#simon snowscone

[scone-lover]

Sour Cherry Scones

True to my name, today I’m sharing my tested-and-true recipe for incredible sour cherry scones! ❤️

THEY ARE SOOOO GOOD.

I’ve been thinking about these scones since reading Carry On, specifically the line: “I just can't pass up the scones if they're there. They're soft and light and a little bit salty. Sometimes I dream about them.” 

Me too, Simon, me too.

I use my own small-batch scone dough base recipe, which was originally adapted from the blog dessertfortwo. I also drew some inspiration from the recipe from fiction food cafe. I haven’t made @cookingmywaythroughcarryon‘s recipe but I’m hoping to try it soon!

These are quite different from all of those, and I’ve tested them about 4 times now (and not just because I want to eat them again... and again.) Fiction Food mentioned they might be round in canon, and while I prefer triangle scones, I cut these round with a mason jar lid and they turned out really nice—very English-teatime looking.

Tips:

butter: I actually don’t like to use frozen butter. It tends to result in a crumblier texture than I would like. These scones are flaky on the outside and dense inside. I don’t use a pastry cutter or food processor—I cut cold butter into cubes, then rub/smush it into the flour with my hands. I’ve found that results in the best texture. 

cherries: I did a lot of research on sour cherries (this post from The Kitchn) and used dried Montmorency cherries from Trader Joe’s. A friend recommended soaking them in liquid (water, OJ, rum) to plump them, which I haven’t tried but might do next! The dried cherries worked great for the texture. Although fresh would be ideal, obviously, I would be careful with the amount of liquid they add during cooking, which can lead to a soggy scone.

baking powder: My first two batches fell flat because my baking powder was expired! You can easily check this by adding some to hot water and seeing if it fizzes.

salt: The amount of salt in this depends on what kind of salt you have on hand. I used pink Himalayan and ½ tsp was the perfect amount so you could taste it and have that salty/sweet combo. If you’re using kosher salt, ½ tsp should also be fine. If you have sea salt I’d reduce to about ¼ tsp. You can use table salt in a pinch (I prefer not to bake with it) and I’m guessing that would be ¼ tsp as well.

egg: I think dessertfortwo uses just an egg yolk in order to maintain proper liquid proportions for the small batch recipe. However, I found that using just an egg yolk also reduces fluffiness, which is ideal—we want a scone, not a muffin. An unexpected perk is that it contributes to that beautiful golden colour!

Notes:

The photos in this post are mostly from the best-tasting batch I made with the recipe posted here. However, they spread out a little in the oven because my baking powder was expired. The paler scones were made with an experimental recipe which turned out far worse, but I used non-expired baking powder (lol) so I’m putting them here for a height reference.

Recipe is below, and scroll/click “keep reading” below that for a step by step with photos!

SOUR CHERRY SCONES

Makes: 6 scones

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

¼ cup sugar

¼ to ½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking powder

4 tablespoons salted butter, cold

⅓ cup cold heavy cream, plus extra for brushing

1 egg yolk

¼ cup dried sour/tart cherries

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400ºF (205ºC).

In a bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.

Cut the butter into squares and add it to the flour mixture. Work the butter into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter, forks or knives, or your hands. It should be evenly distributed in pieces the size of peas.

Add the sour cherries and mix. (You can also do this after adding the wet ingredients for a better sense of how many cherries you want.)

Whisk together the egg yolk and heavy cream in a separate bowl. Pour it into the dry ingredients and incorporate using a spatula.

Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and shape it into a circle about an inch thick. Using a cookie cutter or anything round (I used the top of a mason jar), cut the scone into circle shapes.

Place the scones on a baking sheet (optional lined with parchment paper). Brush the top of each piece with heavy cream.

Bake for 13-15 minutes, until the scones are golden brown on the edges and a toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy with butter or cream, tea, and a book :) (Preferably Carry On)

STEP BY STEP PHOTOS

Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.

Cut the cold butter into squares and add it to the flour mixture. Use your hands (or a pastry cutter or utensils) to distribute the butter until the chunks are pea-sized.

Combine the heavy cream, egg yolk, and vanilla extract, then add it to the flour/butter mixture.

Stir until it forms a shaggy dough. Add the sour cherries if you haven’t already.

Flip the dough onto a floured surface and push it together with your hands until it forms a ball. Pat/roll it into a circle about one inch thick.

Use a circular cutter or whatever you have on hand, cut out the scones. Do not twist the cutter -- the ragged edges are part of what helps them rise.

Place the scones on a baking sheet either greased, lined with parchment paper, or a silpat mat.

(Can you tell which photos I edited for my blog, lol)

Brush the tops of the scones with heavy cream. DO NOT SKIP THIS - it’s heavenly and gives them a wonderful crunch on the top. Much better than egg wash. It’s seriously decadent.

Bake the scones at 400ºF (205ºC) for 13-15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.

Make a scone-butter sandwich and pretend that you’re Simon Snow. 

Enjoy, my loves ❤️ 

[peachpit-gabe]

“The first was taken this morning; I can tell by the light. Baz is throwing a two-fingered salute at the camera.”

Fan art from @thehoneyedhufflepuff ‘s awesome fic.

Read Between The Lines HERE

Also here’s the fake insta account that took me AN HOUR to fabricate and in the end it ended up smooshing the pic down 😡

EITHER WAY. I realized after I drew baz that I fucked up because

1. His hair is supposed to be pulled back 😭

2. Niall is supposed to be in the background

So I ended up changing the caption a little from the original text I hope y’all don’t mind.

[ace-of-haerts]

Describe yourself using 10 photos off your phone

Thanks @angelsfalling16 for the tag! 💛

I tag @awesomeaislin @cozydnp @kg-sketch @ohlooksomeonejust @simon-snowscone @unconditionaldrarry and anyone else who wants to do this!

[ao3feed-carryon]

by AestheticGalaxy

AggressivelyAce: Why were you even in room 37 anyway? Isn't that the 'off-limits' room?

SnowScone: oh ebb asked me to look after her goat

SnowScone: I MEAN TOTALLY NOT A GOAT HAHA WHO BRINGS A GOAT INTO SCHOOL RIGHT??? HAHA GOTCHA

Words: 579, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Carry On Series - Rainbow Rowell

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Simon Snow, Penelope Bunce, Agatha Wellbelove, Dev (Simon Snow), Niall (Simon Snow)

Relationships: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow, Dev/Niall (Simon Snow)

Additional Tags: Texting, Alternate Universe - Normal High School, No Plot/Plotless, Pining Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Gay Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Oblivious Simon Snow, Asexual Agatha Wellbelove, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

[ao3feed-snowbaz]

I think I might be in love with you.

https://ift.tt/2Z02JkA

by AestheticGalaxy

AggressivelyAce: Why were you even in room 37 anyway? Isn't that the 'off-limits' room?

SnowScone: oh ebb asked me to look after her goat

SnowScone: I MEAN TOTALLY NOT A GOAT HAHA WHO BRINGS A GOAT INTO SCHOOL RIGHT??? HAHA GOTCHA

Words: 579, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Carry On Series - Rainbow Rowell

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Simon Snow, Penelope Bunce, Agatha Wellbelove, Dev (Simon Snow), Niall (Simon Snow)

Relationships: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow, Dev/Niall (Simon Snow)

Additional Tags: Texting, Alternate Universe - Normal High School, No Plot/Plotless, Pining Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Gay Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Oblivious Simon Snow, Asexual Agatha Wellbelove, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Z02JkA

[snowbaz-fanfiction-library]

Social Media Masterlist (3)

a guy that i'd kinda be into by stillhumanz

Simon Snow is a lonely kid. If you haven't got any friends by Year 9, you've basically set yourself up for a life spent lonely.

But when he meets an Instagram follower that goes by the name EdgyMcVampire with odd aesthetic choices and an absolutely gorgeous singing voice, things might just be going right for him. Well, except for his annoying classmate, Basil or whatever. Sure, he's posh, and sure, he's kind of (okay, really really) handsome, but Simon doesn't really see them ever becoming friends or anything more.

But some things change. And, of course, Simon's never really been right about anything in his life, and that streak isn't about to end just because he may have fallen in love.

And we captured the enemy by yunnikakennings

Because when you're your crush's enemy, you can only ever admire them afar off - or through photographs.

Carry On Starring Simon Snow and Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch by jjuu1l

Idk what I’m doing (@SnowScones)

Hey when are we getting Tea? Simon dropped his phone and broke it.

Late Night Stories by Towrittealovestory

Simon "accidentally" added Baz on Snapchat.

Lurking Disaster by carry-on-kissing-snowbaz

As he scrolled through Baz’s pictures on Instagram, Simon wondered how creepy he was being. Sure, people talked about lurking on other people’s social media accounts all the time, but Baz wasn’t someone he’d just met or someone he never got to talk to. Baz was his roommate, someone Simon saw everyday. It made his lurking feel extra stalker-y, so he tried to limit it as much as possible.

Magic Words by MakeItRay_n

SnowBaz flirting over snapchat and then making out.

Simon Snow Just Posted A New Video by iamarosegarden

baz watches a video by simon snow in which he is mentioned

Simon the Plant Killer by fandomlimb

Takes place post-Watford. Simon is a terrible plant parent.

Username by sugar4ndroses

It’s official. Someone out there controlling the universe has got it out for me. It’s the only explanation.

[wematch]

Vlogger Confessions

Youtuber AU where Simon is a daily vlogger and Baz has no idea what his roommate is always filming.

For @snowbaz-feda

Read on [AO3]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

Part 3

Yesterday I noticed that his YouTube name is snowscones, so now I’m watching his videos. I lost count at how many I saw in a row. I decided to start watching from the video called I finally moved dated a few months ago and go from there.

It takes me a week, of making marathons of his vlogs at night, but I’m almost up to date.

Snow saw me watching his videos, and was very nervous about it, but I reassured him that I really enjoy them.

Not just because I can look at him as much as I want, but because it’s really relaxing seeing someone go on about their day. He always tries to go somewhere, even if it’s just to try some coffee shop or fly his stupid drone somewhere remote.

**

Next Saturday, Snow is doing his live chat, and I’m on my way to the library when he calls my name “Baz! People have been waiting for you!”

“What” which is no answer, but then again, I don’t really know what to say to that.

“Do you wanna be in my chat? Just five minutes” He knows I can’t say no, not when he’s looking at me like a lost puppy.

“Fine Snow, just don’t ask weird stuff.”

He turns to the laptop with a big smile “Okay guys, you’ve been requesting this for a while now, so Baz is gonna join us for a few minutes, if you wanna ask him anything, now is your chance!”

As I’m sitting next to him, the comments start to go crazy and saying Snowbaz with a bunch of hearts, what is Snowbaz? I start to frown at the screen, trying to read some explanation in the comments.

Snow is looking at the screen to find something interesting, clearly ignoring everything saying Snowbaz.

“Okay Baz first question, what is it like to live with me?”

It’s a torture because I want to kiss you but I can’t, I wanna say, “Awful, you’re a pig.”

He snorts “I’m not that bad and you know it.”

Fine Penny’s roommate is way worse. He makes me a few more questions, but then stops looking at the chat and turns to me.

“Why do you keep frowning at the screen?”

“Trying to find what does Snowbaz mean.”

“What uh..that’s nothing” he looks away embarrassed, for some reason.

“What is it Snow?”

“It’s… a ship name” and he’s blushing like I’ve never seen him before “okay let me find you another question.”

He’s changing the subject, and that really annoys me, because I don’t really understand what that’s supposed to mean, “No” I tell him before turning to the laptop “What is Snowbaz?”

And immediately the comments go crazy again, they’re appearing so fast that I can barely read them, and I can feel Snow looking at me, waiting for me to read.

Then I finally read what it is and oh, shit is this real, people want us together? which is pissing me off, because clearly he doesn’t care about it at all. He wouldn’t dismiss it like that if he did, fuck. I need to get out of here before I say something stupid, “Oh, I see.”

“They just like us together, that’s all” and he shrugs, he fucking shrugs this away, I feel like he just punched me.

“Yeah whatever, I should go now anyway” and I just leave without looking at him.

(see my snowbaz fic masterlist)

[woahwhatfandoms]

okay so me and @simon-snowscone were having a very serious conversion about how simon is a proper british lad but then it suddenly dawned on us that he hasn’t said ennit?? like?? at all??

‼️LET SIMON SNOW SAY ENNIT 2K20‼️

let him fulfill his true inner british lad

your move rainbow.

[woahwhatfandoms]

Soulmate material am I right??

Simon is the amazing @simon-snowscone , Baz is me!

These are too much fun to make, the last gif had me on the FLOOR

[ao3feed-snowbaz]

Homophobia

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2HmzfDv

by SnowScones-PitchPrince (SepticSans04)

Baz has Simon over and his father isn't too happy about it. And frankly, he's not too kind on the subject either.

Words: 426, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Carry On - Rainbow Rowell, Simon Snow & Related Fandoms

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Simon Snow, Malcolm Grimm, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch

Relationships: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch & Simon Snow

Additional Tags: My First Fanfic, my children???, I'm Bad At Tagging, SnowBaz

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2HmzfDv

[ao3feed-carryon]

Homophobia

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2HmzfDv

by SnowScones-PitchPrince (SepticSans04)

Baz has Simon over and his father isn't too happy about it. And frankly, he's not too kind on the subject either.

Words: 426, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Carry On - Rainbow Rowell, Simon Snow & Related Fandoms

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Simon Snow, Malcolm Grimm, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch

Relationships: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch & Simon Snow

Additional Tags: My First Fanfic, my children???, I'm Bad At Tagging, SnowBaz

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2HmzfDv

[ao3feed-snowbaz]

Bloopers: Uploaded by SnowScones

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2ESG1wQ

by jjuu1l

Agatha She still is bro

Simon Bro?

Words: 823, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, M/M

Characters: Agatha Wellbelove, Simon Snow, Penelope Bunce, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch

Relationships: Agatha Wellbelove/Original Female Character(s), Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow, Penelope Bunce & Simon Snow & Agatha Wellbelove, Penelope Bunce & Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch & Simon Snow, All very brief

Additional Tags: This is written in a weird format, youtube au, fluff i guess?, idk what to call this tbh, I just wanted to write it, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Everyone's happy, I just rlly like this tbh

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2ESG1wQ