Sourdough Discard Recipes

Here are some of the best.

Sourdough discard recipes. Try making our sourdough banana bread moist rich and delicious banana bread is great for breakfast snack or dessert. The sourdough discard imparts an interesting texture and lovely complex flavor even if its not adding a big rise. But in order to keep the right balance you have to throw out a portion of the starter every time. This feeding helps activate the naturally occurring yeasts in your starter which is what makes your bread rise and give it awesome flavors.

Biscuits shortcakes buttery sourdough sandwich biscuits. Particularly when you first get a sourdough starter going you may end up with a lot of discard. Link to recipe in profile ingredients 12 cup butter palm shortening or coconut oil 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. They also happen to freeze well meaning you could have pretzels whenever you please.

So about a year ago i actually quit making sourdough bread and let my starter die. There are a lot of recipes you can source that specifically call for sourdough discard. In the discard state its not vibrant enough to make a loaf of bread rise but it can be fed before being used to give it extra rise. So what do you do with all that flavorful sourdough discard.

Here are 10 ways to use sourdough starter discards to make pancakes waffles crackers and more. Use that unfed starter in a new recipe. 47 out of 5 stars 286 reviews. Why you use it up in other recipes of course.

Each cup of sourdough discard can replace 4 oz of flour and 4 oz of liquid in almost any recipe. Use that discard starter in these delicious treats instead. And if youre anything like me you just dont have the heart to throw it out. 16 inventive ways to use up sourdough discard.

For those interested in more nitty gritty sourdough science. Sourdough discard recipes shares. Recipes that use sourdough discards. In bakers tipsblogleftover starter recipes.

Vanilla extract 1 cup fresh sourdough starter 2 bananas mashed 2 cups flour 1 tsp. Try my sourdough discard recipes or create your own. I wish i had done more research into recipes using the discard because i. And bake from scratch magazine has been doing instagram videos of some of their favorite discard recipes full disclosure a couple of them are mine.

One of the best resources for these is the king arthur website which has a whole section of discard recipes to enjoy. Dont just discard your sourdough starter. Ive put together. Keep your sourdough discard in a covered jar in the fridge and use it for any number of tasty recipes.

Even if you use it straight from the jar it will add tangy acidic flavor to your favorite baked goods. Over the years ive had my fair share of sourdough starter discard to worry about. Ive rounded up the best recipes for sourdough discard for you right here on the blog. Pancakes waffles classic sourdough.

Its not that we stopped loving it but honestly i was tired of feeding the darn thing and wasting so much of the starter every time i fed it. So you have gotten into bread baking then sourdough baking and every day you dutifully feed that little jar its mix of flour and water.