169 sourdough starter recipes

Overnight sourdough cinnamon rolls with brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins. An overnight starter builds tangy flavor, then you roll, fill, and bake to dark golden with buttery edges.

Quick drop biscuits made with Herman sourdough starter. Tangy, fluffy, and ready in minutes with no kneading required.

Amish Friendship Bread is made from a sourdough starter that is often shared in a manner similar to a chain letter.The starter is a substitute for baking yeast bread and can be used to make many kinds of yeast-based breads, shared with friends, or frozen for future use.

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.

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.

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 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.

Friendship starter applesauce cake spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. A sourdough-style cake with deep apple flavor and optional nuts or raisins.

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

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.

Friendship starter orange cupcakes with raisins, pecans, and a warm orange-sugar glaze dip. Sourdough-style tanginess meets bright citrus in a tender, studded crumb.

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.

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 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.

New Year's bread made with sourdough starter, butter, eggs, cinnamon, and orange zest in the bread machine. A festive, enriched celebration loaf with citrus and warm spice.

Friendship-starter prune cake spiced with cinnamon and studded with chopped walnuts and stewed prunes. A moist, sourdough-tinged sheet cake from the Amish friendship-bread tradition.