Brown Butter Sourdough Discard Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love using my sourdough discard in everyday recipes. I created a really yummy chocolate chip cookie using sourdough discard and today I want to share a favorite of ours, my brown butter sourdough chocolate chip cookies. These are soft and tender and have the most amazing flavor.
What does it mean to use your sourdough discard in a recipe? What is a sourdough discard? Lets chat about that.
When feeding your sourdough starter, to prevent accumulating a massive amount of active start, it is recommended to discard a certain amount of your start. This discard is still of a lot of use. Not only can you use it to create another sourdough starter, but you can use this “inactive sourdough start” in many recipes to add flavor, health benefits and to improve the texture of the food.
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Sourdough discard is so versatile and can be used in savory dishes, breads and sweet desserts. Its great to be able to use sourdough discard and not waste it. These brown butter sourdough discard chocolate chip cookies are the perfect way to use it!
Sourdough discard cookies are a wonderful to give to your family. With all simple ingredients that you know of. You know what is in there.
These sourdough discard brown butter chocolate chip cookies are incredible. They are soft and tender and the flavor is nutty and almost caramelly.
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Get my brown butter sourdough chocolate chip cookie recipe below!
Sourdough Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup sourdough discard
- 1 1/2 cup browned butter cooled. I like to use unsalted butter
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 4 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups favorite chocolate chips You can use a combination of milk chocolate, dark chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Instructions
- The first thing you want to do is take all your dry ingredients and place them in an bowl together. Your dry ingredients are flour, salt, cornstarch and baking soda.
- In a stand mixer or bowl and a hand mixer, add your wet ingredients. Put your butter and sugars and cream together.
- Add in your egg and egg yolk and mix together. Add your vanilla and sourdough discard and mix together with the butter, sugar and eggs.
- Add half the dry ingredients and mix until well incorporated. Add the rest of your ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Add in your chocolate chips and mix into the cookie dough.
- Cover the dough and place in the fridge for at least 10 minutes. I have left it in the fridge for 24 hours and then baked. If you do this, you will allow the sourdough discard to break down and make these easier to digest.
- If you leave the dough in the fridge overnight, let it sit out for about 10-20 minutes before trying to scoop your dough balls.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Scoop your dough into approximately 2 tablespoon balls. I like to use a cookie scoop. Bake on a baking sheet for 12-14 minutes. Dont over bake these. Cool on a wire cooling rack. Store in a ziplock bag or airtight container. Can be frozen.
Making sourdough cookies is a great way to use up your sourdough discard and make something amazing for family or friends to enjoy! We love these sourdough brown butter chocolate chip cookies. I hope you love them too! They are soft, chewy and tender. The sourdough discard adds a subtle tang to the cookies but it does not taste like sourdough. Its amazing.
Tips & Tricks
- Store baked cookies in the freezer for a quick treat.
- You can also freezer the cookie dough balls and bring them out when you want fresh baked cookies.
- Add pretzels, white chips, marshmallows or other add ins to make these even better!
- Do not skimp on the brown butter. Brown butter makes these cookies even better. It adds a flavor of nutty/caramelly that is amazing.
- Use the paddle attachment to mix your dough in a stand mixer.
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