Quick and Easy Sourdough Crackers Using Your Sourdough Discard.

Use your sourdough discard to make some delicious whole food crackers that are easily digested.

I don’t know about you, but I am always looking for ways to use my sourdough starter that has to be discarded. Whenever I feed my sourdough starter, I like to start with a clean jar and only two tablespoons of sourdough starter. That means I usually have half of a cup to a full cup of sourdough starter that needs to be discarded. 

I usually like to use my discard to make sourdough waffles or sourdough pizza, but today I was in the mood to make something else with it. Thus, the sourdough discard cracker was born. 

I wanted to share this recipe with you because it was so simple to make! I have been looking for snack items that have only whole foods in them. I was very excited whenever I created this recipe using all whole foods and my discard that I needed to get rid of. 

I’ll walk you through the process, so that you too can have a delicious treat on your hand. 

If you would like to watch a video of me making these crackers, click here!

What You’ll Need for Sourdough Discard Crackers

1 cup Sourdough Discard (unfed)

1/2 cup All Purpose Flour

1/2 cup Einkorn Flour (or any whole wheat flour)

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tsp salt

1 tbs garlic powder

1 tbs cumin

1 tbs oregano

1 tbs course sea salt

How to Make Sourdough Discard Crackers

First, you’ll need to preheat your oven to 350 degrees. I like to let my oven begin to preheat while I am rolling out my dough to cut into crackers. 

Grab Your Sourdough Discard

Add 1 cup of sourdough discard to a mixing bowl. Along with the sourdough, you will add ½ cup of einkorn flour and ½ cup of all purpose flour and 1 tsp of salt. I’ve found that adding the ½ cup of einkorn flour helps to produce a thicker consistency of cracker. 

Next you are going to add your ¼ cup of olive oil. You can also substitute the olive oil for coconut oil. I like to do this whenever I make my cinnamon honey sourdough crackers. 

Mix Your Dough

Now you are going to mix your dough with a fork. This is going to be a very thick dough, so you will not be able to mix it very much. Once you have all of the ingredients combined, use your hands to begin to form the dough into a ball. 

The dough will be slightly sticky. If you notice that you’re having trouble, you may need to add a little more flour. You will have to adjust accordingly. 

Once you have it in a ball, divide it into two and set one of the balls of dough aside. 

Grab Your Rolling Pin

Place your dough on a piece of parchment paper and begin rolling it out using your rolling pin. Now here is the trick: you need to roll the dough out as thin as you can get it. The dough needs to be almost translucent. The thinner you are able to get your dough, the crunchier your cracker will be! If not, it will form little mini pita bread. Which trust me, it is mighty tasty too. It’s just like eating an m&m when you’re expecting a skittle 😉

Once you have your dough rolled out as thin as possible, take 1 tbs of olive oil and rub it on the dough. You’ll want to coat your dough before you put it in the oven to avoid burning. This will also allow your seasonings to stick to your dough. 

The Fun Part

Now you get to add your seasonings! I have added ¼ tsp of cumin, garlic powder, oregano, and coarse sea salt! Feel free to add whatever seasonings you wish – this is just what I had on hand. 

Using a pizza cutter or a sharp knife, cut your dough into 1 inch squares. 

Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown and voila! You have yourself a delicious sourdough treat. 

Repeat with the other ball of dough once those have been baked to perfection. 

NOTES: 

If you would like these to go through a long fermentation process, you’ll need to let your dough sit for 8 hours prior to baking. 

You may have to adjust your bake time depending on how thin you were able to get your sourdough crackers. 

Thank you for stopping by the homestead! Leave me a comment below on how your sourdough discard crackers turn out. I would love to see a picture too!

Shelby