Damper (Australian Campfire Bread)

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.

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)

Steps

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

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Adapted from “Damper (Australian Campfire Bread)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.