Discard Baking

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I wanted to refresh my starter today and I made a batch of Cranberry - Orange Spiced Sourdough Cookies with the discard.. The texture is amazing, the cookie is very light,like eating air.

these cookies look & sound yummy. i would love to use some of my discard to make these. would you please share the recipe?

thanks, claudia

thanks florida shark

i'll definitely make these soon. oh yum

claudia

 

Just think of all the cookies and cakes you can make with discards?

I started a new starter earlier this month and thought I had successfully re-animated a starved one from my fridge but it needed work. 

I followed Scott Weebly’s technique for reviving and of course it wasn’t following the time line. 

So I switched to feedings with a more nutrient-rich blend of WWF & AP based on Bread Illustrated. And this morning I had bubbling cauldrons, containers, and jars of active starter. I can’t bring myself to just toss it. I have found a few winning recipes for discard on the King Arthur Flour website. The chocolate sourdough cake is amazing. I have 2-3 ready to be pulled from the freezer, iced, and assembled.

The other nicer recipe is for crackers. I have gifted 3 jars of crackers over the weekend. 

I also have some discard starter crumpets in the freezer.

I think these remaining active starters will be placed in a combined jar and just pulled and used as I desire for crackers, cakes, biscuits, etc. All of the discard recipes I referenced use unfed starter!—YMMV