I tried to set my kitchen on fire - I really did - of course - there's always tomorrow

I was - in pain - my heels (from all the store walking and treadmill hopping and I hit Walmart AND Long's at lunch while on a hunt for a rolling pin (all mine in --- San Diego))

real pain - I am not supposed to go barefoot - or not much - and I am to wear cushioning on my heels or the orthodics.

So I was down feet up and the apple pie in the oven. 400 degrees. Derated for the glass pan. NEW glass pan.

I had baked the leftover stuffing (1 cup) for 1 hour and had it and a piece of pumpkin pie (the scrap pie - the leftover filling and crust.) for dinner

the apple bakes at a high temp

derated 25 degrees for glass pan

remember this

I stepped into the kitchen to check the pie - oblivious to time

saw SMOKE!

yep - pie - thick and juicy and heaped with apples - had "gone over" and the bottom (on a foil oven liner) was smoking nicely

Where was the smoke detector?????

I raced for window and fan and vents and of course oven off and the foil liner tossed into the backyard - once pie out of oven (lovely brown crust - PERFECT)

NO FLAMES ---- would have been in another minute!!!!! (I keep extra salt in the kitchen when baking.)

I stuck the bread in (also high temp cooking) once the oven was settled and had a new liner

It was done in 15 minutes - bread buttered and oven off and letting it brown a little on the bottom

I ate an end ---- very nice.

I will ice the bread in the morning when cool.

Smoke gone - will run candles tomorrow.

it is 11 PM and my eyes rattle and my heels still hurt
I took Aleve and two Tylenol.

Now the oven is off - I may try another glass of wine-----

Summer has stopped hiding .