Brenda Jackson still has her day job: executive assistant. But her night-and-day joy is making that Southern sweetness known as pralines – creamy pecan candies, exactly how her Grandma made them all those years ago in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
“Really, I have been encouraged from so many people, and I decided with all of that, you’ve got to make it happen,” she said about starting her own business, Heavenly Pralines. “And I’ve been told you’re sitting on a gold mine.”
She secured her business license early this year. She sells her melt-in-your-mouth confections by word of mouth…