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Sourdough Dessert Recipes

Sourdough isn’t just for bread—your starter can make seriously good desserts, too. This category is full of sweet recipes that use either active starter or discard to add depth, flavor, and a little surprise to your baking. From cookies and cakes to cobblers and bars, these beginner-friendly bakes are fun, easy, and a great way to use up extra starter.

If you’ve got a sweet tooth and some discard, you’re in the right place.

three oatmeal cream pies with discard stacked on each other

Sourdough Oatmeal Cream Pies

Sourdough Lemon Bars

Sourdough Lemon Bars

Chocolate Sourdough Recipes for Valentine’s Day!

Chocolate Sourdough Recipes for Valentine’s Day!

Easy Sourdough Brownies

Easy Sourdough Brownies

white platter with sourdough chocolate crinkle cookies with one cookie off to side on table with bite taken out

Sourdough Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

sourdough chocolate chip cookie bars cut on wooden cutting board with flakey sea salt and chocolate chips sprinkled around

Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

sourdough king cake overhead with one slice cut out and on white plate beside tray

Sourdough King Cake

closeup of sourdough chocolate star bread with powdered sugar sprinkled on top

Sourdough Chocolate Star Bread

sourdough gingerbread men cookies on white platter

Sourdough Gingerbread Cookies

Overhead view of sourdough peppermint cookies with white chocolate chips on white tray with red and white striped towel an candy canes

Sourdough Peppermint Cookies

10 Perfect Sourdough Recipes for Fall

10 Perfect Sourdough Recipes for Fall

sourdough apple fritters on cooling rack with sliced apples around them

Sourdough Apple Fritters

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Oh hey! I'm Jenni!

I’ve been playing with sourdough for over 12 years. As a busy mom, I know sourdough doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious. I’m here to help you enjoy sourdough in fun, unexpected ways! Whether you’re baking bread or getting creative with your starter, I’ll show you how to make sourdough simple, approachable, and totally your own.

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