February 21, 2017 - 1:05pm
Discard Baking
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.
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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
This is where I found the recipe I used a cookie scoop to form. Enjoy.
http://www.culturesforhealth.com/learn/recipe/sourdough-recipes/cranberry-orange-spiced-sourdough-cookies/
thanks florida shark
i'll definitely make these soon. oh yum
claudia
I might have to purposefully build some "discard" to give these a try.
Very nice!
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