Description
Looking for a quick bread that only has a handful of ingredients and can be whipped up in no time? You’ve found it! In under 45 minutes, you’ll be breaking it open and eating a delicious warm loaf of damper bread slathered in butter. Enjoy!
Ingredients
Scale
- 500g self-raising flour + extra for dusting the parchment paper
- 2 tsp sea salt flakes
- 60g unsalted butter, cold
- 300ml full cream milk + extra for the top of the loaf
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the self raising flour and sea salt flakes. Give it a 10-second whisk to aerate the flour and break up any lumps before popping it aside.
- Add the butter and rub it into the flour with your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Make well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add the milk and golden syrup to the mixing bowl. Using a large wooden spoon, Stir just to combine, but no more. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and lightly form the dough into a ball. Damper bread dough should only just come together. It should not be kneaded more than 5 times.
- Place the dough on a floured piece of baking paper.
- Using a sharp serrated knife score the top of the loaf with a cross about 2cm deep.
- Brush the top of the loaf with a little additional milk.
- Lift the damper loaf (by the paper) into a small, oiled Dutch oven (without the lid) and pop into the preheated oven. Bake for 35 minutes or until golden and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the base.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Notes
- I cook my damper with the lid off in this recipe, however you can always start with the lid on to give it a little extra rise. Just remember, you will need to adjust your cooking time.
- Try making individual damper rolls by dividing your dough before cooking into four individual loaves and then baking til golden. Perfect for serving alongside a bowl of beef and red wine stew!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 loaf
- Calories: 623
- Sugar: 10.2 g
- Sodium: 2690.1 mg
- Fat: 15.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 103.2 g
- Protein: 14.9 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg