Sourdough Discard Waffles
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No wait sourdough discard waffles are maybe one of the the easiest sourdough breakfast recipes you'll ever make! These waffles are so simple to mix together. They use up 200g of sourdough discard (but you can use active, bubbly sourdough starter too if you'd prefer).
We make these sourdough starter waffles often ... in fact probably more than we make pancakes because my kids can use the waffle maker more easily than the gas cooktop.
Why You'll Love This Recipe!
No Wait Recipe - The thing I love about this no wait sourdough discard waffles recipe is that it's so fast! As long as I have a jar of starter (and I always have a jar of starter on my counter) it's ready in like 10 minutes! Pure magic! You'll find 35+ no wait sourdough recipes here.
Quick, Easy Breakfast - Perfect breakfast, any day of the week - just like these sourdough breakfast cookies!
Use Up Discard - Use up 200g of sourdough discard all at once. It's perfect if you want a break from making sourdough bread or you just need to empty your sourdough discard jar. Less food waste is always a good thing in my opinion!
Ingredients
- Active Sourdough Starter or sourdough starter discard - You can use either sourdough discard or fed, bubbly starter - whatever you have on hand. I will often feed my sourdough starter before I go to bed so that I can make these quick, easy no wait sourdough waffles for breakfast. But you might have a backlog of discard on hand if you are still trying to establish your sourdough starter.
- Eggs - I've used large eggs (60 to 70g each) to create these waffles, if yours are on the small side, I recommend using an extra egg.
- Whole Milk - whole milk is best, but I've also tested this recipe with 2% and it works just fine. I also love using the buttermilk leftover from making homemade butter and cultured butter. If you need a dairy free alternative, almond milk is good here.
- Butter - I've used salted, melted butter. You can also use vegetable oil if you prefer.
- All Purpose Flour - If you want to use whole wheat flour, try making these whole wheat sourdough pancakes instead.
- Sugar - I've used white granulated sugar here.
- Baking Powder - make sure you use baking powder, NOT baking soda.
- Salt - just a little salt to balance out the flavors here.
How To Make No Wait Sourdough Waffles
Making sourdough waffles is really very easy! In fact, anyone can do it!
You just need a large mixing bowl and a hot waffle iron (you can use a cast iron waffle maker like this one or an electric one). I use an electric one because it heats up fast and the kids can help make breakfast!
Whisk together sourdough starter, eggs, and milk in a bowl, then stir in melted butter. In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, mix into a smooth waffle batter, then cook in a hot waffle iron until golden.
You'll need to use your judgement to make sure you don't overload your waffle maker (trust me when I say I've learned this the hard way).
These waffles work well as crispy waffles or a softer more pancake like version. It just depends on what texture you're looking for.
If you don't have a waffle iron, you could even use this mixture to make sourdough pancakes.
Got more time? You might like these overnight sourdough waffles for a longer ferment.
How To Serve Sourdough Discard Pancakes
There's really no limit to how you can serve these sourdough discard waffles! Here are some of the ways that my family enjoy eating them:
- Serve with maple syrup, raspberries and good quality vanilla ice cream (this is my kiddo's favorite way to eat them).
- As soon as you remove the waffles from the iron, brush with melted butter and dust with cinnamon sugar. Like donuts, but better!
- Serve with good quality, homemade butter or cultured butter and raspberry jam or honey.
- Top the waffles with whipped honey cinnamon butter or whipped maple butter.
- These waffles are delicious alongside crispy bacon and poached eggs! All served with lashings of maple syrup!
- Use the waffles as an alternative to a hamburger bun.
- Top waffles with southern fried chicken, a poached egg and a little maple syrup and hot sauce (this is my favorite way to eat sourdough waffles).
Flavor Variations
Here are a few fun additions you can make to these sourdough discard waffles to ensure you get a little variety:
- Funfetti Sourdough Waffles - add 100g of your favorite rainbow sprinkles to the sourdough waffle batter, ensuring they are well distributed. Alternatively you can just add the sprinkles to the batter as you spoon it into the waffle iron. I love to add some vanilla extract to the batter too, it gives it birthday cake vibes (just like this sourdough funfetti bread)!
- Chocolate Chips - add 100g of you favorite chocolate chips to the batter (semi sweet or white work really well).
- Blueberries - If we have lots of extra blueberries on hand, I love adding 50g ot 100g of fresh blueberries when I mix up the batter. Frozen work too, but they will bleed through the batter a little. If you're not keen on blueberries, any fresh berries will work. If using strawberries, you might want to mix them up a little.
If you love all things pumpkin, try these pumpkin sourdough waffles or even these sourdough banana waffles. And for the ultimate comfort food, what about these sourdough chocolate waffles, sourdough biscuits or sourdough cheese waffles.d, what about these sourdough chocolate waffles or sourdough cheese waffles.
How To Store + Freeze
These sourdough discard waffles are best made and eaten fresh (especially if you love your sourdough waffles crispy). If you're cooking them for a gathering, I recommend making them ahead of time and then keeping them warm on large baking trays in the oven. Set the waffles out in a single layer, don't lay them on top of each other as this can cause them to go soggy.
Leftover sourdough waffles are perfect for the freezer. Cook them, allow them to cool on a wire rack. You can either snap freeze them and then place them into a ziplock bag for easy waffles to pop in the toaster oven or you can layer them with parchment paper and freeze straight into a ziplock bag. They make such an easy breakfast, straight from the freezer!
Sourdough Discard Waffles Recipe
Equipment
- Waffle Iron Cast Iron or Electric
Ingredients
- 200 g Sourdough Starter (discard or fed and bubbly)
- 2 Eggs
- 180 g Whole Milk (can substitute buttermilk if you prefer (see notes)
- 50 g Butter (Melted)
- 150 g All Purpose Flour
- 50 g Sugar
- 10 g Baking Powder
- 5 g Salt (can adjust to taste)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together sourdough starter, milk and eggs until well combined.
- Pour in the melted butter and stir through the starter mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour salt, baking powder and sugar.
- Now pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients.
- Mix until it forms a pourable batter.
- Heat up your waffle iron and spoon mixture into the iron. Cook to your liking (these waffles are delicious soft or crispy).
Notes
Nutrition
I made these last weekend and they were a hit! Can I make them and freeze for later? If yes, would I pop them in a toaster to reheat?
Thanks so much
I have a toaster oven I always reheat my frozen waffles and pancakes in
These were the best sourdough waffles 🧇 I've ever made. They were delicious and fluffy. I will definitely be making these again and again.
I make a double batch on the weekends and put them in the fridge. The kids toast them. I have also frozen them with wild success. The only change I make is to add a tsp or so of vanilla bean paste.
I made a double batch of these today, and my family devoured them.
Wondering if there’s a way to substitute whole milk with almond milk?
Yes you can do this with no problems 🙂
Hi,
Is there a measurement conversion from Grams that you could put up?
These are wonderful! I made them in my Belgium waffle maker and got six of them. The only change I made was using maple sugar for the sugar. These were the easiest waffles to mix up and they tasted amazingly. HIGHLY recommend them.
How much maple syrup did u use instead of the sugar? Did you change any of the other liquid ingredients ?
Could I substitute whole milk Kefir for buttermilk without any changes?
Can we make waffles without eggs. Any substitute for egg, if any?
Can I use coconut milk?
yes you can.
Can you make ahead and put in fridge for the benefits of sourdough fermentation?
You can definitely ferment waffles - try this overnight fermented sourdough waffle recipe 🙂
This was so easy. I have not made waffles before and took a chance that I would enjoy them. Well, they are fantastic. I will be making them often, and it's a great way to use up the discard in the fridge. Thanks so much!
Delicious. Great use of discard. Family could not tell I used the discard. They just ate it all
This is a really good recipe. A one-egg quantity is perfect for a four-waffle waffle iron. It also works fine if you just chuck all the ingredients together in one go.
My husband and I love these!!! Thank you so much.
So good and easy to mix up. Freezing leftovers and will be a treat for the grands when they visit! Thanks!
I made these this morning and they were absolutely fabulous!
Made these this morning and they’re delicious! I’m not used to such a sweet waffle, so next time I’ll cut the sugar in half, but otherwise they are super great!
I have used this recipe for banana pecan waffles and blueberry pancakes. Both turned out light, fluffy and delicious!
These are amazing! I wasn’t sure if my starter was ready for baking things like this yet, so I only made half the recipe. My toddler and fiancé devoured them! I barely got a piece! They’re definitely a make again! Gonna make a double batch next time and freeze them so it’s a quick breakfast. I also added in vanilla to, thanks for all the sourdough tips!
These may just be the best waffles I’ve ever had. I said what I said, good day.
Delicious. But:
I got THREE waffles out of this (at 1x), not 10. I am not how anyone could get 10 waffles with 180g of liquid.
12g of baking powder is wrong. 2tsp is right and it is about 5g.
Thank you, B. The amount of waffles will depend on your waffle maker. And you're right - that can vary by a lot. 🙂
These were great! So many discard recipes I've tried for pancakes, waffles etc. come out gummy, but these didn't, even with mixing a lot.
They also didn't have that pronounced yeast flavor that sourdough recipes often have, which was a plus for some in my family. Thank you for sharing!
These are a family favourite!
I make a double batch and pop them 8n the freezer, ready for a delicious desert with ice cream, strawberries and maple syrup.
Made these with my sourdough discard this morning. They were delicious. I cut the recipe in half since there are just two of us and I wanted to try them out first before committing to a full recipe. They are officially husband approved and I will make a big batch the next time so that I can freeze the extras.
I made these waffles this morning for my family. We LOVE them!
These were delicious! Although I followed the 2 teaspoons for baking powder and 1/2 a tsp of salt and it wasn’t even close to the grams measurement listed so I’m glad I didn’t follow the metric. May want to check that! Thank you!
Made these in the oster waffle maker using my discard and not only were they the best waffles I’ve ever tasted but they also looked beautiful. This will be my go to discard recipe.
What if I want to let the batter ferment for better digestibility? I looked at the overnight waffle recipe but I'd rather use up more discard.
Can I use unsweetened applesauce in this recipe? Would I substitute it for half of the milk or the butter?
We love this waffle mix! I usually mix it up and make a triple batch of them to freeze for an easy breakfast!
I made this dough up last night and didn’t have time to cook all the waffles up… I put in the fridge … is it ok to make the waffles today?
Made this today and got devoured by the whole family! Great recipe!
Where did you get your waffle maker? I've been looking for a heart one like that. All the waffle makers I've seen are thick (like belgium style waffles). Thank you!
We just started doing sourdough and LOVE this recipe! My husband is a big frozen waffle fan so I made a batch of these with my mini waffle maker. We froze them and have been using them just like we would store-bought frozen waffles at breakfast! So tasty, so easy!
I was nervous when my kitchen smelled like sourdough while these cooked. They were not sour at all, though! My family loves them.
Incredible! This was the first thing I made using my discard now that my starter is established. I had to alter the recipe to remove dairy; I subbed canola oil for butter and almond milk for the whole milk. They were still amazing so don’t worry if you can’t have dairy, you can still make these! This recipe made 18 mini 4” waffles. I’m freezing them for toaster waffles.
Waffles are my favorite. I actually got choked up over how good these are. Perfectly fluffy with just enough chew. We had them for lunch today with discard breaded chicken strips.
Can I substitute applesauce for the coconut oil? Thank you