Interesting baking day

Thought it would be a great idea to get ahead on some baking for the freezer. So, since my granddaughter spent the night we planned to get some cookies made.
 We managed to get everything put together. Though we had a measurement issue with the baking soda so we had to save what we could and start over.  Just a minor setback but should have given me a clue.  We get the batter mixed up, preheated the oven and loaded up the first pan. That batch didn't come out very well. Cookies sort ran into each other. Added a little flour so the second batch was much better.  Unfortunately halfway through the baking I heard this loud buzzing sound. Looked over at the stove and saw smoke coming through the top burner. Shut the oven off and opened the door and saw the heating element was on fire. So I grabbed the sheet of cookies out and shut the door.  Didn't see anything happening so I opened it back up to find the element had burnt up.
I am grateful it didn't start a fire and hoping once the element is replaced it will be as good as new. I ended up transferring the half done cookies to the little toaster oven to finish. Put the rest of the batter in the fridge till another time.
That was enough excitement for my day.
How was your day?

Apples and more apples

Went out this morning and stopped by a farm a couple miles from our house to pick up these beautiful Stayman apples.
Using up some others I got from them earlier this month to make applesauce.  Loaded up the crockpot this morning and headed down to the basement to get some jars.  We all love homemade applesauce and I use it in my baked goods to make them nice and moist.

Some wonderful mail today

Some fun mail today. Just love Tasha Tudor and finally found a nice copy of Pumpkin Moonshine.  The flowers came from one of our egg customers and I thought they look pretty in the watering can. That came from my dad a couple years ago with mini daffodils in it.