Inside: 19 family-favorite recipes that make fall feel like FALL. There’s a pumpkin bread that’s so good you’ll hide a loaf from your family. Apple fritters that taste like the county fair. Cinnamon rolls that make Saturday mornings extra special. And a gingerbread that will make your house smell better than any pumpkin spice candle. Ready? Let’s bake our way through autumn together.
You know that first REALLY crisp morning when you step outside and think “it’s finally here”? That’s when I pull out this list. Because fall baking with sourdough is just different…your house smells like cinnamon and apples, and suddenly everyone wants to hang out in the kitchen.
These best of part of baking with sourdough starter is that it makes everything, even fall classics, even better. Not sour at all, just richer. Like you added buttermilk or sour cream. Nobody will know there’s sourdough in there unless you tell them. They’ll just know these are really, really good.
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Apple Coffee Cake
Moist cake with plenty of diced apples and lots of fall spices. A cinnamon crumble on top makes this one perfect.
Pretzel Bites
Fall means football, and serving these with some cheesy dip will make you the hero. So delicious. Makes 36 bites.
Sourdough Bread with Gruyere and Caramelized Onions
A crusty, flavorful sourdough loaf filled with sweet caramelized onions and nutty Gruyere cheese. Perfect with soup, toasted with eggs, or sliced for grilled cheese. Makes 1 loaf.
Churro Bites
If you need a sweet that a crowd of people with be obsessed with, turn to this recipe. This feels like a day at a fall fair.
Homemade Wheat Thins
Wheat always says fall to me, and these are the perfect packable snack with some sliced cheese. They’re lightly sweetened, salty, and packed with whole grain flavor. Great for snacking or pairing with cheese.
Sourdough Cinnamon Sugar Muffins
These muffins combine a simple sourdough discard recipe with a sweet cinnamon-sugar crunch.
Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin Bread (Round Loaf)
This bread has a delicious balance of tangy sourdough, sweet raisins, and warm cinnamon spice, making it perfect for breakfast or a snack. Makes 1 loaf.
Sourdough Cinnamon Apple Muffins
These muffins with a simple glaze are a delicious way to use sourdough discard, combining the warm flavors of apple and cinnamon with a sweet, simple glaze.
Overnight Pie Crust
This pie crust recipe is buttery with a subtle sourdough flavor, making it perfect for both sweet and savory pies. Makes one double pie crust (bottom and top).
Apple Cider Sourdough Bread
This apple cider sourdough bread has the perfect blend of autumn flavors with a touch of sweetness and spice. Makes 1 loaf.
Apple Fritters
Who could resist a deep-fried doughnut loaded with apple flavor? This apple fritter recipe is light on the inside, slightly crisp on the outside, and has fresh apples in the batter. A delicious fall recipe! These do need a lot of time before they’re ready, but a lot of that time is just waiting on your dough. Perfect for a weekend morning spent at home.
Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sweet pumpkin spice mixed with tangy sourdough starter combine to form this moist, easy to make sourdough pumpkin cake.
Apple Cake
Our favorite use of sourdough discard in the crisp months, sourdough apple cake is loaded with cinnamon, cloves, and apples. Topped with a cream cheese frosting with a splash of apple cider, it’s a true taste of fall in one little pan.
Pumpkin Bread
Perfect for breakfast, a snack, or as a dessert, this sourdough pumpkin bread is moist, sweet, and easy to make. Makes 2 loaves.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Cookies say fall is in the air and back to school, don’t they? And any little person would love to come home to a plate of these peanut butter cookies on the counter. This recipe uses just the right amount of sourdough discard for a soft and chewy peanut butter cookie that the whole family will love.
Cinnamon-Sugar Swirled Loaf
Brown sugar-cinnamon swirls throughout a simple and slightly sweet artisan sourdough loaf. Perfect toasted and buttered with your morning coffee.
Gingerbread
There’s nothing like a big square piece of old-fashioned gingerbread. Warm, spicy, and not too sweet, gingerbread is perfect in fall and will carry you all through the winter. This recipe is easy to make and produces a perfectly moist spiced cake that you will simply love.
Molasses Cookies
Molasses cookies are one of the best fall desserts! The epitome of warm and cozy spices that smell delicious while they bake, and adding your starter to this cookie recipe is a great way to use it. Like any great molasses cookies recipe, this one turns out crisp edges and a soft and chewy center. You will love them.
Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Two of the best things about baking cinnamon bread are warming up the kitchen in the morning and a sweet cinnamon smell wafting through the house. This bread dough is easy to work with and uses no yeast. Shape in the evening and bake the next morning for a sweet and delicious breakfast loaf.
Fall Baking Essentials
- If you love to make quick bread and cakes, you will love having a special harvest-themed baking pan like this sunflower harvest pan.
- Boiled apple cider (concentrated apple cider) has a rich apple flavor that’s delicious for any sweet sourdough baked good, as well as used to mix up a quick glaze.
- Make sure to stock up on cinnamon, molasses, and nutmeg!
I’m sure you’ll find something on this list that you’re excited to bake. And when autumn is over, be sure to look through this list of Christmas sourdough recipes.
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