Crisp, light, and slightly tangy, these delicious Sourdough Pancakes make a delicious breakfast or brunch. They're also an easy, practical way to use your leftover sourdough starter!
Start with leftover starter [Discard] or Unfed Starter. Starter should be healthy, but should not have been fed in the last 12 hours. This recipe is very forgiving. Use one cup, more or less.
Sift dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda) together into a medium bowl. Add wet ingredients (e.g., sourdough starter, milk, egg, and melted butter) to dry ingredients.
Whisk to thoroughly combine. The mixture should begin to bubble almost immediately.
Preheat griddle or skillet to 325°-350° F. When griddle is hot, spray it with cooking spray or lightly oil it with a neutral oil. (I use extra light olive oil.)Pour ¼ cup of pancake batter onto the preheated, oiled griddle or skillet.
Flip pancakes over when the top begins to bubble and the bubbles do not fill in.
Cook pancakes for an additional 1-2 minutes, or until they cooked through.
Notes
Use Discard or Unfed Starter for this recipe.
Fed Starter – Fed Starter is active, healthy starter that has been fed within about 2 hours. By hour 2, it will be producing little bubbles on the surface.
ActiveStarter – Starter is Active about 5 hours after feeding. By hour 5, you should be able to watch large bubbles actively rising through the Starter and making their way to surface.
Ripe Starter – Starter is considered Ripe about 8 hours after feeding. The volume has doubled, and the top is just beginning to show signs of sagging under its own weight.
Unfed Starter – Unfed Starter is healthy, vigorous Starter that has not been fed for 12 hours or more. By hour 12, it collapsed after Ripening, and is ready to be fed again or put in the fridge until next time. (Note that this is NOT neglected Starter that hasn’t been fed in days.)
Discard – Sourdough discard is the portion of your sourdough starter that you get rid of when you do a feeding. It should be healthy and vigorous, with some small bubbling activity.