Well, here's mine. I bake several babkas to sell at my local farmers market every week. I bake breads as well. One bakes at 325 and the other at 425. It was a busy day and so I turned the oven on to preheat as I do at the start of my baking day. Popped 6 babkas in for their first half of baking. At the halfway point I opened the oven to rotate and saw what should have been partially baked beauties with dark brown, almost burnt tops instead. Yikes!!! I had them at 425, not 325. Checked them and no way done inside. In a panic, I called your baking hot line. Your wonderful baker who helped me talked me through a way to save them. I only lost one and the 2nd was ok for my family to eat. These were the ones closest to the walls. The other four I foiled the tops and continued til done inside. Could not have averted this disaster without you guys!!! I was told the internal temp I needed to reach for doneness and other tips. The other ten I baked were great. Never made that mistake again!!! Love you guys!!! Thanks!!! By the way, my favorite disaster you posted is the forgotten starter and thermometer.

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