Best beer damper

A recipe from my camp oven-mad husband, Scott.

3¾ cups self-raising flour 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

1½ tsp fine salt

2 tbsp butter or margarine, softened 375ml unfiltered beer Preheat camp oven over moderate coals, or preheat oven to 180°C. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a large bowl, then add the margarine and rub with fingertips until just combined.

Pour in the beer and mix very gently, until a dough just comes together. Form into a loaf shape, then place on a pizza tray and set on a trivet in the camp oven, ensuring there are ample hot coals on the lid of the camp oven. If baking in a conventional oven, arrange the loaf on a lined oven tray. Bake for 30 minutes, until deep-golden. Cool on a wire rack.