Australian Damper Bread - dense frontier bread is traditionally cooked in hot campfire embers

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Australian Damper Bread

April 4, 2010 By Sasha Martin 2 Comments

Hot damper bread, fresh from the oven

Serves 8-10
This dense frontier bread is traditionally cooked in hot campfire embers. Enjoy plain, with jam and butter, or dunked in chicken noodle soup. This recipe can safely be halved.
Ingredients:
8 cups flour
1 Tbsp salt
1/4 cup baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
2.5 cups milk
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 425F. Grease a lasagna pan with butter or vegetable oil.
2. Add salt, baking powder, and sugar to a small bowl. Whisk to combine. In a large bowl, whisk together flour with the other dry ingredients until evenly distributed. Add milk and stir with a wooden spoon to form a stiff dough.
3. Press evenly into pan. Cut lines 1/4″ into the dough with a sharp knife.

Scoring the dough with a sharp knife results in a prettier bread.

4. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Serve hot or room temperature.