Saturday started with sunshine…

… and a loaf of bread. This bread … it is a continuation of my pursuit of the perfect pumpernickel/dark rye. This one is very, very close. The flavor is perfect, the crust is crisp, the interior crumb just needs a bit more rise before baking. Still, it made a great Reuben, wonderful toast with butter and jam. Sliced very thin and toasted worked for lox, cream cheese and capers. (The beginning: Dark Rye)

After a trip to town, I spent the rest of the day snuggled up in bed with Bear and Auggie watching PBS Mystery … allergy stuff from the very dry woods got to me again and I gave up on the outside chores.

But, Sunday dawned cloudy, cool and with a wee bit of rain, so feeling much better I started on an Apple Crumb Pie.

A new pie crust recipe as well as a new filling recipe: Mel’s Apple Crumb Pie There is a link to the crust in the post and on the crust post a video tutorial. The video is so much fun as Mel’s 3 year old daughter assists – AND I learned a couple of pie crust tricks as well.

After getting the pie in the oven for a 60-90 minute bake, I decided to tackle the kitchen cupboard hardware. Both the knobs and pulls (see Hardware: Part 1 and Hardware: Part 1.5 ) arrived last Monday. I tried not to think about them and gradually decided on…

Knobs. And I was happy.

No second guessing, no more dithering – I liked the way they looked.

Done.

Knobs on doors, pulls on drawers.

And Pie!

It is a great pie: deep dish apple with a streusel topping.

The weekend projects went well.