Sourdough discard pancake recipe (2024)

FAQs

Why are my sourdough pancakes gummy? ›

Why are my sourdough pancakes gummy? Gummy sourdough pancakes are usually due to cooking issues. Be sure to fully cook the pancakes all the way through.

Can sourdough discard be used as starter? While sourdough discard can't replace an active starter in a recipe that relies on a robust leavening agent, it can be revitalized and used to create a new starter.

If you didn't discard it, you'd also eventually have an unwieldy sum. You can always use this discard by directly mixing it into a dough for baking. Your discard, as long as it's in good shape, will leaven any bread dough just as well. The discard is just like a levain you would make for a recipe.

Why are my sourdough pancakes flat? Your baking soda and baking powder may no longer be active.

Try less water with your flour. Uneven heat in your oven can be the culprit – if you loaf is nicely golden on the outside but gummy or moist in the inside, it's baking too quickly on the outside. Trying reducing the temperature you're baking at and bake for a bit longer.

8) Let pancakes cool on a rack, instead of in a stack.

Spacing them out on a rack, rather than piled on top of each other in a classic stack, provides just enough air circulation to prevent them from sticking together and becoming gummy.

Although you need an active, well-maintained starter for certain artisan breads, you can still make tasty bread with a sluggish, slow starter so you don't have to discard sourdough starter daily. In fact, many of my favorite sourdough bread recipes use discard for flavoring to give bread that classic tang.

You can put your sourdough discard either in the trash. or the compost, or you can use it in recipes. Don't put it down the drain.

When in the process of making a new sourdough starter you should not save the sourdough discard. During the beginning stages of making a starter it is more susceptible to mold and other bad bacteria. You will want to wait until the starter is doubling in size and bubbling with each feeding.

Make sure that your recipe DOES have baking powder and/or baking soda, and if you're not getting enough fluffiness for your liking, considering adding another 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the batter. Play around with amounts of the powder or soda to see how puffy it gets.

Will sourdough pancake batter keep in the fridge? ›

Step 2: In the morning, add the eggs, salt, baking powder and baking soda to the batter and stir to incorporate. Let the batter rest for about 20 minutes before cooking. The pancake batter can stay in the fridge for up to 2 days before using it to make the waffles and pancakes.

Not allowing the dough to double during the first rise can be one reason your sourdough bread is flat and dense. Not giving it long enough to ripen during the second rise (proof) is another. In both cases ~ your sourdough bread was not mature enough to bake.

Overmixed Pancake Batter

When you overmix the batter to “make sure there are no lumps left” you are activating the gluten (a protein found in flour). While you won't notice it in batter form, overmixed pancake batter will yield a gummy or rubbery pancake texture.

Most likely when this happens, it's not you - it's your starter. If your loaf is dense, has uneven holes and a gummy texture, most likely there wasn't enough active wild yeast in your starter to make the bread develop and rise during baking. This can be the case even if your starter seems really happy and bubbly.

Why are my pancakes rubbery or gummy? Problem: overmixing the batter. Overmixing pancake batter causes the gluten to build up, making the cooked results rubbery discs instead of soft and fluffy pancakes. Solution: Stir the batter until the wet and dry ingredients are just incorporated.

If you stir your pancake batter too much, the gas bubbles that your acid and base just produced will be released. Over stirring causes tough, rubbery pancakes.