4 (Easy) Ways To Use A Sourdough Starter

Okay, so let's say you've got your sourdough starter. You're making bread (or you plan on it), but now you want to start doing something with the stuff you throw away when you feed it. Here are some of my favorite ways to use my sourdough starter discard. A real deal sourdough hack, to using pretty much all of your sourdough starter while leaving just enough to feed it.

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Banana Bread:
1 cup (224g) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups (360g) granulated sugar
2 cups (300g) all purpose flour
1 teaspoon (5g) baking soda
1/2 (3g) teaspoon kosher salt
3 bananas (ideally overripe) mashed with a fork
2 whole eggs
1 teaspoon (4g) vanilla extract
1/2 cup (145g) mature sourdough starter

Pancakes:
1.5 cups (225g) all purpose flour
3 tablespoons (40g) brown sugar
2 teaspoons (8g) baking powder
1 teaspoon (6g) baking soda
1/2 teaspoon (3g) kosher salt
1 cup (215g) milk or almond milk
1 egg
1/2 cup (145g) mature sourdough starter

(use this recipe and add 1/4 cup (72g) mature sourdough starter to the dough)

[Eliisemp]

Finally, someone who doesnt just say how many cups of something you need, there is so much different information on measurements, so I really appreciate that you also include grams :)

[thestLoudHeart]

Josh, I have been using your bread recipes almost exclusively in order to make breads and bagels so I want to say thank you because I am LOVING making bread now.

[matticrz]

tip: use browned butter and dark brown sugar.
if you have time, toast the flour until it smelled nutty in a pan over the stove and
roast bananas sprinkled with salt in the oven until golden brown before mixing in the batter.
add roasted chopped walnuts.

best banana bread I've ever made

[lauriejakober]

Do not apologize for all the sourdough! I tried your croissant recipe and it was fantastic! A true sellout for the local farmers market. I have believed the myth that sourdough flavor comes from the air and stuff - but NO! Use RYE and WOW! your starter suddenly becomes impressive! I LOVE YOUR RECIPES!! Keep em coming!!!

[Momo-dvix]

I came here and subscribed BECAUSE of the sourdough videos!

[jeanhernandez]

Man, I dare to say that these pancakes are the best I've ever eaten in my whole stinking life. I make them every single weekend for me and my mom and they are absolutely scrumptious. They're also very versatile, as they taste amazing with any add-ins (blueberries=glory). And believe me, you won't get any sourness from the sourdough starter! Well done, Josh

[madhvya]

Absolutely not boring man . I love sourdough

[davidmota]

My poor brother, he’s been eating all my failed attempts at sourdough.

[ginat.]

I like to imagine Heath Ledger never died, he just went under the radar for a while and then started this youtube channel

[krissy]

Do you have an easy conversion method when using sourdough starter vs. commercial yeast??? Love you videos! Sourdough ANYTHING rocks! So keep it up!

[bridgetboyle]

So while I’m on plague lock down I’m doing stuff “well if I ever have time I want to” that time is now. Love all these sourdough videos thanks you

[BenedettaIlCibodelleCoccole]

Absolutely no boring videos: as I said already, these sourdough contents are great! 🤩
Thanks for sharing!

[demid]

It’s absolutely not boring dude .
Can you Please Please Please do a video about brötchen breads like the ones in German bakeries?
I had them when I went to Germany and now I cannot stop thinking about it ! If you can that will be awesome!
Thank you .

[chiakikuwahara]

I really like he put both of measurements in his recipe, very helpful!!

[LindomarORetorno]

Stop!!! We love your videos about sourdough!! Absolutely not boring

[ParkDari]

So yesterday we made crepes with the leftover day 1 starter, DELISH!! Today, I thought, why not use day 2 starter to make banana bread since there are frozen ripe bananas in the freezer. Everything is going fine until I spoon in half the flour and notice the mixture is way too thick. Realizing I have forgotten to add the bananas I grab the ziplock of thawed bananas and start to mash they don’t mash. I stood there wondering what cruel alchemy had ruined my bananas when I realized I was attempting to mash peeled Asian eggplant😳 only 2/3 of a banana is in the house. I drained a can of pears and chucked them in. The batter spent the day fermenting. Tonight I dumped the batter over a compote of blueberries, brown sugar, butter and Sailor Jerry’s Apple rum. 45 min at 475 and I have this amazing upside down blueberry, banana, pear rum quick bread /bread pudding. The texture of the crumb is fabulous. The starter in the batter with the additional 7 hrs of fermentation gave spectacular results. I am so glad my 15yr old daughter recommended you. p.s. She named our sourdough starter Sully😁

[geneboschi]

Thank You, I been watching many different starter and bread reciptes no one was as expertly taught as complete as you, Joshua you are the best thanks again.

[singediabolique]

I've made cinnamon rolls with my sourdough starter. They're SO GOOD!

[thomasdickson]

Aside from learning about sourdough, I never knew I've been living in your cupboard this whole time.

Explains a lot.

[celeritas-]

This is such a mood. Music great, makes me feel homely and connected. Recipes great. Simplicity great. A+