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Aussie damper and dinosaur biscuits

My brothers and I used to love making damper on the camp fire or bbq. We would all search for the perfect stick to wrap it around before holding it in the coals to cook. Once it was slightly burnt (well that’s how we rolled) we would pull it out and smother it in jam or honey – yumo!

One of the great things about having children is sharing the things you loved as a kid with them 🙂 So today we got the brazier burning and made some damper.

We used:

  • 2 cups self raising flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons butter
  • 1 cup milk

Mix the butter and dry ingredients together before adding milk to make a good dough. Then wrap around your stick and place it in the coals. Or for a more civilised version wrap the dough in foil and place on top of the brazier (my husband convinced me to go this way last night). Once it is burnt (hee hee) or cooked for around 20 minutes pull it out and add jam or honey 🙂

We also made some super yummy chocolate dinosaur biscuits this week:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup self raising flour
  • 125 g butter
  • 125 g caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • few drops of vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa

Cream butter and sugar before adding the egg and vanilla. Next add the flour and cocoa – mix until it is dough like.We then made small slightly flat biscuit balls before pressing plastic dinosaurs into them. Cook at 160° for around 20 minutes (this mix is also yummy raw)!

 Thanks for reading, Kelly

November 4, 2011 by

Recipe: Blueberry Muffins

Master D and I are doing all things ‘B’ this week, including our baking. I’d planned for us to make a banana cake, but before we got to it I realised Master D had eaten all 6 bananas! So, on to Plan B (hee hee, rather appropriate!) – blueberry muffins. They are so quick and easy, as well as super tasty.

You will need:

  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups self raising flour
  • 1 tablespoon custard powder
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 400g blueberries (we used tinned blueberries)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • dash of milk (if needed)

  1. Pop your oven on 180° 
  2. Prepare a 12 hole muffin tray with nonstick spray or similar
  3. Crack your egg into a bowl and lightly beat, add sugar, flour, custard powder
  4. Lightly stir through blueberries (I add the syrup as well – means you get a great flavour and don’t have to add much milk)
  5. Add olive oil and a dash of milk if needed (your mix should be slightly runny, but not as runny as pancakes)
  6. Dollop into your muffin trays
  7. Bake for around 20 minutes

Enjoy! 

We went outside to enjoy ours, the mischievous Wookie dog snaffled one while Master D and I were taking a ‘turn round the yard’ – cheeky.


October 12, 2011 by