Camp Fire Damper - GF Opiton

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Description

Campfire cooking activity

Program designed to run for 1.5 hours and allows time for opening parade, hygiene talk (10 mins), prep, clean up, campfire songs, cubs to eat their damper and then closing parade.

We have a few GF intolerant and Coeliac in our group and the GF alternative works brilliantly, still soft and tasty

Can also sing some campfire songs while waiting for the damper to cook.

The nights activity completes 2 points from the level 1 cooking badge OR 4 points from the level 2 cooking badge for Australian Cub scout badges


By Raksha - 1st Kalamunda Scouts - Western Australia


Resources

BASIC RESOURCES
- Washing Hands poster - attached
- Campfire Coals
- Aluminium foil
- Bowls
- Measuring cups
- Tables
- Cleaning sponges & soapy water for cleaning


OPTIONAL RESOURCES
- Campfire song sheets - attached
- Butter, Jam, choc spread for cooked damper
- Milo for hot drink

INGREDIENTS – for Gluten Free use GF Self raising Flour
3 Cups Self Raising Flour*
Pinch Salt
80gm Butter, cubed
3/4 Cup Water
*You can also use Plain Flour and 3 Tsp Baking Powder

Instructions

HYGIENE - Using the attached poster, go through points of hygiene for washing hands. Why we wash and how we wash.

DAMPER
1. Place the flour and salt into a larger bowl, add the butter and rub into the bread to form a breadcrumb texture. Add the water and mix together with a butter knife to form a dough. You may need to add a little more flour or water to form a soft only slightly sticky dough.

2. Divide the dough into eight. Roll into balls and wrap each ball in 3 pieces of aluminium foil loosely.

3. Clean up cooking area

4.. Place on the coals of your campfire (no flames) – turn after 8-10mins – Sing some campfire songs (optional)

Damper is cooked when you tap on the ball and it makes a hollow sound, or it has doubled in size. - spread with some butter and spread and enjoy with a cup of Milo


Tags

  • Badgework
  • cooking activity
  • cooking damper
  • cooking on fire
  • cooking on open fire
  • cooking outside
  • Damper
  • hygeine

Badge Links

  • Cooking - Cook: Scones
  • Cooking - Hygiene
  • Cooking level 2 - Hygiene
  • Cooking level 2 - Outdoor cooking: Dessert
  • Cooking level 2 - Special meals: Diets
  • Cooking level 2 - Special meals: Recipe