40+ No Wait Sourdough Recipes (Quick & Easy)
Feb 24, 2026
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These no-wait sourdough recipes are quick, easy, and full of flavor. There’s no rise time required, so you can make them from start to finish in no time.
Whether you need something quick for dinner like these Sourdough Discard Garlic Scones or an easy after-school snack like Sourdough Mini Muffins, this list has you covered. These sourdough discard recipes are beginner-friendly, come together quickly, and are perfect for busy days.
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Quick Savory Sourdough Snacks
Sourdough Cheddar Biscuits
If you're looking for a super quick and easy sourdough biscuit recipe that is buttery and melts in your mouth, then you need this recipe! These sourdough biscuits are soft, buttery, and full of flavor with the option to add jalapeños for an extra kick.
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Seeded Sourdough Discard Crackers
These sourdough discard crackers are delicious and so easy to make. They are thin and crispy with a nutty, salty flavor.
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Sourdough Flour Tortillas
These Sourdough Flour Tortillas are super soft, perfectly bendable, and made with just five simple ingredients.
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Sourdough Chicken Pot Pie
This Sourdough Chicken Pot Pie recipe is the ultimate comfort food. It has a hearty and creamy filling topped with flaky, buttery sourdough biscuits. It's a one stop meal with the protein, vegetables and bread all in one
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Sourdough Corn Casserole
This rich and creamy corn casserole combines buttery creamed corn with a savory sourdough cornbread for a delicious side dish.
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Baked Mini Corn Dogs
These quick and easy Sourdough Mini Corn Dogs make the perfect bite-sized snack. Soft mini cornbread muffins are stuffed with slices of hot dog and baked in a mini muffin pan, no frying required. They’re simple to make, fun to eat, and guaranteed to disappear fast.
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Sourdough Quick Breads & Muffins
Sourdough Blueberry Muffins with Streusel Topping
This Sourdough Blueberry Muffin recipe makes super soft and fluffy bakery-style muffins with a streusel crumb topping. They are sweet, buttery, and full of blueberry flavor.
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Sourdough Banana Muffins
Don't let your overripe bananas go to waste! These delicious sourdough banana muffins make a great grab-and-go snack.
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Lemon Poppy Seed Sourdough Muffins
These Lemon Poppy Seed Sourdough Muffins are soft, moist and full of lemon flavor. They are topped with a sweet lemon glaze that intensifies the flavors and makes these muffins truly irresistible.
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Sourdough Mini Muffins
These sourdough mini muffins are a quick and easy homemade alternative to Little Bites muffins. They are soft, moist and can be made with so many different mix-ins. They are lightly sweetened with honey and have greek yogurt for added protein. Perfect for breakfast, snacks, or lunchboxes, they’re a treat the whole family will love.
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Sourdough Chocolate Mini Muffins
These Sourdough Chocolate Mini Muffins are soft, moist, and full of chocolate flavor! They are super easy to make and come together in about 20 minutes. They are made with wholesome ingredients, making them a great kid-friendly recipe!
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Sourdough Pumpkin Mini Muffins
These Sourdough Pumpkin Mini Muffins are soft, fluffy, and brimming with cozy pumpkin spice in every bite. 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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Cinnamon Streusel Sourdough Banana Bread
This moist sourdough banana bread is topped with a crumbly cinnamon streusel made with brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon, adding a deliciously sweet and nutty crunch to every slice.
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Sourdough Chocolate Banana Bread
If you love banana bread, this Sourdough Chocolate Banana Bread is a must-try! It is full of sweet bananas, cocoa powder, and chocolate chips for a rich, chocolatey flavor, and sourdough discard to give a moist and tender texture!
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Sourdough Zucchini Bread
Extra moist, tender and insanely delicious sourdough zucchini bread made with fresh zucchini, cinnamon, and the goodness of sourdough. A easy, no-fail sourdough discard recipe.
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Sourdough Apple Fritter Bread
This Sourdough Apple Fritter Bread is soft and tender with a light, cake-like texture, filled with chunks of apples and a ribbon of cinnamon sugar. Then it's finished off with a vanilla glaze that melts into the bread, making this quick bread irresistible.
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Cranberry Orange Sourdough Muffins
These Cranberry Orange Sourdough Muffins are loaded with tart cranberries and fresh orange flavor. Drizzled with a sweet orange glaze that makes these muffins so delicious!
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Fast Sourdough Breakfast Recipes
Sourdough Granola
A delicious and nutritious sourdough discard granola. The perfect balance of sweet and salty! Add it to the top of yogurt or eat it by itself. This recipe is sure to be a new family favorite!
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Sourdough Chocolate Pumpkin Granola
The ultimate sweet and salty snack, this Sourdough Chocolate Pumpkin Granola is loaded with pumpkin seeds, almonds, coconut, and chocolate. A great holiday gift for neighbors and friends!
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Sourdough Discard Pancakes
Put your sourdough discard to good use with these delicious, fluffy sourdough pancakes.
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Sourdough Protein Waffles
This quick and easy, high protein sourdough waffle recipe is delicious and packed full of protein with 22 grams per serving.
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30-minute sourdough scone recipes
Cheesy Garlic Sourdough Scones
Golden cheesy garlic sourdough scones with tender layers, rich garlic butter, and cheesy goodness in every bite.
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Sourdough White Chocolate Almond Scones
These Sourdough White Chocolate Almond Scones are soft and tender with a light almond flavor and packed with white chocolate chips.
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Blueberry Coffee Cake Sourdough Scones
These Blueberry Coffee Cake Sourdough Scones are soft, buttery, and cake-like, with juicy blueberries, warm cinnamon, and a sweet, buttery crumb topping.
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Strawberry Lemon Sourdough Scones
Soft and tender sourdough scones infused with fresh strawberries and lemon with a sweet lemon icing on top. These Strawberry Lemon Sourdough Scones have a crumbly and cakey texture that will melt in your mouth!
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Cranberry Orange Sourdough Scones
These Cranberry Orange Sourdough Scones are bursting with tart fresh cranberries, bright orange zest, and a sweet orange glaze. They’re soft, tender, and have a cake-like texture. It's everything you want in a festive holiday treat!
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Sourdough Carrot Cake Scones
These Sourdough Carrot Cake Scones are filled with carrots, pecans, raisins, and warm spices in every bite. Finished with tangy cream cheese frosting, they’re a breakfast-ready take on classic carrot cake.
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Sourdough Gingerbread Scones
Perfectly spiced with ginger and cinnamon, these Sourdough Gingerbread Scones taste just like Christmas. The warm spices and rich molasses give them that classic, comforting gingerbread flavor, and the maple glaze on top makes them extra special.
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No-Chill Sourdough Cookie Recipes
Sourdough Sugar Cookie Bars
These thick Sourdough Sugar Cookie Bars melt in your mouth. There’s no need to roll or cut out these; just press the dough into a pan and bake. Finish with buttercream frosting and sprinkles for a delicious, easy treat.
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Oatmeal Chocolate Sourdough Cookie Bars
If you’re looking for a dessert that is sure to impress you must try these Oatmeal Chocolate Sourdough Cookie Bars. Warm sourdough oatmeal cookies are sandwiched between a layer of gooey, fudgy chocolate creating this decadent dessert.
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Sourdough Oatmeal Cream Pies
These cream pies are made with soft, chewy oatmeal cookies and vanilla buttercream frosting. They are reminiscent of Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies, but made from scratch with sourdough discard and brown butter and taste so much better!
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Sourdough Peanut Butter Cookies
These Sourdough Peanut Butter Cookies are thick and chewy with the perfect amount of peanut butter flavor. The addition of brown butter takes them to the next level, adding a rich, nutty depth that makes every bite irresistible.
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Sourdough Snickerdoodles
These Sourdough Snickerdoodle Cookies have crisp edges, soft centers, and a sweet cinnamon sugar coating that’s impossible to resist. The sourdough discard adds the slightest tang and keeps them extra soft, making them even better than the classic cookie you grew up with.
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Iced Sourdough Oatmeal Cookies
These Sourdough Oatmeal Cookies are soft and chewy and topped with a sweet vanilla bean icing. Easily customize with raisins or chocolate chips.
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Fast Sourdough Dessert Recipes
Sourdough Peach Cobbler
This incredible cobbler is made with fresh peaches and topped with a buttery, sourdough cake topping for a quick and easy summer dessert.
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Sourdough Coffee Cake
This Sourdough Coffee Cake made in a bundt pan is a delicious sour cream breakfast cake with a thick ribbon of cinnamon sugar and walnuts swirled in the middle.
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Sourdough Strawberry Shortcake
Take your summer dessert game to the next level with this delicious sourdough strawberry shortcake recipe. Buttery, tender sourdough biscuits topped with juicy strawberries and light whipped cream.
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Sourdough Carrot Bundt Cake
This moist and delicious Sourdough Carrot Cake perfectly balances the sweetness of grated carrots and crushed pineapple with the tangy richness of cream cheese frosting. Spiced with cinnamon and filled with pecans or walnuts for added crunch, this cake is a delicious treat for any occasion.
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Sourdough Discard Apple Cake
A moist and delicious apple cake made with sourdough discard, apples, walnuts, cinnamon and topped with a cream cheese frosting.
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Sourdough Brownies
These decadent sourdough brownies are chocolatey, fudgy and moist. An easy and delicious sweet treat for any occassion.
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Sourdough Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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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Sourdough Pumpkin Pancakes
These pumpkin spice pancakes are soft, fluffy, and delicious topped with cinnamon honey butter and maple syrup.
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Sourdough Pumpkin Bread
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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If you are looking for bread recipes with a short one hour rise time, try my Sourdough Discard Dinner Rolls, Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Rolls, and Sourdough Discard Hamburger Buns. Or for naturally leavened recipes, check out my same day sourdough recipes.
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