Easy Australian Damper Recipes

AUSTRALIAN DAMPER

Damper Bread was a staple of the early Australian settlers' diet. Traditionally, the dough was cooked directly on the coals of an open fire. If you use this method, have a beer handy in case some of the ashes on the damper are still glowing when you eat it!

Provided by Warren Lower

Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 5

Australian Damper image

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) Grease a baking sheet.
In a large bowl, stir together the flour and the salt. With pastry blender or your hands, cut in butter. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the milk and water. Stir until the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a round loaf 8 inches across. Place the loaf onto the prepared pan and using a sharp knife, cut a cross in the top.
Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, then lower the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue to bake for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. The loaf should be golden brown and the bottom should sound hollow when tapped.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 132.9 calories, Carbohydrate 25.5 g, Cholesterol 3.3 mg, Fat 1.4 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 3.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 590.5 mg, Sugar 0.8 g

Ingredients

4 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 cup milk
½ cup water

AUSTRALIAN DAMPER

Make and share this Australian Damper recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Virginia Cherry Blo

Categories Australian

Time 1h

Yield 15 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

Australian Damper image

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and grease a baking sheet.
Stir together the flour and the salt in a large bowl.
Cut in butter.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the milk and water. Stir until the dough comes together.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a round loaf 8 inches across. Place the loaf onto the prepared pan and using a sharp knife, cut a cross in the top.
Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, then lower the temperature to 350 degrees F and continue to bake for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. The loaf should be golden brown and the bottom should sound hollow when tapped.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 135.2, Fat 1.7, SaturatedFat 0.9, Cholesterol 4.3, Sodium 592, Carbohydrate 25.5, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 0.1, Protein 3.8

Ingredients

4 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water

AUSTRALIAN BUSH BREAD - DAMPER

Damper is the bush-bread of Australia. Drovers (cowboys) baked Damper in camp ovens buried in the hot ashes of their camp fires in the Outback, but if you don"t want to build a camp fire in your backyard, damper can also be baked in a normal kitchen oven. To eat a damper: Cut the damper into rustic chunky slices, spread a liberal amount of butter on the damper and top with either jam, honey or Golden Syrup. YUM.. You just got to have a cuppa with it.

Provided by Chrissyo

Categories Breads

Time 45m

Yield 1 Damper

Number Of Ingredients 5

Australian Bush Bread - Damper image

Steps:

Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and make a well in the middle.
Pour in the milk and mix.
Grease the camp oven or round baking pan and dust with flour.
Place dough in the camp oven or pan.
Cut a cross in the top surface of dough.
Close lid of camp oven and bake in the hot ashes of your camp fire for about thirty minutes, or bake in preheated normal kitchen oven for 30 minutes at 220° C (425° F).
Eat with a cup of tea, boiled in a billy.

Ingredients

4 cups self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk
butter, for greasing the pan
extra flour