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Sourdough Banana Bread Discard Recipe

Sourdough Banana Bread - Discard Recipe

A delicious twist on a standard banana bread recipe by incorporating your sourdough discard to make use of your starter and for mild fermentation with enhances flavour. Enjoy!
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Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:50 minutes
Course: Dessert, Snack
Keyword: Discard Recipes, Sourdough
Servings: 1 loaf (6-8 slices)

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

  1. Prepare the pan: grease a 9 inch x 5 inch loaf pan with butter
  2. Mix dry ingredients: in a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  3. 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.
  4. Preheat the oven: preheat your oven to 175 ℃ (350℉)
  5. Fill pan: pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
  6. 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.