Camp damper/griddle scones

Annabel Langbein Media

Next time you are going camping try making damper cooked over the embers of a fire. Small handfuls of the dough here are shaped around a stick, cooked and then served with butter and your choice of honey, golden syrup or jam. Alternatively turn the same dough into griddle cakes cooked in a preheated frypan or on your barbecue plate.

Ingredients

2 cups	Plain flour (Main)
3 tsp	Baking powder
½ tsp	Salt
½ cup	Milk, or use water
¼ cup	Neutral oil

Directions

1. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Combine the milk or water and oil, add to the dry ingredients and mix to form a soft, pliable dough (if it is at all crumbly add a little more milk or water).
2. To make camp damper, take small handfuls of mixture and shape thinly around non-toxic sticks. Cook over the embers of a fire, turning, until the outside is golden and the damper comes off the sticks easily (about 15 minutes). Drizzle a little butter and honey, golden syrup or jam into the hole where the stick was and eat while hot.
3. To make griddle scones, take small handfuls of mixture, form into balls and press to flatten to about the thickness of your finger. Heat a little oil or butter in a preheated frypan or on a preheated barbecue plate and cook over low heat until golden brown and cooked through (about 7 minutes each side). Split and fill with a little butter and honey, golden syrup or jam.

More Anzac recipes from Annabel

• Remembrance crackers
• Anzac biscuits

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