45+ Must-Try Sourdough Discard Dessert Recipes
Jun 22, 2026
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If you have a sweet tooth, sourdough discard, and are short on time, this Sourdough Discard Dessert roundup is for you! It’s filled with easy sourdough discard cakes, sourdough cookies, pastries, and more, so you can satisfy your cravings with something homemade and delicious.
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In this list, you’ll find sourdough discard desserts for every occasion, from celebrations and holidays to an easy sweet treat after dinner. These recipes are beginner-friendly, quick to make, and a delicious way to use up extra sourdough discard. You’ll find favorites like Baked Sourdough Donuts, Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sourdough Pie Crust for all your favorite fillings, and more.
Sourdough Cake Recipes
Sourdough Chocolate Cake
This Sourdough Chocolate Cake is the ultimate chocolate lover’s dessert. It's super moist, decadent, and topped with a rich chocolate buttercream frosting.
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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 Tres Leches Cake
This Sourdough Tres Leches Cake is a soft and tender, moist yellow cake soaked in a rich blend of three milks and topped with a homemade whipped cream frosting.
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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 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 Carrot 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 Cookie Recipes
Sourdough Discard Chocolate Chip Cookies
The best ever sourdough chocolate chip cookie recipe! So soft, easy to make and addicting. Once you have these you'll be hooked!
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Sourdough Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
These cookies are soft, chewy, and so delicious! Made with sourdough discard, these graham cracker cookies with fresh strawberries have a delicious cheesecake center.
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Sourdough Cinnamon Roll Cookies
These sourdough cinnamon roll cookies are thick, chewy, and loaded with cinnamon flavor. Made with brown butter for a rich, nutty base, they come together easily without a mixer, then get swirled with cinnamon sugar and finished with a classic cream cheese icing.
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Sourdough Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
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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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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Sourdough Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
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.
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Cookie Butter Sourdough Cookies
Spiced flavored cookies stuffed with Biscoff® cookies and white chocolate chips and topped with a cookie butter drizzle.
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Sourdough Chocolate Orange Cookies
These Sourdough Chocolate Orange Cookies are irresistibly soft and chewy, filled with melty chocolate chips and bright orange in every bite. Topped with a Terry’s Chocolate Orange slice, they deliver indulgent Christmas cookie flavor.
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White Chocolate Peppermint Sourdough Cookies
These White Chocolate Peppermint Sourdough Cookies taste like Christmas in every bite! They are soft and chewy and filled with white chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, and crushed peppermint.
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Sourdough Discard Sugar Cookies
These Sourdough Discard Sugar Cookies are super soft and have a melt in your mouth texture that is so irresistible! This no-chill recipe is going to be your new holiday favorite.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Sourdough Cookies
These peanut butter chocolate sourdough cookies are incredibly chewy and fudgy, featuring a rich, brownie-like texture that makes them absolutely irresistible!
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Sourdough Sprinkle Cookies
Soft, chewy and festive these vanilla-flavored sprinkle cookies are a delicious treat the whole family will enjoy.
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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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Sourdough Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
These must try pumpkin cookies are super soft and chewy and have a delicious pumpkin spice flavor.
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Cadbury Egg Sourdough Cookie Bars
These Cadbury Egg Sourdough Cookie Bars are soft and gooey in the center with crisp edges and a lightly golden top. They’re sweet, rich, and loaded with chocolate and chopped Cadbury eggs in every bite.
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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 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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S’mores Sourdough Cookie Bars
These S'mores Sourdough Cookie Bars are layered with homemade sourdough graham crackers, gooey marshmallow creme, and melty chocolate, then topped with my Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookie dough.
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Oatmeal Cream Pie Recipe
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 Fruit Pizza
This Sourdough Fruit Pizza starts with a soft sugar cookie crust made from sourdough discard, topped with tangy cream cheese frosting and a colorful mix of fresh fruit. It’s sweet, creamy, and perfect for summer parties or special occasions.
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Sourdough Pie & Cobbler Recipes
Sourdough Discard Pie Crust
This Sourdough Discard Pie Crust is flaky, buttery, and bakes up a beautiful golden brown. A family recipe turned sourdough, this pie dough is super easy to work with and makes the most delicious pie for all of your favorite fillings. This recipe makes 2 pie crusts, ideal for a 9" pie pan.
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Sourdough Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
This Sourdough Strawberry Rhubarb Pie has a flaky, buttery sourdough pie crust and a perfectly sweet and tart filling. This recipe is so good that it converted me from a pie-hater to a pie-lover.
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Sourdough Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler
This pumpkin dessert truly has everything to love about fall. The cobbler has a cake like texture that is filled with pumpkin and warm spices and topped with pecans. As it bakes, the sugars and water cook down making a rich, silky caramel sauce on bottom.
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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 Pastries & Bars Recipes
Sourdough Peach Crumble Cheesecake Bars
These Sourdough Peach Crumble Cheesecake Bars are made with a buttery sourdough shortbread crust, a creamy cheesecake layer, fresh juicy peaches, and a sweet crumble topping, then finished with a cream cheese glaze. They are soft, creamy, and full of peach flavor with just the right amount of crunch on top.
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Sourdough Pop Tarts
These Sourdough Pop Tarts have a buttery, flaky crust, a fruity jam filling, and a sweet glaze on top. Made with simple ingredients and sourdough discard, they are a nostalgic childhood favorite turned homemade breakfast treat or afternoon snack.
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Baked Sourdough Donuts
These baked sourdough donuts are soft and tender with rich chocolate flavor and a smooth icing, making them a delicious sourdough discard treat.
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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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Caramel Apple Sourdough Cheesecake Bars
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 Lemon Bars
These Sourdough Lemon Bars have a soft, buttery shortbread crust topped with a bright and tangy lemon custard filling. Finished with a light dusting of powdered sugar, they’re packed with fresh lemon flavor and the perfect balance of sweet and tart.
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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 Scones Recipes
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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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 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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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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Sourdough Pumpkin Scones
These Sourdough Pumpkin Scones are soft, tender, and full of cozy spices and pumpkin flavor. Filled with white chocolate chips and finished with a sweet brown butter icing, they practically melt in your mouth.
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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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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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Sourdough Sweet Quick Bread Recipes
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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Chocolate Sourdough Banana Bread Recipe
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 Apple Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel
These Sourdough Apple Muffins are soft, buttery, 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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