Looking for a recipe to use sourdough discord to make cookies I found this recipe online. Seems like a standard oatmeal recipe substituting sourdough for flour and liquid. I will make these often when I want to feed the starter from the fridge. I often make crackers with the discard but here is another option. I would not use sourdough in other cookies like sugar cookies or chocolate chip since would take away from the pure butter and vanilla flavor. But I like how the sourdough flavor adds to the spices and works in these cookies. I think would also work with a peanut butter or other nut butter cookie.
Ingredients
- 1c butter (2 sticks)
- 1c brown sugar
- 1/2c granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2c (120g) starter
- 1t vanilla extract
- 2c (170g) old fashioned oats
- 2c (280g) all purpose flour
- 1t baking soda
- 1t salt
- 1t cinnamon
- 1/2t nutmeg
Steps
- preheat oven to 350F
- grind oats in a food processor to get different sizes of oatmeal (optional)
- in stand mixer beat brown sugar, white sugar, butter with normal hook until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes)
- add eggs one at a time
- add starter and vanilla, mix until well combined
- in small bowl whisk flour, oats, baking soda, salt, spices
- gradually add dry to wet until no more streaks of flour
- can chill dough 30-45m (optional)
- scoop cookies onto sheet pan with parchment paper or silicon pad, about 2T per cookie
- press slightly to flatten
- bake 11-12 minutes until edges light brown and center is set but soft
- cool in pan for 5m then move to wire cooling racks
