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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Damper 911g Recipe makes 1 Damper)
Calories 2004
Calories from Fat 164		(8%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 18.3g	28%
	Saturated Fat 9.1g	45%
	Monounsaturated Fat 4.3g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 2.5g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 51mg		17%
Sodium 7692mg		320%
Potassium 1172mg		33%
Total Carbohydrate 388.1g		129%
	Dietary Fiber 13.5g	54%
	Sugars 1.1g
Protein 61.5g		122%
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Australian Bush Bread - Damper

Recipe #41616 | 45 min | 15 min prep | add private note

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By: Chrissyo
Sep 30, 2002

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.

1 Damper (change servings and units)

Ingredients

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

Directions

1
Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and make a well in the middle.
2
Pour in the milk and mix.
3
Grease the camp oven or round baking pan and dust with flour.
4
Place dough in the camp oven or pan.
5
Cut a cross in the top surface of dough.
6
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).
7
Eat with a cup of tea, boiled in a billy.

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From: kzbhansen

On Apr 11, 2006

This was very quick to put together, I liked this with hot honey butter. I have made both kinds 1 with self rising and one without and found that yours had a more denser smooth texture however I loved them both, thanks for posting!!!

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From: BowerBird

On Sep 14, 2005

I had not made Damper for years....then I found this recipe and made some for afternoon tea. Served warm with butter and golden syrup - YUMMO! I had forgotten just how simple and good this stuff is!

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From: Fairy Nuff

On Apr 20, 2005

Wow-damper brings back wonderful memories of camping holidays!!! This was simple to make and turned out beautifully.I had the end piece (straight from the oven) spread with lots of butter,with a lovely cup of tea (unfortunately not billy tea). Thanks Chrissyo for another keeper.

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From: wilddude1

On Nov 3, 2002

Drovers were not cowboys they were no where near the same im from australia and drovers are people who take livestock from one farm to aother and there are still many drovers around at the present

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