Drover's Damper
| Australian Cuisine Drover's damper is Australian bread, made by stockmen while taking care of or rounding up stock. It is meant to be made outside by a campfire. This is the "flash" version, made when butter and milk are available.
Ingredients
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup milk
Ingredients for 8 servings (520 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Add salt to flour, then add sugar.
- 2
Rub in butter.
- 3
Mix in milk to make a medium-soft dough.
- 4
Knead lightly on flat surface until smooth.
- 5
Pat dough into a round shape.
- 6
Place damper mixture on coals or hot ash. Cook for maximum of 40 minutes.
Stovetop - 7
Discard burnt outside and eat the inside.
- 8
Serve with butter, (golden syrup) or jam.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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