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Celebrate World Pizza Day and Superbowl Sourdough Sunday

by Darryl Alder | Feb 7, 2025 | Discard, Recipes, Tools and Equipment | 1 |

Celebrate World Pizza Day (February 9th) with homemade sourdough pizza! This easy recipe uses sourdough discard for a flavorful crust that freezes well, making weeknight pizza nights a breeze. Consider pairing it with homemade tomato or creamy sourdough starter sauce for an extra special treat

Turn Your Sourdough Discard into Delicious Dumplings!

by Darryl Alder | Jan 15, 2025 | Discard | 0 |

Sourdough starters are wonderful things, but they can also produce a lot of discard! Instead of...

Cracker Day Meets #CrackerDay

by Darryl Alder | Apr 28, 2022 | Discard, Recipes | 0 |

In the USA, the term “cracker” most often refers to salty or savory biscuits, but in the UK crackers are might be water biscuits or savory biscuits. Either way, today, #CrackerDay, is a good day to highlight sourdough crackers by making and baking a batch. And honestly, nothing could be easier to make than these crackers built on a base of your sourdough discard.

Celebrating National Zucchini Bread Day the Sourdough Way

by Darryl Alder | Apr 25, 2022 | Discard, Recipes | 0 |

NATIONAL ZUCCHINI BREAD DAY held on April 25th each year, encourages bakers every where to bake this delicious bread. And just like bananas, and applesauce, zucchini makes this baked loaf moist and a bit more nutritious. However, for those of us who use sourdough, it is a terrific excuse to use up some discard and bake yummy quick bread.

Quick (or Long Fermented) Sourdough Banana Bread

by Darryl Alder | Apr 20, 2022 | Discard, Recipes | 1 |

This quick, moist sourdough banana bread uses discard or but can also be long fermented for 8–12 hours for better digestion using active starter.

Simple Sourdough Discard Butter Biscuits

by Darryl Alder | Nov 10, 2021 | Discard, Recipes, Sandwiches | 0 |

The best sourdough biscuits you will ever bake need just 5 simple ingredients: discard (or active starter), flour, baking powder, salt, and butter. That is all it takes to make great biscuits for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner.

7 Sourdough recipes for #NationalBlueberrymonth; What will You Be Baking?

by Darryl Alder | Jul 1, 2021 | Discard, Health, Nutrition, and Wellness, Recipes | 0 |

In July 2003 the USDA proclaimed July as National Blueberry Month, which is prime time for these little blue wonders. Here we curate everything sourdough and blueberry that we can find on the web.

Real Sourdough Corn Tortillas

by Darryl Alder | May 6, 2021 | Discard, Health, Nutrition, and Wellness, Holiday Bread, Recipes, Sourdough Starter | 0 |

Get the best of both worlds by using fermented wheat sourdough discard and traditional masa harina to make these thick, soft, chewy tortillas based on Chef Courtney.