168 sourdough starter recipes

Grape starter for sourdough bread uses wild yeast from red grape skins to build a tangy, fruity base with just flour and water. A 6-day fermentation process creates a living starter you can maintain for months.

Sourdough blueberry muffins made with whole wheat flour and sourdough starter for a tangy, tender crumb. Mixed by hand and baked until golden.

Sourdough doughnuts made with active sourdough starter, buttermilk, nutmeg, and cinnamon, fried until golden. Virtually greaseless, freezer-friendly, and dusted with powdered or cinnamon sugar.

Herman starter, the friendship sourdough-style yeast and milk starter that bakers have been passing along for generations. Mix once, feed every five days, and share cups with friends or bake into coffee cakes and breads.

Applesauce friendship cake made with sourdough starter, warm spices, brown sugar, and chopped nuts. A nostalgic Amish-style starter cake that's moist, spiced, and meant to be shared.

Christmas bread made with sourdough starter, currants and warm mace and cinnamon. Two loaves of fragrant holiday breakfast bread, slow-risen for deep flavor.

Herman coffee cake bakes a 10-day fed sourdough-style starter into a tender cinnamon-raisin coffee cake. The classic friendship cake passed jar-by-jar between neighbors.

Amish friendship bread is a quick fruit bread made from sourdough starter passed between friends. A community-tradition recipe that turns fermented batter into two cinnamon-spiced loaves.

Friendship banana bread made with Amish friendship starter for extra tang and moisture, plus walnuts and a choice of orange zest or vanilla. A sourdough-style banana loaf.

Sourdough rye bread with caraway and poppy seeds, made from a homemade starter built over four days. Two round loaves with a tangy crumb and egg-washed crust.

Rye bread sourdough starter with an onion twist, ready in 48 hours. Rye flour, yeast, water, and a halved onion develop a pleasingly sour, beery aroma for bread baking.

Two-day sourdough potato rye bread with molasses, cornmeal, mace, and poppy seeds. A dense, earthy loaf with an overnight starter and old-world European baking technique.

Sourdough onion rye for the bread machine combines sourdough starter with whole wheat and rye flours, diced onion, honey or molasses, and caraway or star anise. A dense, tangy deli-style loaf that anchors a corned beef sandwich.

Sourdough bacon pancakes made with starter, crumbled fried bacon, and a last-minute baking soda lift. Tangy, smoky, and fluffy griddle cakes for a weekend breakfast.

Sourdough pancakes with applesauce folded into the batter for fruity sweetness and extra moisture. Tangy from the starter with a fluffy lift from baking soda.

Sourdough starter crescent rolls topped with egg wash and caraway seeds, baked golden and crunchy. A savory bite-sized bread that's ideal for parties and appetizer spreads.