Popular Recipes Featuring Sourdough Starter & Discard

Golden brown muffins with orange juice, sourdough discard, and oats baked inside cooling on wire rack.

Orange Creamsicle Sourdough Muffins

Orange sourdough muffins with bits of white chocolate baked right in. These muffins use sourdough discard, oatmeal, and yogurt to make something that is part healthy and part treat.

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Are you looking for new ways to incorporate your sourdough or sourdough discard into tasty recipes? If so, this is the place for you.

We have a few recipes that use fed sourdough. However, our specialty is using up the discard.

There are so many yummy sourdough discard recipes, so there is no reason to actually discard it. Not only does it reduce food waste, but it adds extra nutrition and flavor to your recipes.

So whether you are looking for soft and delicious dinner rolls, or really tasty muffins, there is something here for everyone’s taste preferences and every meal.

I hope you find a couple of new ways to use your starter in this collection of our favorite sourdough discard recipes.

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Unwrapped pumpkin sourdough muffin sitting on muffin wrapper showing soft pumpkin muffin underneath buttery cinnamon streusel crumb topping ready to eat. Bakery Style Pumpkin Sourdough Muffins
Stack of thick peanut butter sourdough cookies next to a glass of milk. Sourdough Peanut Butter Cookies
Piece of whole wheat sourdough cornbread on plate with pan of cornbread in the background. Sourdough Cornbread
Freshly baked blueberry sourdough muffins on wire cooling rack showing golden brown exterior with pops of blueberries throughout. Blueberry Muffins With Sourdough Discard
Stack of sourdough pancakes with a wedge cut out and pancakes on fork showing fluffy interior with a bottle of maple syrup in the background. Sourdough Pancakes
Hand holding sourdough biscuit showing the side view with a seam down the middle and fluffy texture with nice rise from baking. Sourdough Biscuits
Two sourdough chocolate chip cookie bars stacked on top of each other showing chewy texture, brown sugar color, and melty chocolate chips. Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Two sourdough brownies stacked on top of each other with the remaining brownies in the background. Sourdough Brownies
Two sourdough breakfast bars stack on top of each other showing raspberry jam filling with sourdough and oat crust above and below the jam. Jam Filled Sourdough Breakfast Bars
Slice of chocolate banana sourdough quick bread on plate with fork. Sourdough Chocolate Banana Bread
3 squares of cheesy garlic foccacia stacked on top of each other showing airy bread texture and golden brown cheese on top. Cheesy Garlic Sourdough Focaccia
Hand holding golden brown sourdough crescent roll. Sourdough Crescent Rolls
chocolate peanut butter sourdough muffins in wire cooling rack. Chocolate Peanut Butter Sourdough Muffins
fresh baked muffins on wire cooling rack. Fall Harvest Pumpkin Sourdough Muffins
close up of muffin on cooling rack with melty caramel showing. Caramel Apple Sourdough Muffins
cherry chip muffins on platter with fresh sweet cherries. Cherry Chip Sourdough Muffins
hand holding half of a cranberry oatmeal sourdough muffin Cranberry Oatmeal Sourdough Muffins
Circle of sourdough pizza dough ready to be topped and cooked. Sourdough Pizza Crust
stack of sourdough waffles with strawberry sauce and whipped cream Sourdough Waffles
Golden brown muffins with orange juice, sourdough discard, and oats baked inside cooling on wire rack. Orange Creamsicle Sourdough Muffins
Stack of blueberry sourdough waffles topped with fresh blueberries, strawberries, maple syrup, and whipped cream, ready to eat. Blueberry Sourdough Waffles
Hand holding half of a sourdough banana bread muffin showing the soft and airy interior. Sourdough Banana Bread Muffins
pile of chocolate chip oatmeal sourdough muffins ready to be eaten. Quick Oatmeal and Chocolate Chip Sourdough Muffins
plate with two slices of toasted sourdough wheat bread, one spread with butter the other with honey Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread
Pile of oatmeal raisin sourdough muffins. Oatmeal Raisin Sourdough Muffins