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.

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Sourdough carrot cake cookies that have been iced with a cream cheese glaze sitting on a piece of parchment paper.

Sourdough Carrot Cake Cookies

Sourdough pfeffernusse cookies sitting on a glass cake plate. There is a blue dish towel underneath with a few pfeffernusse sitting on them.

Sourdough Pfeffernusse Cookies

Sourdough Chocolate Chai Loaf Cake topped with chai spice vanilla cream cheese frosting and chopped chocolate. There is an offset spatula sitting the to the right of the loaf cake.

Chocolate Chai Sourdough Loaf Cake [Quick Sourdough Recipe]

Sourdough Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies laid out on a piece of parchment paper. There is a blue dish towel to the left of the photo.

Sourdough Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

Sourdough gingerbread loaf in a gold loaf pan sitting on a blue dish towel. Sourdough gingerbread loaf is a type of sourdough quick bread.

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sourdough gingerbread loaf cake photographed from above. It is iced with vanilla cream cheese frosting and has a palette knife sitting to the right and a blue dish towel sitting to the left.

Best Sourdough Gingerbread Loaf Cake Recipe

Sourdough Goldfish Crackers piled up on a wooden serving board. You can see the flaky sea salt that has been sprinkled over them.

Sourdough Goldfish Crackers [Sourdough Cheese Crackers]

Sourdough Strawberry Cake served with whipped cream and fresh strawberries on a blue stoneware plate. You can see the rest of the cake in the background of the photo.

Sourdough Strawberry Cake [with fresh strawberries]

Seedy sourdough breakfast loaf served with whipped ricotta cheese and honey.

Seedy Sourdough Breakfast Loaf

Sourdough mac and cheese baked in a white dish with breadcrumbs and parsley on top.

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Sourdough pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream and baked in a white pie dish. It is sitting on a wooden farmhouse table with a blue dish towel surrounding the pie plate.

Sourdough Pumpkin Pie

Up close photo of a sourdough carrot cake that has a slice pulled out so you can see the interior of the moist carrot cake.

The BEST Sourdough Carrot Cake Recipe Ever!

A batch of sourdough chocolate zucchini muffins sitting on a black wire rack.

Sourdough Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Close up photo of a stack of sourdough chocolate waffles topped with whipped cream and strawberries.

Sourdough Chocolate Waffles

Sourdough fruit and seed crackers sitting on a cheese platter.

Sourdough Fruit & Seed Crackers [Gourmet Sourdough Crackers]

Flat lay of sourdough cheese waffles sitting on a wooden board. There is a dish of garlic butter sitting next to the waffles and the display is garnished with parsley.

Savory Sourdough Cheese Waffles [easy discard recipe]

Collage of best sourdough fall recipes with 8 photos of various sourdough fall recipes.

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Sourdough pumpkin scone with vanilla glaze and pumpkin spice glaze sitting on a blue stoneware plate. There are a whole plateful of sourdough pumpkin scones in the background.

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