Sourdough Discard Recipes

They also happen to freeze well meaning you could have pretzels whenever you please.

Sourdough discard recipes. 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. The sourdough discard imparts an interesting texture and lovely complex flavor even if its not adding a big 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.

Ive put together. Over the years ive had my fair share of sourdough starter discard to worry about. Keep your sourdough discard in a covered jar in the fridge and use it for any number of tasty recipes. Try making our sourdough banana bread moist rich and delicious banana bread is great for breakfast snack or dessert.

Why you use it up in other recipes of course. I wish i had done more research into recipes using the discard because i. 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. Even if you use it straight from the jar it will add tangy acidic flavor to your favorite baked goods.

Pancakes waffles classic sourdough. Each cup of sourdough discard can replace 4 oz of flour and 4 oz of liquid in almost any recipe. Although this 2 day sourdough discard pretzel recipe sounds time consuming a lot of the prep is inactive time when the dough is resting. For those interested in more nitty gritty sourdough science.

Try my sourdough discard recipes or create your own. 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. Link to recipe in profile ingredients 12 cup butter palm shortening or coconut oil 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp.

Particularly when you first get a sourdough starter going you may end up with a lot of discard. 47 out of 5 stars 286 reviews. Biscuits shortcakes buttery sourdough sandwich biscuits. There are a lot of recipes you can source that specifically call for sourdough discard.

Vanilla extract 1 cup fresh sourdough starter 2 bananas mashed 2 cups flour 1 tsp. This feeding helps activate the naturally occurring yeasts in your starter which is what makes your bread rise and give it awesome flavors. Dont you hate throwing away excess sourdough starter during the feeding process. In bakers tipsblogleftover starter recipes.

Sourdough discard recipes shares. 16 inventive ways to use up sourdough discard. Recipes that use sourdough discards. So about a year ago i actually quit making sourdough bread and let my starter die.

But in order to keep the right balance you have to throw out a portion of the starter every time. And if youre anything like me you just dont have the heart to throw it out. Here are some of the best. 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.

And if you put in the work youll have freshly baked pretzels by the afternoon of day 2. 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.