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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    194
based on 2 ratings

A quick and basic Australian bread, traditionally baked on damped down campfire embers (hence the name!).

recipe updated 17 Nov 2021

Ingredients

  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    250 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    6 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    2 g
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    25 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    170 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Pastry brush
  • kCook icon Large cast iron skillet
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 190°C
  2. Add plain flour, baking powder and salt to a clean large mixing bowl
  3. Whisk together until combined
  4. Rub in salted butter until coarse crumbs form
  5. Add milk
  6. Mix until dough forms
  7. Shape into a ball
  8. Transfer dough to large cast iron skillet
  9. Flatten gently
  10. Cut a shallow cross into the top
  11. Brush with milk
  12. Bake until crisp around the edges - 30 min, 190°C
  13. Serve
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