Raleigh Meyers from Austin, TX doesn’t have the greatest oven. “It must have all these hot and cold spots,” she tells Penelope, “because no matter how many times I turn the pie during baking, the crust always starts to burn. What can I do?”

It’s arts and crafts time, Raleigh. We’re going to make a foil ring for the rim of the pie. All you need are aluminum foil and scissors. (Only not nail scissors.) Take a sheet of foil about the size of a standard cookie sheet or half sheet, fold it in half and cut out a half moon. Then open the foil and you’ll have a ring that fits around the rim of the pie. And this may seem obvious, but make the ring before you put the pie in the oven so you’re not trying to adjust the size when the pie and the oven are hot. And always wear oven mitts. It’s so easy to think, “I’ll just reach in the oven and place this little foil ring on the pie. It’s no big deal. I won’t burn my hands.” But you will burn your hands and it will be a big deal.