{"id":1000,"slug":"damper-australian-campfire-bread","title":"Damper (Australian Campfire Bread)","description":"Damper is Australian bushman's bread, made while camping or \"waltzing matilda\" (carrying a swag around looking for work). It is meant to be made outside by a campfire.","ingredients_raw":["1 large cup self-raising flour","1 generous pinch salt","scant ¼ cup water (more and it will be as tough as an old boot)"],"ingredients_norm":["self raising flour","salt","scant cup water"],"steps":["Add salt to flour.","Add water, then mix and form into a round loaf.","Dig a 1 foot-deep hole near a fire, and fill it with 2 shovels of hot coals and ash.","Add damper mixture to a greased camp oven (traditional cast iron round pot with lid).","Cook in the hole for a maximum of 40 minutes. If undercooked it will be flat and rubbery.","Your first try may be inedible. Keep trying, you'll soon be an expert."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Australian recipes","Recipes for bread","Baking recipes","Camping recipes","Recipes using self-raising flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":50,"servings":"2–5","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Damper_(Australian_Campfire_Bread)","source_ref":"4601827","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Damper_(Australian_Campfire_Bread)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"e6f881e1dac276826da294f703e6c0f9848729827f19e5775d783d1c94376ce1","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:00Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/damper-australian-campfire-bread"}