Sourdough Discard Recipes

This collection of sourdough discard recipes is your go-to for finding delicious ways to use your discard after feeding your sourdough starter. Don't throw it out! Instead, use it to make something delicious. For a morning meal to remember, make a batch of fluffy Sourdough Discard Pancakes or cinnamon pull-apart Monkey Bread.

Savory sourdough discard rolls in a parchment lined basket.

A loaf of sourdough discard apple fritter bread baked in a blue loaf pan. The sourdough apple fritter bread is being glazed with a vanilla glaze.

Sourdough Discard Apple Fritter Bread

Sourdough blueberry cookies topped with lemon cream cheese frosting sitting on a wire cooling rack. To the left of the cookies you can see a blue and red striped dish towel and a jar of lemon cream cheese frosting with a wooden handled offset spatula.

Sourdough Blueberry Cookies

Spiced pecan sourdough cookies laid out on a rattan tray. There is a also a blue and red striped dish towel in the photo.

Spiced Pecan Sourdough Cookies

A photo of a tray of sourdough sheet pan pancakes with a piece missing from the tray. The piece of pancake is sitting on a blue plate to the right of the tray, garnished with vanilla yogurt and berry coulis.

Easy Sourdough Discard Sheet Pan Pancakes

Sourdough focaccia bread muffins arranged on a black wire cooling rack.

Sourdough Focaccia Bread Muffins [perfect for sharing]

Sourdough discard bagel bites served with a bowl of honey cream cheese dip. There is a bite taken out of the one in the middle showing the soft crumb inside.

Sourdough Discard Bagel Bites [with honey cream cheese dip]

Sourdough cinnamon roll pancakes baked in a sheet pan and topped with vanilla icing. There is a bowl of icing to the side of the pancakes too. You can see the cinnamon swirls peaking from underneath the icing.

Sourdough Cinnamon Roll Pancakes [baked in a sheet pan]

A selection of sourdough discard chocolate brownie bites sitting on a sheet of parchment paper. There is a small powdered sugar sifter and a blue dish towel in the photo also.

Chocolate Sourdough Brownie Bites

Sourdough berry clafoutis topped with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.

Sourdough Berry Clafoutis

An enamel tray filled with sourdough discard pretzel bites. You can see a blue linen dish towel laying beside the tray.

Sourdough Discard Pretzel Bites [with beer cheese dip]

Cast iron skillet being used to cook sourdough discard flat bread.

Best Sourdough Recipes Baked in a Cast Iron Skillet

Sourdough pizza focaccia bread topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil. The dough is sitting in a cast iron skillet.

Sourdough Pizza Focaccia Bread

2 loaves of golden sourdough cheese bread sitting in 1.5 pound USA loaf pans.

Golden Sourdough Cheese Bread

Sourdough discard recipes with no added flour - recipe feature image.

Sourdough Discard Recipes with NO added flour

A selection of baked sourdough granola bars displayed on a wooden board.

Baked Sourdough Granola Bars

2 ingredient sourdough discard crackers sprinkled with salt and rosemary laid out on a black wire cooling rack.

2 Ingredient Sourdough Discard Crackers [no roll recipe]

3 sourdough discard scallion pancakes sitting on a blue stoneware plate. There is also a bowl of chili soy dipping sauce sitting on the plate.

Quick Sourdough Discard Scallion Pancakes [with dipping sauce]

Sourdough blueberry brioche tarts with a cheesecake filling sitting on a black wire rack as a delicious sourdough discard dessert.

25+ Sourdough Discard Desserts You Don't Want To Miss!

Sourdough gozleme dough rolled out with the spinach and feta filling sittin in the middle of the dough. There is a large rolling pin to the left of the sourdough gozleme dough.

How To Make Sourdough Gozleme

A photo featuring a jar of sourdough starter and a loaf of sourdough bread in front of a basket of fresh eggs.

Sourdough Recipes That Use Lots of Eggs

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