5 Sourdough Discard Recipe Superstars

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Why waste all that sourdough starter discard, when you could use it to deepen the flavor and texture of so many amazing discard recipes? Martin and Kye are here to show you not one but FIVE fantastic foods that are made even better by sourdough discard, including cookies, biscuits, granola, pizza, and chocolate cake. Don't compost that discard every time — make something delicious with it!

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Credits
Kye Ameden and Martin Philip - Hosts
Tucker Adams - Producer

Chapters
0:00 Introduction to Sourdough Discard Recipes
1:01 Recipe 1 - Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies
2:31 Recipe 2 - Buttery Sourdough Biscuits
4:37 Recipe 3 - Sourdough Granola
5:59 Recipe 4 - Sourdough Pizza Crust
7:40 Recipe 5 - Sourdough Chocolate Cake
10:06 Outro with Kye and Martin

[Chrissy]

I would have NEVER thought to make granola from discard but when I tell you this is the best granola I have ever made…I truly mean it. I literally made it this morning. The crispness is unbelievable. I didn’t have the puff rice so I added additional oats (which are organic and sprouted rolled oats). I also added ground cardamom. I just visited the KA pop up in Fairfax, VA and got so much stuff and inspiration so I was so glad this video ended up in my feed. I’m making every single thing in this video 😂!! Thank you! ❤

[Nah]

Great ideas! I hate wasting, this is fabulous!

[spaghelle]

Never considered making a discard pizza crust. That’s brilliant! I frequently make a banana bread (which is really a cake) that I ferment over a 12 hour period and it’s amazing! Highly recommend fermented cakes.

[Irina-cvt]

I cannot eat pancakes anymore 😅 looking for more sourdough discard recipes. So, thanks for these:)

[clarekrmiller]

A discard video with Martin and Kye together?! Dreams do come true!

[adevries]

Good cookie Martin says...so understated. I've tried to bake outstanding chocolate chip cookies all my life and gave up, until about 2 years ago I ran across this recipe. OH MY! Everyone asks for them and if you want an added treat add Choc/Heath Bar bits to the top instead of the extra chips. You'll never reach for another type of cookie

[ericarose]

I've been in such a rut with discard recipes, this is perfect timing!

[wdobni]

just add 2 eggs, some salt and some baking powder to one or two cups of discard and you have sourdough flapjacks ... ready to cook in 30 seconds, no dirty extra utensils or plates, no extra cleanup....90 seconds on each side, then butter and syrup and coffee

[seanpalmer]

I keep my starter out on the counter most of the time rather than in the fridge. The warmer temps mean I have to feed it more often, and consequently, I generate more discard than the typical sourdough home baker that keeps their starter in the fridge. I have a couple of go-tos that are modifications of King Arthur recipes so that they use up more discard.

I make those biscuits, but due to the moisture from the additional discard, the dough is too sticky to roll out and so I make drop biscuits. I also love to do inclusions in them. Some of my favorites are dried cranberries, cheddar & onion, and fresh blueberries.

The other recipe I do quite often is sourdough banana bread with extra starter when I don't have enough black bananas to add the ~400g the recipe calls for. I do have to bake it for an extra 15-20 min. before tenting it with foil since the added liquid requires more time for the top to solidify.

[Tamalain]

I’ve made the cookies before and can attest they are awesome

[carolosborne]

I've made the granola a couple of times, subbing puffed rice for more oats, and love it on yogurt or straight out of the jar!

[leabullock]

My favorite is Sourdough Crumpets! I've done 4 of these 5 suggestions. Next up I will need to try the sourdough chocolate chip cookies.

[kevinu.k.]

Have you not covered the natural leaven fridge method here yet?
No discards.
Just make sure that you have some 50g of leaven left over after each bake and put it in the fridge. It will stay fresh and usable for a week quite easily.
When you want to bake get it out feed it and give it four hours to ferment int readiness.
Freezing some gives a good back stop I use a silicon 1" ice cube tray. It will still be usable at two years old.

As always thanks for these videos. They are good and YouTube so desperately needs them given the amount of tosh out here. There are exceptions...

[GGRuthy]

Sourdough waffles is my go to. Pizza crust is 2nd.

[godblessthelessfortunate]

Can you teach how to make Kings Hawaii rolls? It is so soft, fluffy, and sweet. My kid can eat a whole package in one sitting. The problem is they are relatively expensive for what we get so would like to save by making it at home.

[Pilbrabandit]

Like a pen holder pocket but for utensils

[Arzulli]

I use up starter making bagels and English muffins. My daughter, who used to live in NYC and now lives in LA, said the bagels I made for her tasted like they came from New York. And the English muffins always rise twice as high as any others do.

[georgekoutsoudopoulos]

My all time favourite discard recipes are bagels and chocolate brownies. Great ideas to add to them...even if the idea of American biscuits seems like a disappointment of a savoury scone 😉

[joezaloga]

I made the chocolate chip cookies other than taking a long time they were delicious

[The-Golden-Zebra]

I love King Arthur and I love the content of your videos, but why are your videos always so much darker than every other video I watch in YouTube? The lighting is so off that it sometimes makes me want to stop watching. Again, content is great, camera angles great, but lighting or color grading is just off.