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Six Sourdough Discard Cookies to Make This Christmas

We’ve gathered our favorite six of sourdough discard cookies cookies that are perfect for winter and Christmas. It’s time to warm up your ovens!

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Six Sourdough Discard Cookies to Make This Christmas

We’ve gathered our favorite six of sourdough discard cookies cookies that are perfect for winter and Christmas. It’s time to warm up your ovens!

Sourdough Discard Cookies: Perfect for Christmas

From the classic charm of sugar cookies to the cozy richness of gingerbread cookies, the indulgent twist of s’mores cookies, the timeless favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies, to the nutty goodness of Peanut Butter Cookies, we’ve got your holiday baking covered with the best sourdough discard cookies.

These recipes are perfect for using up that extra sourdough discard, adding a unique depth of flavor to your festive sweets. So, grab your apron, and turn that sourdough discard into some unforgettable Christmas cookie magic!

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Sourdough Brown Butter Sugar Cookies With Cinnamon

Santa will love these Sourdough Brown Butter Sugar Cookies! These sourdough sugar cookies with a hint of cinnamon have the perfect blend of warmth & sweetness.

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A close-up view of golden-brown s'mores cookies filled with melted chocolate chips, toasted marshmallow swirls, and crunchy graham cracker pieces on a parchment-lined surface.

Sourdough S’mores Cookies with Marshmallows and Brown Butter

S’mores are a beloved campfire treat, but Sourdough S’mores Cookies with Marshmallows and Brown Butter offer a delightful twist on the classic campfire snack. 

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Sourdough Fermented Gingerbread Cookies

Sourdough fermented gingerbread cookies are a delicious and unique twist on the classic Christmas cookie. These soft, melt-in-your-mouth sourdough gingerbread cookies are spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg for the perfect flavor. Leave them plain or decorate them with icing and powdered sugar.

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Sourdough Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies with Brown Butter

These sourdough miso chocolate chip cookies are made with homemade miso, dark chocolate, milk chocolate and brown butter for the most fantastic flavor.

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Soft and Chewy Sourdough Peanut Butter Cookies

My soft, chewy sourdough peanut butter cookies are perfect for any occasion. Freeze the cookie dough and bake some peanut butter sourdough cookies whenever!

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Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pumpkin and Pecans

The absolute best sourdough pumpkin cookies! These sourdough chocolate chip cookies are made with roasted pumpkin, pecans, and brown butter for the most fantastic texture and flavor.

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My favorite topic I teach in our online course is My favorite topic I teach in our online course is called Fermentation Variables. The whole lesson is centered around the fact that there are six main variables that influence the outcome of fermentation. Here they are, in no particular order: Sugar Salt Oxygen Acidity Temperature Time Temperature and time depend on each other most closely. that means, for all of our foods and drinks that ferment at room temp, things slow way down in the winter cold. The fermentation timeline is simply longer when it’s colder (and faster when it’s hotter). The microbes, kind of like us, make things happen slowly in the cold winter. I think this is yet another sign from nature that we’re supposed to rest and be gentle and gracious with deadlines, work, and not rush things this time of year. Let it be slow, it’ll still be great, it just takes a little more patience and time. If you’re looking to start fermentation as an analog hobby in the new year, our courses are 40% off right now! You can use code NEWYEARS at checkout. (Yes, you learn online, but it’s delicious, long form content + the skills are life long). What you learn empowers you to get off the computer/phone and go ferment some delicious foods and drinks. Touching cabbage and dough is just as good as “touching grass” lol Let me know if you have questions about our courses or just fermentation in general in the comments! #fermentation
Yes cooking kills the microbes, but idc. I mean, I Yes cooking kills the microbes, but idc. I mean, I care, but in a “thank you for your service microbes” kinda way. 🫡 Cider braised pork and sauerkraut is a perfect choice for New Year’s or any winter meal! I lovvveee pairing it with butternut squash polenta bc it’s full of vitamin C for cold and flu szn. 

Eating pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day is a tradition. And I really do think it brings good luck and prosperity.

Get the recipe on our blog, linked in my profile and in story highlights! I’m really looking forward to creating more recipes like this in the new year, to show you all the joys of incorporating ferments into meals and recipes 😌✨ stay tuned! 

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One Christmas I gifted everyone in my family the N One Christmas I gifted everyone in my family the New York style sourdough bagels and they were thrilled. (The bagels we’re actually way under proofed, but I still gifted them and everyone loved them lol) You can get the full recipe on my blog! And these can be made with discard and instant yeast or with just active starter. All the details are in the 5-star rated recipe on my website. #bagels #sourdough
This cookie dough is long-fermented overnight in t This cookie dough is long-fermented overnight in the fridge for the softest, most flavorful, melt-in your mouth sourdough gingerbread cookies. For Christmas 2025, I tried something new with these cookies. I created a gingerbread sourdough starter to use in this recipe! I made it by feeding some of my established starter a mix that includes molasses and gingerbread spices. I just added the instructions for the gingerbread starter in the notes of my cookie recipe. Get the full recipe and directions on my website! https://cultured.guru You can use the recipe index to see all my Christmas season recipes! #gingerbread #sourdough
My gingerbread sourdough starter recipe 🎄✨ Like a My gingerbread sourdough starter recipe 🎄✨ Like and save for some fun Christmas sourdough baking! I made this up a few days ago to use in my soft sourdough gingerbread cookies. (cookie recipe is in my recipe index on my website!) #sourdough #gingerbread
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