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Sourdough Discard recipes, bakes, and cooks


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Couldn't find a topic devoted to sourdough discard cooking, so thought I would start one and see how much interest it would generate. Moderators, if there is a topic, please merge.

 

Recently I have begun making sourdough bread and am caring for a sourdough starter. Since there is currently some difficulty finding flour (due to COVID-19 related supply chain issues, etc.) I don't want to throw out any of my sourdough starter. I am also following guidance from King Arthur Flour and Cooks Illustrated for working with a small sourdough starter (10 g. flour | 10 g. water | 10 g. sourdough starter) and using recipes that use smaller amounts of sourdough starter or only building my starter up if called for by a recipe.

 

I have made the following recipes and would make them again:

- King Arthur Flour sourdough discard crumpets. https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/sourdough-crumpets-recipe

- King Arthur Flour sourdough discard waffles. I used a mix of yogurt & milk instead of buttermilk but otherwise made the recipe as written.  https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/classic-sourdough-waffles-or-pancakes-recipe

 

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What are you doing with your sourdough discard?

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I made a sweet vanilla biscuit last night--did not really use a recipe, just winged it. Basically a sourdough biscuit with vanilla and a little sugar added. They were quite tasty. 

 

I also made these cookies. With the cinnamon sugar on them, they are like snickerdoodles. They were delicious. 

Sourdough Snickerdoodles

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I have made the King Arthur Flour recipes for crumpets and waffles, both of which we liked.  I also made their cracker recipe

 

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One recipe that we did not really like was their recipe for sourdough discard pizza dough. We all felt that the crust was too chewy.  I posted a picture of that pizza in the Dinner! thread.

 

My first loaf of sourdough bread is in the oven as we speak.  It's not for my house, it is going to my parents.  I have a loaf of pan de mie baking in the other oven for my house.

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I’m craving savory scones for breakfast these days.

i made the KAF recipe for Bacon, Cheddar and Chive Scones which are really good...but next time I’ll reduce the salt a bit; between the cheese and the bacon, they don’t need very much added salt.

Today I’ll make their Cheddar and Scallion Scones.  I’ve made these before and they’re a favorite of mine.

 

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I just started my first sourdough "starter" this weekend.   I got some local whole wheat flour to start, and now am feeding it half wheat and half AP and will ween it off to all AP in a day or two.  

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Why not dry the starter until you have the flour to make more bread. See this youtube video

 

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I needed to feed my neglected starter, so I fed it and it woke up nicely.  I needed to make room in the jar and refeed it again.   The removed starter became a batch of thin pancakes/crepes (my pan technique is terrible, so the shapes were all over the place).  I love crepes with powdered sugar and a squeeze of lemon.  The sourdough tang just adds a nice background flavor too.

 

I have a batch of sourdough potato bread dough slow rising in the fridge.  I hope it turns out, make bake it late today or tomorrow.  My breads have been very disappointing lately.

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1 hour ago, lemniscate said:

I needed to feed my neglected starter, so I fed it and it woke up nicely.  I needed to make room in the jar and refeed it again.   The removed starter became a batch of thin pancakes/crepes (my pan technique is terrible, so the shapes were all over the place).  I love crepes with powdered sugar and a squeeze of lemon.  The sourdough tang just adds a nice background flavor too.

 

I have a batch of sourdough potato bread dough slow rising in the fridge.  I hope it turns out, make bake it late today or tomorrow.  My breads have been very disappointing lately.


Sorry to hear that you aren’t happy with how your breads have been turning out. Any ideas why? Want to share more information and let us attempt to troubleshoot?

 

The pancakes/crepes you made with your sourdough discard sound quite yummy.

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26 minutes ago, curls said:

Sorry to hear that you aren’t happy with how your breads have been turning out. Any ideas why? Want to share more information and let us attempt to troubleshoot?

I know what's wrong, my dough is too wet.    My kitchen scale broke a while back and I just keep forgetting to order another one.   I finally remembered yesterday and I got a digital one, and a jeweler's scale for under $15 total.  We also had uncharacteristically humid weather and I have my oven outside on the patio.   

 

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