Damper
Simple Living. Creative LearningDamper is an iconic Australian camp bread that we have all the time while camping. It is easy to make with only a few ingredients, many that you will already have in your home.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Self Raising Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 TBSP Butter, chilled and cubed
- 1/2 cup Milk, approximately extra for brushing
Instructions
Oven Method
- Pre-heat oven to 220°C.
- Grease a cake tin, dutch oven or cast-iron pot.
- Sift flour and salt into a bowl.
- Rub in butter lightly with your fingertips, until it resembles fine crumbs.
- Add enough milk to mix to a medium–soft dough.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured board and gently knead until smooth.
- Shape into a ball and place in cake tin, dutch oven or cast-iron pot.
- Cut a deep cross in the dough and brush lightly with milk.
- Bake at 20 minutes or until golden, checking after 10 minutes.To check that the damper is cooked properly, tap the base. It should sound hollow. If not, return it to the oven and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Campfire Method
- If you’re cooking the damper on an open fire, wrap it in aluminium foil or place on a greased piece of aluminium foil or baking paper in a camp oven.
- Place the camp oven in the hot coals and cover the lid with some of the coals.
- Bake for 15 minutes, checking after 10 minutes. To check that the damper is cooked properly, tap the base. It should sound hollow. If not, return it to the oven and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Serve while warm or at room temperature.
Notes
We love it with strawberry jam or golden syrup on it.
When we are camping we cook it in the camp oven (cast-iron pot).
When we are camping we cook it in the camp oven (cast-iron pot).
Nutritional information is an estimate and provided as a courtesy. The values may vary according to the ingredients and tools that are used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed information.
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