Sourdough Discard Crackers

These simple sourdough crackers are the perfect way to use up excess sourdough starter! Tangy and tasty.

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 25

Servings: servings

Ingredients

1 cup (230 g) sourdough starter excess or discard
1½ cups (190 g) white flour all purpose, plain
¼ cup (60 ml) olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar

Optional Toppings (see notes)

sesame seeds
nigella seeds
sea salt
black pepper
dried rosemary
whole caraway

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine the sourdough starter, white flour, olive oil, salt and sugar and knead into a dough.
Divide the dough into 2 portions, each for one tray of crackers.
On a lightly floured surface or directly on a piece of baking parchment, roll out the dough ⅛ inch (3mm) thick, using a rolling pin.
Sprinkle on any optional toppings and roll to press them into the dough with the rolling pin.
Using a pizza cutter or a knife, cut the sheet of dough into squares (or any shape you would like your crackers to be).
Prick each cracker with a fork a couple of times, to keep them from puffing up like a pillow.
Transfer to a lined baking sheet and bake at 200°C (390°F) for 12-15 minutes, until the crackers are light golden brown.

Notes

Sourdough starter

The recipe is based on a sourdough starter fed equal parts (in weight) water and plain white (all purpose) flour. Also known as 100% hydration.

If your starter has been fed in a different water to flour ratio, wholewheat flour or another different type of flour, you will have to adjust the amount of flour to get the right consistency for the dough.

Toppings

You can vary toppings to your taste, or mix and match. Here are some of our favourite toppings and quantities, for the whole recipe (two baking sheets) respectively:

Sesame & nigella seeds: 1½ tsp sesame, ½ tsp nigella (2 tsp total)

Sea salt & black pepper: ⅛ - ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper

Rosemary: 1 tsp dried rosemary

Caraway: 2 tsp whole caraway seeds

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