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Damper (Australian Campfire Bread)

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Damper is Australian bushman's bread, made while camping or "waltzing matilda" (carrying a swag around looking for work). It is meant to be made outside by a campfire.

Total 00:50
Yield 2–5

Ingredients

  • 1 large cup self-raising flour
  • 1 generous pinch salt
  • scant ¼ cup water (more and it will be as tough as an old boot)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Add salt to flour.
  2. 2
    Add water, then mix and form into a round loaf.
  3. 3
    Dig a 1 foot-deep hole near a fire, and fill it with 2 shovels of hot coals and ash.
  4. 4
    Add damper mixture to a greased camp oven (traditional cast iron round pot with lid).
  5. 5
    Cook in the hole for a maximum of 40 minutes. If undercooked it will be flat and rubbery.
  6. 6
    Your first try may be inedible. Keep trying, you'll soon be an expert.
Method
Baking
Cuisine
Australian

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Damper_(Australian_Campfire_Bread)