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Many of us love a warm slice of banana bread. But did you know, you can put your sourdough starter discard to use in your next loaf! Read on for my sourdough discard banana bread recipe.

About this Sourdough Discard Banana Bread

I debated creating a sourdough banana bread recipe with a long fermentation, but decided to use discard because many of us want to bake the same day we notice our ripe bananas that need baking!

I experimented with this recipe so that if you’d like some fermentation benefits, you can let your batter sit for 30 minutes before baking. Your sourdough discard will deepen the flavour of your banana bread if you do this, too. But it is not essential.

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp fine sea salt
¼ tsp ground nutmeg

Wet ingredients

120 grams sourdough starter unfed or discard ½ cup
3 large extra-ripe bananas
125 grams salted butter melted and slightly cooled
⅔ cup dark brown sugar
¼ cup honey
2 eggs room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Prepare the pan: grease a 9 inch x 5 inch loaf pan with butter
Mix dry ingredients: in a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Mix wet ingredients & starter: in a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mash the bananas. Mix in the melted butter, brown sugar, honey, eggs, vanilla extract and the sourdough starter discard until the ingredients are completely combined.
Preheat the oven: preheat your oven to 175 ℃ (350℉)
Fill pan: pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
Bake: bake covered for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove the foil and continue to bake for 20 minutes or until the top is browned.

Notes

Longer fermentation: if you prefer a richer sourdough flavour and the benefits of sourdough fermentation, mix the starter, melted butter, maple syrup and flout together the night before baking. Cover and rest at room temperature overnight. In the morning fold in the bananas, eggs, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg before baking.

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Sourdough Discard Banana Bread

About this Sourdough Discard Banana Bread