Here are my top 15 favorite sourdough recipes for the beginner. Some of these recipes involve sourdough discard, making the cooking process even easier.
First You’ll Need A Sourdough Starter
Hopefully you already have your sourdough starter, but if not – don’t worry! You can purchase my sourdough starter here or make your own!
A sourdough starter is one of the most useful ingredients to have on hand. I have had a sourdough starter going in my kitchen for over two years. Sometimes there is a negative connotation behind keeping a sourdough starter because people believe it involves a lot of work. You’re in luck, because it does not take very much work to maintain your sourdough starter! You can read here about maintaining your sourdough starter.
The Best Sourdough Recipes
I have chosen some of my favorite sourdough recipes that I used whenever I was a beginner sourdough baker. Most of these sourdough recipes involve very little ingredients and minimal prep work in the kitchen. I am always busy and on the go, so these recipes have been a staple in my kitchen due to their lack of work.
Sourdough Bread Recipes
Ahhhh. Probably what you came to this article in search for. Trying to curate the perfect artisanal sourdough loaf. Besides the health benefits of sourdough, this is one of the things that I was most eager with when searching for sourdough recipes.
1. Easiest Sourdough Loaf
This recipe is tried and true and comes from Jill Winger at The Prairie Homestead. This was the recipe that I used to first practice using my sourdough starter. I enjoy making this recipe because it is a no-knead bread recipe with only four ingredients: sourdough starter, flour, water, and salt! Every time I make this sourdough bread loaf, I have great success!
2. The Artistic Sourdough Loaf
Are you pining after those beautifully curated sourdough loaves with the wheat designs scorned into them? My favorite recipe, from the blog Farmhouse on Boone, explains just how to bake the perfect sourdough bread loaf. Even though the sourdough bread looks like it was baked by an expert, I still used this recipe and others similar whenever I was a beginner baker and always had excellent luck.
3. Focaccia Bread
Sourdough Focaccia Bread has become one of my absolute favorite sourdough recipes to make. The recipe is very similar to a beginner sourdough bread loaf, and quite possibly might be even easier to make! My favorite focaccia bread recipe comes from the blog, Homestead and Chill. Deanna creates elegant sourdough dishes that every beginner can perfect. This light and airy focaccia is drizzled in olive oil making the perfect side dish or tapas.
The Best Sourdough Discard Recipes
My all time favorite sourdough recipes involve using sourdough discard. What is discard you ask? Sourdough discard is the extra sourdough starter in your jar that is unfed, inactive. This starter has to be discarded before feeding your sourdough starter to make it active again. There are many recipes that you can create using sourdough discard. I love using sourdough discard because I do not have to wait for my batter to ferment. These are quick, easy-and-go recipes that everyone will love!
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