Sourdough Starter Discard Waffles – Double Chocolate

How often do you feed your sourdough starter?  I feed mine every week, and when I feel like baking, I take it out of the fridge and feed it for 2 days before I use it in my bread recipe.  It might not seem like a lot, but the sourdough starter discard really add up.  Instead of tossing them out or using them immediately, I’ve came up with a new method.  I pour them into a jar and refrigerate them for a week or so until I am ready to make something out of them.  I’ve become obsessed with baking with sourdough starter discards, almost more than making sourdough bread. Sourdough starter discard is really a very versatile “ingredient”.  It’s literally made with flour and water, which makes it easy to incorporate into standard recipes.  That said, because it has been fermented, it does give off certain flavors and can affect the texture outcome of the recipe.  Some of the most common uses are crackers, cookies and pancakes.  But did you know it’s amazing for making biscotti?  I recently created an almond sourdough biscotti recipe and everyone that has tried it has commented how easy it was to make the […]