Today's bake is inspired by fiction, in particular the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries by Robin Stevens. These fab books set in the inter-war years in a girls' boarding school are full of yummy food and "bun breaks". Best of all Robin has published the recipes of some of the favourite treats from the series, along with some short stories in Cream Buns and Crime.
As we are off on a train journey tomorrow I decided a portable thing would be best, and hence chose Squashed Fly Biscuits. Better known as Garibaldi, these classic treats are elevated to the level of heroes by Daisy and Hazel in these books.
Although the recipe sounded easy to make there was a tricky moment when you had to fold the plain dough over the currants. In hindsight a little patience from me, and chilling the dough before rolling out would have made this much easier. All in all a quick treat to make that has elevated the humble cup of tea into a bun break (and with 40 biscuits made should sustain us through our train journey too!
