Chocolate Garibaldi Biscuits

5 from 1 vote

A chocolate riff on a British classic, garibaldi biscuits. If you can make pastry, you can make these.

Prep Time45

Cook Time15

Total Time1

Course: Afternoon Tea, Snack

Cuisine: British

Keyword: biscuits, chocolate, cookies, vintage

Servings: biscuits

Calories: 89kcal

140 g wholemeal flour (whole wheat)
140 g plain flour (all purpose flour)
1 tbsp mesquite powder (optional)
1 tsp baking powder
1 pinch sea or rock salt (I used pink Himalayan rock salt)
110 g unsalted butter fridge cold and cut into pieces
75 g golden caster sugar (I used cardamom sugar for extra flavour)
8 tbsp milk
100 g chocolate of choice chopped into small bits (I used Fairtrade hazelnut chocolate)
1 egg white

Place the dry ingredients into food processor.
140 g wholemeal flour (whole wheat), 140 g plain flour (all purpose flour), 1 tbsp mesquite powder, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 pinch sea or rock salt
Add the butter and sugar and whiz until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
110 g unsalted butter, 75 g golden caster sugar
Add the milk a little at a time until the mixture starts to clump - you may not need all of the milk.
8 tbsp milk
Bring the dough into a ball with your hands and shape into a cube.
Flour your worktop and roll the dough out to about 5mm in thickness. Trim the edges to make a square, then cut in half to form two rectangles.
Sprinkle most of the chocolate over one half (leave a little for the trimmings). Top with the other half and squish the edges together to seal.
100 g chocolate of choice
Roll out to about 3mm in thickness, then cut into biscuit sized rectangles. Prick each one a few times with a fork and place on a lined baking tray.
Brush with egg white and place on lined baking trays. Bake for 15 minutes at 180℃ until golden. Leave to cool for a couple of minutes then place the biscuits on a rack to cool completely.
1 egg white

Will make between 20 to 30 biscuits, depending on size.

Substitute currents for the chocolate to make a more traditional garibaldi biscuit.

Maca powder would work instead of the mesquite, but neither are actually necessary.

Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They're approximate and will depend on exact ingredients used.