The Best Sourdough Pancakes (made from discard!!)
The simplest sourdough pancakes, made with unfed/discarded sourdough starter, egg, baking powder, and baking soda. Add your favorite pancake flavors like cinnamon, blueberries, chocolate chips, etc, to make these your own!
Ingredients
- 1 cup unfed sourdough starter cold from the fridge is fine!
- 1 large egg see notes for vegan option
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- optional: cinnamon, maple syrup, chocolate chips, blueberries, etc
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a small bowl and stir well to fully combine. Add any optional add-ins and stir once more. Batter will be thin, and bubbles up as it sits.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Once hot, grease with oil/butter and scoop batter onto the pan into your desired pancake size (note: this batter is thin and spreads, so start smaller than you'd think!). Cook until golden on the bottom, then flip and cook another minute or two, until both sides are golden.
- Serve warm with maple syrup, butter, etc etc.
Notes
This recipe easily doubles, triples, etc, to feed a crowd. If you don't have a very large starter, but know you'll want to make a big batch of pancakes in the morning, simply feed your starter the night before, let sit at room temperature overnight, and use in the morning for pancakes.
I sometimes like to add 1/4 cup of oats to the batter to add a little whole grain texture/bulk up the pancakes a bit. You really can't go wrong here in terms of add-ins.
MAKE THEM VEGAN: leave out the egg and use 1/4 cup pumpkin puree in it's place