Le Cordon Bleu

Damper

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    1 × 800 g

    loaf
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr

Appears in
Bread: Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection
Bread

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

  • About

Damper was traditionally an Australian campfire bread. Nowadays it is a useful quick bread using self-raising flour as a raising agent instead of yeast.

Ingredients

  • 375 g (12 oz) self-raising flour
  • 155 g (5

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to hot 210°C (415°F/Gas 6-7). Sieve the flours and salt into a large mixing bowl, returning any husks in the sieve to the flour in the bowl, and make a well in the centre.
  2. Mix the melted butter and milk together and pour about three-qu