Around 5:00pm last night I figured I had better get dinner in the oven.
I had already been baking and decorating these cookies all day.
Did you know I bake?
I do.
A lot.
Like….
a lot.
(No, you are not seeing things. I have made these before.)
So I turned the oven again and sat down to finish adding eyes to little lions.
I kid you not, what happened next has left me scarred for life.
My oven started on fire.
And then sorta blew up.
Right. Before. My eyes.
Now. Just to get the important details out of the way… no one was hurt.
Well. Except me.
Did I mention I bake a lot?
After my oven caught on fire and exploded, and I sat downstairs rocking like a baby in the fetal position hubby got home, checked the breakers and everything, and called me upstairs to see this.
It was like a fine orange sulfur was covering the entire inside. And we could see at the very back that the heating element had sorta burned itself up.
I am bummed.
Oh, so bummed.
On the upside, I am totally declaring this a PB&J home for the next few days! No more bad cooking and endless baking sessions!
I feel like I have a new lease on life!
Well. Until I need to bake something that is. Then I am going to lose it.
OHMIGOSH!! I am so glad you are ok! My over has caught fire but never anything like that.
I love the cookies! Way too cute!
I can NOT imagine the trauma that the blown up oven is causing you right now. You’ll probably need therapy to overcome this!
BTW…LOVE the new pic of you! You are really pretty!
Best of luck with oven searching!
OMG Amanda!!! Hey, I got my stove on Craigslist a few years ago…..got a GREAT deal on it! It’s a smooth top, very clean. The people were remodeling their kitchen!
How scary….I just can’t imagine!!
Every time my element has burned in two, it burns a bright white flame and scares me half to death. We had to special order my last element, my ovens are circa 1972! I have double ovens and LOVE them, so won’t update. LOL!!
I love your new picture!!
Wow. I mean really… wow.
BTW – did your oven ever make any popping sounds? Mine pops just about every time it is heating up and now I’m wondering if I need to be watching out for an exploding oven also.
Glad to hear no one was hurt. Good thing you were not in the middle of baking a cookie/cake order! Hmmm this means you’ll get a brand spanking new oven
woohoo!
I am just thankful to God that you or your children were not hurt and your home did not catch fire. Praying you find the best deal when replacing your oven.
Good grief! That is scary! Glad no one was hurt..and you got those adorable cookies out in time
Sorry about the oven 
It is nice to me too to have a very good reason not to make another crummy dinner, heehee! take care!
Dang! That would be scary. Do you get a new oven out of it? LOL!
Blessings,
Kim
Cookies are great by the way.
Are you kidding me? This is sooo awesome…
now…you get to PICK OUT a BRAND NEW STOVE…An awesome, cool, totally works for your totally kickin’ awesomesauce baked goodness…
Not use the same old stove that I have that came with your house that for some reason, can’t bake anything worn a darn!
silver lining my friend…silver lining!
I am freaking out FOR you! I’m glad you and the kiddos are okay! Oh my goodness. Was your oven a Maytag, by chance?? We have seriously had some issues with our Maytag appliances lately. They are organized or something. Recently, our stovetop caught fire [not BIG blazes, but enough to freak me out], smoked out and now it won’t work. I am having to zig and zag to do my thang in the kitchen. When I want to use the TOP of the stove, I have to go outside and cut the breaker to the oven. Then when I want to use the oven, I have to go out and cut it the breaker back on. I can’t use both at the same time because it won’t work. We are waiting on the repairman to get our parts delivered and then have him fix it for millions of dollars. This stove was a brand new Maytag Gemini stove just 3 years ago and was not cheap! So…to say that I’m mad and frustrated is an understatement.
So are you getting a new stove and when? And what kind? I’m sorry that this has happened to you!
Amanda, Thank God nobody got hurt (except your oven), that’s the main thing. That must have been so scary!!! The good news: A few manditory days off from cooking and baking. The bad news: A few manditory days off from cooking and baking! BTW those animal cookies are precious! Just darling. Thank goodness they made it out alive
Hang in there. It could have been SO much worse!
I’m so glad your house didn’t burn down. There is lemonade to be made out of this HUGE lemon! and I LOVE your new picture, too!
Scary! That is exactly what happened to my oven….and I had just finished making Amanda’s Amazing Sugar Cookies! Just saying…bizzarre!!!
Hope you can get a new one soon!
Ohhhhh noooooo! =[ Thats a very sad story although i am glad to hear nobody got hurt! I hope you get an oven back soon!
Glad you are all okay! how scary!!!! I would have been freakin’ and calling 911 for sure!!!
Maybe now you can get that commercial oven for your “business”
Oh dear, not good! How did you get the fire out or did you just keep the oven door closed?
I’m glad everyone is okay. What a bummer!
OH my goodness! The most importnant thing is the cookies are PRECIOUS!!! I cant believe that happen to your oven! What causes that???
OH NO!! I do hope the withdrawls won’t be too bad. If they do, you can always pick up drinking. Or gambling… I hear you can play the slots online now.
How long will it take to get it replaced? I hope you’re back up and running soon. I don’t know what I’ll do without my sweet tooth fix! Probably start gambling… online!
Scary! glad everyone is ok and hope you get a new, much awesome-r over soon.
Cute cookies, btw . . . you amaze me!
I am so so sad for you! I can’t believe that you oven blew up! But I am glad everyone is okay!
Hopefully you find a great deal on an oven that rocks your world!
Grateful that you and the kids and your house are still intact. Can imagine how anxious you were for your husband to come home. Having this happen must make you feel that you just lost a good friend. I pray that your kitchen is beaming with a new stove very soon.
My microwave recently sparked and I freaked out and got a new one immediately but if my oven blew I would freak too….. Now you will have a new fresh one for all your beautiful baked goods
Thanking God no one was hurt! That must have been terrifying! But at least you get a break from cooking/baking without feeling guilty.
Amanda
I am so grateful that no one was hurt or your house wasn’t damaged. I can imagine that was VERY scary but I am so happy that you can have even a little humor about what happened!
On a totally different note I am LOVING the new “profile” picture!! You look AMAZING!! Not that you weren’t totally rockin’ before…but you look just that much more hip now!
Smile and be grateful for your belssings today!
Kristin
amanda, i am so glad you are all ok – that must have been a scary moment. the exact same thing happened to one of my friends less than a week before their housewarming party, only they busted out the fire extinguisher and ended up with a white coating over the majority of their house – talk about a major cleanup!!! anyway, just glad no one was hurt and that your cookies still turned out beautiful as always:)
Gosh, I am glad everyone is okay. That really must have scared the daylights out of you. Sorry about the oven, though.
OH NO!!!! I am glad your safe. I can’t imagine as a fellow baker how hard it would be to not have my oven.
Oh…. what a bummer!! Well, i’m am also glad that it wasnt worse. You could of been out back playing with the kiddos or worse yet ‘gardening’ while the children napped and not even noticed till the house was up in flames. Thank the Lord everyones fine. And now you get to get a much better ‘high effecency’ oven. YEAH!!! Because the ones they put in our lovely homes out here are just fantastic.(Hence the sarcasm) Have a great day Amanda. And i’m sorry to hear about the oven.
P.S. I also love the new picture!! Very Pretty!!!!
OMGracious! I would have had a heart attack! So glad everyone is ok.. in your case I am so sorry that you cant bake.. in my case I would be jumping for joy that I dont have to cook for a little while
Have a wonderful day girlie
I am so thankful that neither you or my little buddies were standing next to that oven!! Praise God for His protection!
My next thought is…. NEW STOVE! SCOOOORRRREEEEE!
THAT IS INSANITY!!!!! I am so glad you all are ok!!
I am trying not to laugh as I feel so badly for you! At least you are able to look on the bright side.
I am sure no appliance has known as much love as your oven.
Not cool!!
I’m glad you and the family are ok though!
I hope it get’s fixed soon, until then enjoy not cooking!! Luck
Oh My! I’m so glad no one was hurt and that it seems contained to just the oven. I hope a new oven is in the picture for you soon. I know you probably werent planning on having to go out and buy a new stove tomorrow. That’s how those things seem to happen to me anyway. We had to get a new dryer and it just wasnt on my original shopping list for that day. LOL.
Have a wonderful day and enjoy your cooking break. =D
So glad nobody was hurt. That is crazy…Can you bake me some cupcakes? Hehe, just kidding.
Scary! I’m glad no one was hurt but wow, that is something you don’t expect. On the upside you get to go shopping for a new oven! Yay!
I think it was God’s way of telling you to take a break. Now you can enjoy this beautiful Minnesota weather we are having! Can you write off your new stove as a business deduction…because then you could really get the top notch model!! A stove really is mandatory for a baking business you know!
Oh my gosh, that is so scary! I was actually terrified of my oven when I first moved into my apartment. It’s a super cheap model and there are openings in the bottom of the oven where you can actually see the flames from the heating unit and the oven produces sooo much heat (I actually can’t use it at all in the summer because my entire kitchen will reach upwards of 100 degrees). I was afraid the first few times I used it that it would actually start a fire.
I’m glad you and your family are safe. Hopefully you’ll be able to pick out a shiny new, explosion free oven.
Scary! But maybe the silver lining could be the new oven you get to pick out soon… you do get to pick out a new one, right?!
So scary!! Glad you are sorta ok…maybe this break will give you time to come up with 100′
s of new ideas!! Baby cookies are SOO cute!!
I am SO GLAD you were not hurt and that it was like a mini-fire and didn’t get out of control.
Hopefully you get the oven situation taken care of before you need to bake and have a full on melt down!
You poor thing, any idea how that happened? Is it under warranty?
Does this mean you aren’t going to mail me cookies?
Whoa! I’m glad to hear that nobody was hurt, and that it didn’t get out of control!
On a lighter note…your cookies are gorgeous as ever!
Oh My that would have freaked me out. That is crazy. The cookies are adorable though
OMGosh that is SO SCARY!!! I’m glad you are OK, but WOW! I would have been in the fetal position too! LOL
Oh no! I am glad you’re all okay.
This is usually my worst nightmare, I’m always expecting it to happen – I do things like leaving the stove on overnight and discovering it the next morning.
Glad nobody got hurt! I would have been calling for my momma, in fetal position, sucking my thumb.
You are much braver than I am.
Also, those cookies? My absolute favorite cookie I’ve ever seen of yours. Too adorable.
Yikes! That would traumatize me too!
I love your new profile picture! You look so professional and put together!
I know I would scream and then I’m not sure WHAT I would do.
The cookies are adorable though. Hope they didn’t get harmed int he explosion.
Oh.My.Goodness.
I am so glad that you are OK!!
And look at the bright side, you are now free to go out and get the oven you have always wanted.
Dear Amanda,
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Is there a phone number or email where I could reach you?
Thanks very much for your reply. I look forward to hearing from you.
I’m so happy you’re ok….I remember seeing your tweets that evening!!!
Did you get a fun new oven out of the deal?
Oh! The same thing happened to me!
It was my friend’s birthday, something I have fun making a big deal out of every year, and I had been cooking for a couple days. (Double chocolate cake with white chocolate ganache filling, dark chocolate ganache icing; mondo meatload wrapped in bacon; a sauted corn, tomato, garlic dish that is *wonderful*…) It was when I had the appetizers under the broiler that it happened. (Bacon wrapped scallops.) The heating element went off like the world’s biggest sparkler! We just stood there stunned as these massive sparks dashed themselves against the oven window. (Dashed? It was more like *rammed!*) I think we held hands. I think one of us said, “Mommy!” It went on forever it seemed. And when it was over, the heating element was almost melted. (No fine orange powder, though.) I was without the oven for almost a week before someone could come in to fix it for me. And thank goodness the mondo meatloaf was already done. I can still remember those spark [shudder] – they were huge and scary…
Oh my gosh, that is so scary! I was actually terrified of my oven when I first moved into my apartment.