Hot damper bread, fresh from the oven
Serves 8-10
This dense frontier bread is traditionally cooked in hot campfire embers. Enjoy plain, with jam and butter, or dunked in chicken noodle soup. This recipe can safely be halved.
Ingredients:
8 cups flour
1 Tbsp salt
1/4 cup baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
2.5 cups milk, plus more as needed
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 425F. Grease a lasagna pan with butter or vegetable oil.
2. Add salt, baking powder, and sugar to a small bowl. Whisk to combine. In a large bowl, whisk together flour with the other dry ingredients until evenly distributed. Add milk and stir with a wooden spoon to form a stiff dough. Some extra milk may be needed, but take care not to make it too wet.
3. Press evenly into pan. Cut lines 1/4″ into the dough with a sharp knife.
Scoring the dough with a sharp knife results in a prettier bread.
4. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Serve hot or room temperature.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 8-10 People | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 25 minutes |
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This dense frontier bread is traditionally cooked in hot campfire embers. Enjoy plain, with jam and butter, or dunked in chicken noodle soup. This recipe can safely be halved.
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- 8 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1/4 cup baking powder
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 cups milk , plus extra as needed
- Preheat oven to 425F. Grease a lasagna pan with butter or vegetable oil.
- Add salt, baking powder, and sugar to a small bowl. Whisk to combine. In a large bowl, whisk together flour with the other dry ingredients until evenly distributed. Add milk and stir with a wooden spoon to form a stiff dough. Some extra milk may be needed, but take care not to make it too wet.
- Press evenly into pan. Cut lines 1/4″ into the dough with a sharp knife.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden.
- Serve hot or at room temperature.
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