Help me ID cookies!!!

[wesleysgirl]

There were these cookies my grandmother used to give us when we were kids. Actually, they were more like a UK biscuit, I think. They weren't all that sweet. They were quite thin and came in fairly large slabs, and were sort of like Fig Newtons except that they were thinner and the layers sandwiching the fruit layer was drier and less cakey. The fruit layer was thicker and stickier than Fig Newton's fig filling (but it might have been fig, or maybe date? something brown.) Again, they were not sweet. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

ETA - sheafrotherdon IDed them as "Golden Fruit" cookies, an American version of Garibaldi biscuits.

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[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I know Fig Newtons well but these don't sound at all familiar; curious myself now!

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

sheafrotherdon ID'ed them as Garibaldi biscuits, also known here in the US as "Golden Fruit" and sadly no longer made. I remember them fondly, though, and I wish I could have some now because I know they'd be lovely with tea (which I didn't like as a child.)

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Oh, squashed fly biscuits! I know them :-)

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Yes! And it's funny because I've always remembered the Golden Fruit cookies and often read about squashed fly biscuits in books but never connected the two!