had never worked in a bakery prior.” Before entering the cookie business, Spillane, who holds a biology degree from UC Irvine and an MBA from Pepperdine, toiled away for two decades in the decidedly less delectable worl…