Garibaldi was an Italian army general known mainly for his contribution to the Italian unification and had visited the UK in 1854. He was so popular at the time that these biscuits were created and named after him and the name has stayed to this day. Regardless of the Italian name, these ...
The recipe I saw called them Garibaldi biscuits, but they are also known by the appealing name “squashed fly biscuits”. Whatever they’re called, I’m happy that they’re back in my life. These are not very sweet cookies. In fact, they’re plain and dowdy and as a kid, while I ...