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Drover's Damper
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Ingredients
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup milk
Directions
- Add salt to flour, then add sugar.
- Rub in butter.
- Mix in milk to make a medium-soft dough.
- Knead lightly on flat surface until smooth.
- Pat dough into a round shape.
- Place damper mixture on coals or hot ash. Cook for maximum of 40 minutes.
- Discard burnt outside and eat the inside.
- Serve with butter, (golden syrup) or jam.
Notes
This cookbook also has an "ordinary" damper recipe.
You can do this using a hole near the fire in a greased camp oven or greased aluminium foil in a barbecue.
If you aren't outdoors, just add mixture to greased bread tin, brush with milk and cook in a hot oven, reducing heat until cooked (20 minutes).
You can add dried fruit to make "Johnny Cake".
As a variation, add grated cheese.
Use beer instead of milk to make "Beer Damper".