A bit late for April 1, but enjoyed reading all these mishaps. Sometimes I think it only happens to me but no, plenty to go around. My disaster was a beautiful Martha Stewart pecan pie for thanksgiving dinner at my nephews house. Everyone loves this pie. I'm always trying to perfect the technique and read to pre-heat the oven to 500' and place the pie in the oven and turn it down right away to 450' for 15 min then down to 350' for 30-45 min. The high heat is supposed to "set" the custard. Well, I set it to 450' and promptly jumped in the shower and kept wondering why I was smelling the pie so soon when I got out. Still didn't check it thinking I HAD turned it down to 350' and baked the whole time at 450'. It was charred on top and went empty handed to the dinner. But my husband and I ate the whole pie over the next couple days--just took out forks and spoons and ate it out of the pan. It actually wasn't too bad. Ha!

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