Easy Sourdough Recipes and Tips for Beginners

Whether you're just getting started with sourdough or looking for new ways to use your starter, you're in the right place. Here you'll find easy sourdough recipes, practical tips for maintaining your starter and plenty of ideas for using sourdough discard.

Start Here: New to Sourdough?

New to sourdough? These beginner-friendly guides will help you create and care for your starter, understand sourdough discard and get ready to start baking.

NOT SURE WHICH STORAGE METHOD IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

Your sourdough starter should work with your baking schedule, not the other way around. Take my quick quiz to find out which storage method best fits how often you bake and how much time you want to spend maintaining your starter.

Take the Sourdough Starter Storage Quiz

Bake Sourdough Bread

Ready to bake? These beginner-friendly sourdough bread recipes and resources will help you turn your active starter into a delicious homemade loaf.

Baked sourdough bread in a blue Dutch oven.

Same-Day Sourdough Bread

Enjoy homemade sourdough bread without the overnight wait with this easy same-day recipe.

Baking Sourdough Today?

Keep your bake organized from start to finish with my printable Same-Day Sourdough Baking Checklist. Track your baking timeline, stretch and folds and fermentation progress all in one place.

Get the Same-Day Sourdough Baking Schedule

Sourdough Discard Recipes

Don't let your sourdough discard go to waste! Turn it into cookies, muffins, breakfast favorites, savory recipes and more. Not sure where to start? Find a recipe based on how much sourdough discard you have.

Cookies

Muffins and Quick Breads

Breakfast

Savory Recipes

Sourdough Help & Resources

Have questions about your sourdough starter or baking routine? Find practical tips and helpful guides to make caring for your starter and baking with sourdough a little easier.