Damper Bread

Ingredients list for Damper Bread

• Refined Flour 3 cups + for dusting
• a pinch Butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking powder
• 3 tablespoons Butter chilled and cubed

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with butter paper.
2. Mix together flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Add butter cubes and rub with your fingertips till it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add three-fourth cup water and knead into semi-soft dough.
3. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently for one to two minutes.
4. Flatten the dough into a disc of eighteen centimeter diameter and place it on the tray. Dip a knife in flour and make incisions on top. This is the damper bread.
5. Dust the damper with a little extra flour and bake in the preheated oven for thirty minutes. Cool slightly.
6. Slice and serve warm or at room temperature.

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