Damper Recipe (Australian 3 Ingredient Bread)

5 from 15 votes

Damper Recipe (Australian 3 Ingredient Bread)

This damper recipe is a celebrated Australian 3 Ingredient bread. It’s effortless, can be made in an oven or over a coal fired camp. The outside is golden and crunchy with a filling inside.

Prep Time5

Cook Time35

Total Time40

Course: side

Cuisine: Australian

Diet: Vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 132kcal

Author: Janelle Hama

Ingredients

¾ cup Almond milk any plant milk is fine
2 cups Self raising flour
1 tablespoon Plant-based butter
1 teaspoon Salt

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

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.

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Notes

🍳Variations

Making damper savoury

Add fresh herbs and black cracked pepper - I love using fresh rosemary
For a cheesy flavour - add some nutritional yeast
Add some chopped olives
Mix in some Vegemite into the dough
Crushed garlic is a huge hit with our family

Making damper sweet

Add chopped dried fruit such as sultanas or apricot pieces with a teaspoon of maple syrup
Damper with golden syrup - this is an Aussie favourite. Add a smear or drizzle of golden syrup to buttered damper bread.

💡What to serve with?

I love making damper whenever I make soup, as my family loves to dunk this Australian bread into any type of soup. Try damper with velvety vegan broccoli soup, creamy spicy cauliflower soup or creamy vegan asparagus soup.

For a sweet damper, try it with my refined sugar free plum jam.

💭Pro Tips

If you don’t have a cast iron dutch oven, simply mould the dough into a disc and place it onto a baking tray and bake.
To know when damper is ready, simply knock on the bottom of the bread if it sounds hollow then it is ready.
Make smaller individual damper rolls by making portioned balls and placing them onto a baking tray

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N.B., nutrition info is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. This will vary based on the specific ingredients you use.

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