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15 Fall Sourdough Recipes You Have To Try

Emily Christensen

Sep 22, 2025

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Fall baking is the perfect way to put your sourdough starter or sourdough discard to use with recipes that highlight the best seasonal flavors. Whether you’re looking for fall sourdough discard recipes like sourdough apple muffins, sourdough pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, or sourdough discard pumpkin pancakes, or fall bread recipes like pumpkin cinnamon roll focaccia, artisan pumpkin bread, and savory sourdough bread bowls there are endless possibilities.

These fall sourdough recipes bring together warm spices, pumpkin, and apple for bakes that fit the season perfectly. Explore my full collection of fall sourdough recipes for both sweet and savory inspiration.

Artisan Pumpkin Sourdough Bread

4.72 from 21 votes

This sweet pumpkin spice loaf uses pumpkin puree in place of some of the water and is spiced with pumpkin pie seasoning which includes cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. If you want to get really festive, bake the loaf in the shape of a pumpkin!

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Sourdough Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Focaccia

4.66 from 43 votes

Pumpkin cinnamon rolls turned focaccia with this decadent sourdough pumpkin focaccia. It starts with a pumpkin focaccia bread swirled with cinnamon sugar and topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting. This is an easy recipe baked in a 9×13 pan, no dutch oven required!

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Sourdough Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 from 12 votes

With a chewy texture and gooey chocolate, these Sourdough Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are everything you crave during the fall season. Brown butter, pumpkin spice, and pumpkin puree make every bite rich and cozy. Bake right away, or leave them in the fridge for an overnight fermentation.

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Apple Crisp Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

4.84 from 6 votes

These Sourdough Apple Cinnamon Rolls are swirled with gooey cinnamon sugar and spiced apples, then topped with a buttery oat crumble and rich brown butter frosting. Perfectly seasoned with the warm spices of fall, they’ll make your kitchen smell like autumn.

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Sourdough Pumpkin Pancakes

5 from 12 votes

These pumpkin spice pancakes are soft, fluffy, and delicious, topped with cinnamon honey butter and maple syrup. They are delicious on their own, or add your favorite mix-ins to the batter like chocolate chips or nuts for the ultimate fall breakfast.

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Sourdough Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

4.75 from 8 votes

These must-try pumpkin cookies are super soft and chewy and have a delicious pumpkin spice flavor. They are made with sourdough discard and have enough pumpkin puree that you don’t even need eggs in this recipe.

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Sourdough Pumpkin Mini Muffins

5 from 4 votes

These Sourdough Pumpkin Mini Muffins are soft, fluffy, and brimming with cozy pumpkin pie spice in every bite. Made with simple ingredients, naturally sweetened and filled with melty chocolate chips, they come together in under 20 minutes for an easy, kid-approved snack.

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Sourdough Apple Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel

5 from 11 votes

These Sourdough Apple Muffins are soft, tender, and stuffed with apples. Topped with a cinnamon streusel crumb and caramel drizzle, they're bursting with cozy fall flavor in every bite.

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Sourdough Pumpkin Bread

4.45 from 9 votes

Moist Sourdough Pumpkin Bread topped with a buttery cinnamon streusel that adds a sweet and nutty crunch that pairs so well with the warm flavors of the pumpkin and spices in the bread.

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Sourdough Discard Apple Cake

4.84 from 6 votes

A moist and delicious apple cake made with sourdough discard, apples, walnuts, cinnamon, and topped with a cream cheese frosting. It's like an apple pie in cake form!

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Sourdough Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

4.75 from 8 votes

This Sourdough Pumpkin Cake is filled with pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg for a perfectly moist cake, then it is topped with a sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting with a hint of cinnamon for the perfect fall dessert!

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Caramel Apple Sourdough Cheesecake Bars

4.60 from 5 votes

If you're looking for a decadent fall treat you need to try these Caramel Apple Sourdough Cheesecake Bars. They are everything you love about apple crisp and cheesecake combined in one delicious bar!

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Sourdough Bread Bowls

4.50 from 8 votes

These sourdough bread bowls are a mini version of my artisan sourdough bread recipe and are just the right size to fill with your favorite soup. A crisp crust on the outside, and soft on the inside, they are the perfect bread to accompany soup season!

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Sourdough Caramel Apple Focaccia

4.45 from 34 votes

This Sourdough Caramel Apple Focaccia combines applesauce, fresh apples, cinnamon sugar, butter, and caramel bits for a sweet, fluffy focaccia that’s bursting with fall flavor.

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Sourdough Pumpkin Muffins

4.69 from 19 votes

Sourdough Pumpkin Muffins are soft, buttery, and full of warm fall spices. Ready in under 30 minutes, they make a quick and easy snack or fall treat.

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