Sourdough waffles

Sourdough Waffles - What to do with your sourdough discard

So if you have managed to make a sourdough starter and wanted to make something else with it, besides just bread you how to make some incredible waffles that have such an amazing texture and complicated flavor. 

Making the Batter

So lets first start with the sourdough starter. I just started this starter a few weeks ago. If you want to make your own starter, its definitely not hard, and I suggest following a guide from the website, the perfect loaf.

So back to the recipe, we are going to need 1 cup or about 220 grams of our mature starter, to which we will add one cup of buttermilk. Next, we want to add 120 grams or about 1 cup of all-purpose flour, and lastly 1 tablespoon or about 10 grams of granulated sugar. Give this a good mix with a whisk. After everything is nice and incorporated, we can go ahead and cover this with a cloth and we are going to let it sit out overnight. During which time the flour will become really hydrated and will interact with the buttermilk and starter to develop extremely complicated and amazing flavors.

Making the Waffles

The next morning our buttermilk starter mixture should look like this, and trust me it smells so incredible. A slightly sour tangy bready malty smell. We just need to add some additional ingredients to this, and we are ready. In a separate bowl, we are going to mix 1 egg, 1/4 cup or 65 mL of either oil or melted butter, I am going with butter here. Next, we are going to add 1/2 teaspoon or about 2 grams of salt, and then 1 teaspoon or about 6 grams of baking soda. Lastly and optionally, we can add in a small splash of some vanilla extract. Mix this all up, and then add in the starter mixture, and that’s it for the batter. 

Heat up waffle iron, if you have an option for the temperature, I went for about ⅓ of the max temperature here, but honestly, this unit seems to be a completely meaningless unit. You will honestly need to check in on the waffle when it cooks and adjust the time as you need. If you don’t have a waffle iron, these could also make amazing pancakes, just cook them over a griddle.

Once our iron is up to heat, go ahead and add a scoop of the batter in, close it up and let it cook for about 90 seconds, then give it a checkup. To me, these could cook for a little longer, so I left mine in for another 60 seconds, at which point it should look like this, and we are done!

Now, these recipe proportions will give you about 3-4 waffles depending on the size of your iron, so feel free to adjust the proportions as needed. These waffles came out so well. As far as what do with them, you could always go down the classic route of butter and syrup.

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Condensed Recipe:

7x Flavoring:

• 220 grams of mature sourdough starter

• 1 cup of buttermilk

• 1 cup of all-purpose flour

• 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar

• 1 egg

• 1/4 cup of melted butter

• 2 grams salt

• 4 grams baking soda

• Splash of vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions:

1. Mix sourdough starter, flour, buttermilk, and sugar in a bowl and let ferment overnight.

2. The next morning add, egg, melted butter, salt, baking soda and vanilla extract.

3. Heat up a waffle iron and make waffles.

   Enjoy!