Damper bread

A traditional Australian Damper Recipe with just 3 ingredients.

Traditional Australian bread

When we were young, my mum would mix flour and water and places it in the coals of the fire in the BBQ at a bush picnic area. We ate it with slabs of butter from the local dairy and (for my parents) billy tea. I have such fond memories of it that I am very picky about damper recipes. They have to be very plain and have a thick crust. I read somewhere that damper is Australia's version of soda bread. Though I used self raising flour in my damper, it is different from using bicarbonate of soda…

Damper 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.

Damper is a quick bread that is fabulous with a barbecue! Damper was traditionally made in a cast-iron pot with a lid, called a "camp oven". The entire pot was either covered in hot wood coals or the camp oven was placed in a hole in the ground and surrounded with hot wood coals. It was usually served with tea made in a billy over the camp fire. Damper was originally made with plain flour, salt and water. Adding butter and self-raising flour came later on and gives a much tastier result. I…

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