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Turn your sourdough discard into something delicious.

Free recipes for every piece of discard — fluffy pancakes, golden crackers, crispy pizza dough, gooey cinnamon rolls and more.

how much discard do you have?

Find a recipe that fits exactly what’s in your jar.

½ cup · a little

Quick & Crispy Bakes

2-Ingredient Sourdough Crackers

Discard · Savory

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1 cup · the sweet spot

Most Recipes Are Built for This

Sourdough Discard Pancakes

Discard · Breakfast

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2+ cups · bake big

Batch Bakes & Weekend Projects

Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Rolls

Discard · Sweet

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sourdough discard basics

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What is sourdough discard?

Discard is the portion of starter you remove before each feeding. Instead of throwing it away, these recipes transform it into something worth baking.

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02

How to store sourdough discard

Discard keeps in a sealed jar in the fridge for up to two weeks. The longer it sits, the more sour and flavourful it becomes.

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03

Your first discard recipe

New to discard baking? Start with the 2-ingredient crackers. No yeast, no wait time, no wasted starter.

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latest discard recipes

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Sourdough Discard Pancakes

Discard · Breakfast

Sourdough Discard Crackers

Discard · Savory

Sourdough Discard Pizza Dough

Discard · Savory

Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Rolls

Discard · Sweet

how much time do you have?

Every recipe on CrustyBake is matched to the time you actually have — no fluff, no misleading estimates.

10
minutes — right now

Quick & no-wait recipes

2-Ingredient Sourdough Crackers

Discard · Savory

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30
minutes — this afternoon

Satisfying without the wait

Sourdough Discard Pizza Dough

Discard · Savory

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1h+
hour — weekend bake

Worth every minute

Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Rolls

Discard · Sweet

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Most popular discard recipe

Sourdough Discard Pancakes

Tall, fluffy, and ready in 10 minutes. These are the recipe that converts every sourdough skeptic. The discard adds a gentle tang that makes ordinary pancakes taste bakery-quality.

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Meet your host

Hi, I’m Cheryl.

I started keeping a sourdough starter three years ago and quickly ran out of ideas for what to do with the daily discard. So I started testing. Now I have over 100 tested discard recipes and zero wasted starter.

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