Apricot Damper Food

APRICOT DAMPER

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 400*F.
• Mix flour, splenda, snipped apriocts, cinnamon and caramom.
• Add milk and mix just till holds togeth. Do not over mix or Damper will be tough. Turn on to flour surface, kneed once to twice and shape into a round loaf. Glaze with leftover milk
• Place on greased baking sheet and bake 20 to 25 minutes.
• Serve warm with butter.

DAMPER RECIPE (AUSTRALIAN 3 INGREDIENT BREAD)

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, add flour and plant based butter, massage with your fingers until it resembles a sandy mixture.
• Create a well and add milk, use a fork to mix together until you need to use your hands to knead the dough. Dust your hands with flour and knead for 1 minute. Create a disk with the dough.
• Grease cast iron dutch oven and place dough into the cast iron dutch oven, score dough into 8 pieces, cover with lid and bake in a preheated oven of 200C (392F) for 35-40 minutes.
• Once golden brown and hollow, allow 5 minutes resting before cutting up and serving.

APRICOT DAMPER

Steps:

• 1. Pr-heat oven to 400 F.
• 2. Mix flour, Splenda, snipped apricots, cinnamon and cardamom.
• 3. Add milk and mix just till it holds together. Do not over mix or Damper will be tough.
• 4. Turn onto a floured surface, kneed once or twice and shape into a round loaf. Brush top with a bit of the leftover milk.
• 5. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake 20 to 25 minutes.
• 6. Serve warm with butter.

AUSTRALIAN DAMPER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) Grease a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour and the salt. With pastry blender or your hands, cut in butter. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the milk and water. Stir until the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a round loaf 8 inches across. Place the loaf onto the prepared pan and using a sharp knife, cut a cross in the top.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, then lower the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue to bake for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. The loaf should be golden brown and the bottom should sound hollow when tapped.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO DAMPER

Steps:

• Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter.
• Add the remaining ingredients and mix them until combined.
• Turn the dough out on a floured surface and knead it for a couple of minutes bringing it into a ball.
• Cover the dough with a tea towel or cling film and leave it to rest for 30 minutes.
• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees.
• Divide the dough into 8 balls of dough and place it on a lightly greased baking tray.
• Place the tray on the center shelf in the preheated oven.
• Cook the damper for 20 minutes until risen and golden brown.
• Serve or keep warm until ready to serve.

AUSTRALIAN DAMPER

Steps:

• The best way to make this is to mix together the dry ingredients then add the liquid and butter and mix well and then knead it for about 5 minutes.
• Then wrap it in a double layer of greased foil and place it in the coals of the campfire, poking it in and retrieving it a bit later hoping it's done.
• I've also had it where you just throw the dough into the coals and pull off the blacked outside when it's done and eat the inner part.
• To cook it in the oven preheat to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar and mix well. Rub or cut in the butter. Stir in the milk to form a dough.
• Shape into a flattened ball and place on a greased baking sheet or in a round cake tin and bake for about 30 minutes.
• Doing it this way though is not traditional and just won't taste the same.
• You eat it straight away while still hot in thick slices with butter, golden syrup, jam or vegemite.
• This is great camping food and always brings back many happy camping memories.