No Wait Sourdough Waffles
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No wait sourdough discard waffles are maybe the easiest sourdough recipe you'll ever make!
These waffles are so simple to mix together - and they use up a nice 200g of sourdough discard (but you can use active, bubbly sourdough starter too if you'd prefer).
We make these waffles often ... in fact probably more than we make pancakes because my kids can use the waffle maker more easily than the stove top.
The thing I love about this no wait sourdough discard waffles recipe is that it's so fast! I also love using the buttermilk leftover from making our own butter and cultured butter (but plain milk is fine too).
As long as I have a jar of starter (and I always have a jar of starter on my counter) it's ready in like 10 minutes!
Perfect breakfast, any day of the week - just like these sourdough breakfast cookies!
Got more time? You might like these overnight sourdough waffles for a longer ferment. Or if you love all things pumpkin, try these pumpkin sourdough waffles or even these sourdough banana waffles. And for the ultimate comfort food, what about these sourdough chocolate waffles or sourdough biscuits?
Discard or Starter?
Well, sourdough starter and sourdough discard are really one and the same.
Discard is just the unfed starter that you take out prior to feeding it.
After the first week or so, you can use this unfed starter or discard to bake with. These waffles are a great use of the discard.
You can use either sourdough discard or fed, bubbly starter - whatever you have on hand.
I will often feed my sourdough starter before I go to bed so that I can make these quick, easy no wait sourdough waffles for breakfast.
But you might have a backlog of discard on hand if you are still trying to establish your sourdough starter.
How To Make No Wait Sourdough Waffles
Making sourdough waffles is really very easy! In fact, anyone can do it!
You just need a mixing bowl and a waffle iron (you can use a cast iron waffle maker like this one or an electric one). I use an electric one because it heats up fast and the kids can help make breakfast!
Here's how to make no wait sourdough waffles:
- Add sourdough starter, eggs and milk to a bowl and stir together.
- Now add some melted butter and stir until combined with the starter mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, sugar and baking powder.
- Now add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well to create a batter.
- Heat up your waffle iron and use to cook your waffles.
These waffles work well as crispy waffles or a softer more pancake like version.
If you don't have a waffle iron, you could even use this mixture to make sourdough pancakes.
How To Serve No Wait Sourdough Pancakes
There's really no limit to how you can serve these sourdough discard waffles!
Here are some of the ways that my family enjoy eating them:
- Serve with maple syrup, raspberries and good quality vanilla ice cream (this is my kiddo's favorite way to eat them).
- As soon as you remove the waffles from the iron, brush with melted butter and dust with cinnamon sugar. Like donuts, but better!
- Serve with good quality, homemade butter or cultured butter and raspberry jam.
- Top the waffles with whipped honey cinnamon butter.
- These waffles are delicious alongside crispy bacon and poached eggs! All served with lashings of maple syrup! You might also like to try these sourdough cheese waffles.
- Use the waffles as an alternative to a hamburger bun.
- Top waffles with southern fried chicken, a poached egg and a little maple syrup and hot sauce (this is my favorite way to eat sourdough waffles).
Want More Recipes?
If you loved this no wait sourdough waffles recipe, then you might also enjoy these:
- Sourdough Banana Fritters (you can make sourdough banana waffles from this too!)
- Quick and easy sourdough zucchini fritters recipe.
- Fluffy Sourdough Discard Pancakes.
- These 25+ No Wait Sourdough Recipes are perfect for mid week sourdough baking!
Sourdough Discard Waffles Recipe
Equipment
- Waffle Iron Cast Iron or Electric
Ingredients
- 200 g Sourdough Starter discard or fed and bubbly
- 2 Eggs
- 180 g Whole Milk can substitute buttermilk if you prefer (see notes)
- 50 g Butter Melted
- 150 g All Purpose Flour
- 50 g Sugar
- 12 g Baking Powder 2 teaspoons
- 5 g Salt ½ teaspoon
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together sourdough starter, milk and eggs until well combined.
- Pour in the melted butter and stir through the starter mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour salt, baking powder and sugar.
- Now pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients.
- Mix until it forms a pourable batter.
- Heat up your waffle iron and spoon mixture into the iron. Cook to your liking (these waffles are delicious soft or crispy).
Notes
Nutrition
This has been my go to sourdough waffles recipe....highly recommend! I also add cinnamon or pumpkin spice to change the flavor on occasion! Love this!
This is my go to recipe now- waiting overnight is not my fortè ….
Just made a batch for my son and his new wife who are visiting and it got lots of thumbs up!
Probably from
Start to finish we were eating in half an hour ( had to spend some
Time cooking eggs and bacon)
Perfect!
Best recipe ever! Whole family loves them. Freezer is stocked, my oldest son likes when I add protein powder to his batch. Thanks for sharing!
Amazing waffles, the smell that permeates as they cook. They came out so light and fluffy. I didn't even add syrup. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Made these this morning for the fam. So so good! Great way to use discard, the kids (1&4) both loved! Will definitely be making again!
Used buttermilk and older starter - made 7 waffles using 1/2 recipe in my mini dash waffle maker (2 oz cookie scoop to portion out). So easy and so good. Did the other reviewer's method of just mixing everything together in the container I melted the butter in. Next time I am going to add some dehydrated blueberries to take me back to Eggo days but so much better!!
Made these in the oster waffle maker using my discard and not only were they the best waffles I’ve ever tasted but they also looked beautiful. This will be my go to discard recipe.
Made these with my sourdough discard this morning. They were delicious. I cut the recipe in half since there are just two of us and I wanted to try them out first before committing to a full recipe. They are officially husband approved and I will make a big batch the next time so that I can freeze the extras.
These are a family favourite!
I make a double batch and pop them 8n the freezer, ready for a delicious desert with ice cream, strawberries and maple syrup.
These were great! So many discard recipes I've tried for pancakes, waffles etc. come out gummy, but these didn't, even with mixing a lot.
They also didn't have that pronounced yeast flavor that sourdough recipes often have, which was a plus for some in my family. Thank you for sharing!
These are amazing! I wasn’t sure if my starter was ready for baking things like this yet, so I only made half the recipe. My toddler and fiancé devoured them! I barely got a piece! They’re definitely a make again! Gonna make a double batch next time and freeze them so it’s a quick breakfast. I also added in vanilla to, thanks for all the sourdough tips!
These may just be the best waffles I’ve ever had. I said what I said, good day.
I have used this recipe for banana pecan waffles and blueberry pancakes. Both turned out light, fluffy and delicious!
I made these this morning and they were absolutely fabulous!
Made these this morning and they’re delicious! I’m not used to such a sweet waffle, so next time I’ll cut the sugar in half, but otherwise they are super great!
So good and easy to mix up. Freezing leftovers and will be a treat for the grands when they visit! Thanks!
This is a really good recipe. A one-egg quantity is perfect for a four-waffle waffle iron. It also works fine if you just chuck all the ingredients together in one go.
Can I use coconut milk?
yes you can.
Can you make ahead and put in fridge for the benefits of sourdough fermentation?
You can definitely ferment waffles - try this overnight fermented sourdough waffle recipe 🙂
These are wonderful! I made them in my Belgium waffle maker and got six of them. The only change I made was using maple sugar for the sugar. These were the easiest waffles to mix up and they tasted amazingly. HIGHLY recommend them.
Wondering if there’s a way to substitute whole milk with almond milk?
Yes you can do this with no problems 🙂
I made a double batch of these today, and my family devoured them.
I made these last weekend and they were a hit! Can I make them and freeze for later? If yes, would I pop them in a toaster to reheat?
Thanks so much
I have a toaster oven I always reheat my frozen waffles and pancakes in