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    Home » Breads

    Sourdough

    Got a new sourdough starter and aren't sure what to do with it? Here you'll find beginner-friendly sourdough recipes like these soft sourdough pretzels and these sourdough discard scallion pancakes, as well as sourdough feeding tips and my best recommendations for storing your sourdough discard so you don't let that sourdough starter go to waste!

    • sourdough beer pretzels with mustard
      Soft Sourdough Beer Pretzels
    • A stack of 3 funnel cakes on a small cooling rack. two halves of a strawberry sit in front of them.
      Fried Sourdough Discard Funnel Cakes
    • a stack of sourdough scallion pancakes
      Sourdough Discard Scallion Pancakes
    • sourdough starter containers
      9+ Stylish, Functional Sourdough Containers for Your Starter
    • how to store sourdough discard
      How Do I Store Sourdough Discard?
    • how to feed sourdough starter
      6 Tips for Feeding and Discarding Sourdough Starter
    • two 16 oz deli containers sit side by side. the one on the right has about half an inch of mature sourdough starter in it. the one on the left has about a quarter of an inch of newly fed sourdough starter in it and is labeled with masking tape that says "starter."
      How to Maintain a Small Sourdough Starter
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    Hi, I'm Rebecca! I'm a pastry chef with a home cook mentality. I'm on a mission to make spending time in the kitchen fun and accessible — that's why so many people love my beginner-friendly bread recipes. I'm always looking for new and creative ways to get the most out of my favorite ingredients and flavors!

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    Journalist turned pastry chef, on a mission to make cooking and baking fun and accessible. I'm always looking for new and creative ways to get the most out of my favorite ingredients and flavors! A Pittsburgh native currently calling Boston home.

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