Simple ways to use up sourdough starter — discard blueberry muffins, lemon crinkle cookies, pretzel bites, cheddar crackers and Sunday pancakes for busy weeks.
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A delicious recipe for Sourdough Discard Blueberry Muffins - a great way to use up some of your sourdough discard for a tasty breakfast!
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Open in Pepper →If you keep a starter going, you know the guilt of pouring discard down the drain twice a week. It's flour and water that already did some work, and it makes muffins tender, crackers snappy, and pancakes tangy in a way plain batter never gets.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on feeding day, when there's a cup of discard sitting on the counter and about an hour before anybody's hungry. They're also the recipes that show up on Saturday mornings and in lunchboxes.
Every recipe here starts with that jar: Sourdough Discard Blueberry Muffins, Lemon Crinkle Cookies, Pretzel Bites, Blueberry Bagels, an herb and cheese loaf, Cheddar Cheese Crackers, Cheese Bread, and three takes on pancakes and waffles.
Bring discard to room temperature
Cold discard straight from the fridge makes lumpy batter. Set the jar out 30 to 45 minutes before you mix.
Don't overmix the batter
Stir muffin and pancake batter just until the flour disappears, about 10 to 12 strokes, so they stay tender.
Roll crackers paper thin
Roll the cheddar cracker dough to about 1/16 inch and bake until the edges brown, or they'll turn out soft instead of crisp.
Rest pancake batter briefly
Let sourdough pancake batter sit 15 minutes before the first pour so the baking soda and starter can work together.