Best Sweet Sourdough Recipes

SWEET SOURDOUGH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease or a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.
• Cream the sugar and butter in a large bowl. Beat in sourdough starter and egg. Stir in the flour, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt, and baking soda until smooth. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

SOURDOUGH BREAD, FENNEL AND SWEET SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Spread bread on 2 large rimmed baking sheets. Bake until just golden, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Transfer to very large bowl.
• Cook Italian sausage in large pot over medium-high heat until browned, breaking up pieces with back of fork, about 12 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer to small bowl. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in same large pot over medium-high heat. Add chopped fennel, onions and fennel seeds. Sauté until fennel and onions are tender and golden brown, about 15 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add pears, bell peppers and herbs. Sauté until pears and peppers are just tender, about 10 minutes. Add wine and boil until most liquid evaporates, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. (Toasted bread cubes, sausage and fennel mixture can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover separately. Store bread at room temperature; refrigerate sausage and fennel mixture.) Add sausage and fennel mixture to bread cubes. Season stuffing to taste with salt and pepper.
• To bake stuffing in turkey:
• Loosely fill main turkey cavity with stuffing. Add enough broth to remaining stuffing to moisten lightly (about 1/4 to 1/2 cup, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Generously butter glass or ceramic baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into dish and dot remaining stuffing with 1 tablespoon butter before baking in dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 30 minutes. Uncover stuffing. Bake until top is just crisp and golden, about 15 minutes.
• To bake all of stuffing in baking dish:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 13x9x2-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish. Add enough broth to stuffing to moisten (about 3/4 cup to 1 1/2 cups.) Transfer stuffing to prepared dish and dot stuffing with 2 tablespoons butter before baking. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down; bake until heated through, about 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is crisp and golden, about 20 minutes longer. Top with fennel fronds, if desired, and serve.

MAMA'S OH SO SWEET SOURDOUGH ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Mix all the dough ingredients together (remember to only use the extra flour as needed..) the dough should be a little sticky and firm, and smooth and elastic. (Too much flour will make the rolls tough) Put the dough in a large, buttered, glass bowl (plastic will work too). Cover with a damp baking cloth and set in a warm place to rise until doubled or tripled in size (about 2 to 12 hours, maybe more).
• 2. Divide the dough in half (keeping half of it covered in the bowl while working with the first half). Put first half of dough on a floured surface. Use a rolling pin to roll dough about 1/2 inch thick and into a rectangle that is about 16 inches by 6 inches (16x6). Be careful not to use too much flour, and be patient and don't "rush" the rolling process, don't overwork the dough. Brush the dough with melted butter.
• 3. Prepare desired filling. Evenly distribute half of it over the buttered dough. (leave about a half an inch of dough "clean" on one of the long sides, from butter or filling (makes sealing easier). As evenly as possible: roll the dough and filling into a long "log". Either put egg wash or a little water on the "clean" edge of the dough, this is to help "seal" it together. Gently "pinch" the dough together to help form a "seal".
• 4. Use about a foot of fishing line or dental floss to place around the dough making 1-1/2 to 2 inch "slices" (pretend you are tying a shoe by pulling both ends of the string in an x (criss cross). Place each "slice" into a well buttered 9x13 inch glass baking pan. When the pan is full, cover with a damp baking cloth and put in a warm place to let rise until doubled or tripled in size (2 to 12 hours). Finish making the rest of the dough and slices and determine what size pan you need to put them in. Cover them and let them sit to raise.
• 5. When dough is ready, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 40 - 50 minutes (the roll temperature should be 190 degrees inside). Cool about 2 hours. Frost.
• 6. If you aren't going to need all of the rolls, do not frost them all, place in zipper bags and freeze. The night before needing them remove them from freezer.
• 7. For Frosting: Mix all ingredients together using an electric mixer, and adding the powdered sugar slowly and last, until desired consistancy.

SWEET SOURDOUGH

Steps:

• First, make sure your sourdough starter is active and bubbly. If it isn't, feed it again and set aside. You can check it's ready by putting a tsp of the starter in warm water - if it floats, it's ready to use. Tip the starter, most of the egg (reserving a little if you want to glaze it later), 1 heaped tsp salt and all the other ingredients except the butter, into a bowl. Mix with your hands to form a rough dough, making sure all the flour from around the bowl is mixed in. You can do this in a tabletop mixer with a dough hook, if you prefer. Leave the dough covered with a damp cloth for 30 mins.
• Tip the dough onto a clean surface and knead for 15-20 mins by hand, or 5-8 mins in a mixer with a dough hook on a medium speed, until springy and glossy. Use your hands to work the butter into the dough - this will take about 5 mins. At first, it will look like it's not coming together, but keep working the dough through your fingers and it will become smooth and glossy. Form the dough into a ball and put back in the bowl. Cover and leave in a warm place for 2-3 hrs until nearly doubled in size. Your dough is now ready to use to make enriched breads, from cinnamon rolls and babka to sweet buns and doughnuts.
• To make two tin loaves, tip the dough onto a floured work surface and knead briefly, then spilt into two. Shape the dough into two rounds, then leave for 10 mins. Form the rounds into rough oblongs, then sit them in two 900g loaf tins. Leave the loaves out for another 2-3 hrs or in the fridge overnight until the dough has doubled in size again. For a plaited loaf, place the dough in the fridge for an hour to stiffen, then split into three, roll out into equal sized lengths of dough and neatly plait together. Lift the plaited loaf onto a lined baking tray, cover and leave at room temperature for another 2-3 hrs or in the fridge overnight, until the dough has doubled in size.
• To bake, heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Brush the top of the loaves with the reserved beaten egg and bake for 30-35 mins until golden brown. Leave the loaves in the tins to cool a little, before transferring to a cooling rack.

GAMMA'S SWEET SOURDOUGH PANCAKES/WAFFLES

Steps:

• The night before you plan to make pancakes/waffles, make the "overnight" sponge. Remove 1 cup of sourdough batter from your starter (make sure you replace as per directions)
• In a large glass or plastic bowl, (do not use metal) mix together starter batter, flour, almond milk (or buttermilk), salt, & sugar. Cover with a dish towel & allow to stand overnight at room temperature. (You can secure the towel with a rubber band) ** Make sure your glass dish is at least 2 quart, batter will expand as sponge ferments.
• In the Morning: In a small bowl, eggs, melted butter, & optional cinnamon or nutmeg. Add to the overnight sponge & mix well with a wooden spoon.
• Sprinkle baking soda over batter and mix in to combine. **The baking soda will make the batter bubble. It reacts with the sourdough to give a good rise & sweetens the batter by neutralizing the acidic taste.
• For Pancakes: Slightly coat griddle with non-stick cooking spray & preheat on high. Pour 1/2 cup batter onto griddle for each pancake. Allow to cook until edges bubble, turn and cook until browned evenly. For Waffles: Spray waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray & preheat on high heat. When ready, pour batter according to your waffle iron directions. (I use a Belgian waffle iron, & use 1 cup of batter.)
• Serve with butter & your favorite maple syrup! Keep pancakes/waffles warm until done cooking all batter and ready to serve. To freeze. Allow to cool completely on cooling rack, place in freezer friendly gallon or quart sized bags. If storing more than one in a bag, I place a sheet of parchment paper between waffles to make it easy to remove one or two at a time. I recently made a triple batch for my family to have a "go to" while I am recovering from surgery. They may not last that long, but at least I tried! haha Enjoy! Happy breakfast!