Collection of ingenious vegan sourdough recipes using up your leftover sourdough starter or discard!

Collage of different recipes you can make with sourdough starter.

It takes hours (or days) to ferment a good sourdough starter which makes it too good to waste. Leftover sourdough starter can be used instead of yeast in bread-based recipes, such as rolls, flat bread and pizza crust. Alternatively, you can add it to recipes such as onion rings for a umami sourdough taste!

Sometimes we need a break from sourdough bread so these vegan sourdough recipes range from cinnamon rolls to crackers, pizza to pancakes! You’ll never have to throw away your sourdough discard again!

1. Vegan Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

Classic buttery cinnamon rolls made with a sourdough starter and no yeast. Easy, delicious and not too sweet. This vegan sourdough recipe is a MUST!

Vegan Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls in baking tray.
Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls by Rainbow Nourishments

2. Grilled Sourdough Flatbread + White Bean Basil Spread

Incredibly delicious and easy recipe for grilled sourdough flatbread. And you don’t want to miss out on the white bean basil spread. This is a great vegan sourdough discard recipe!

Vegan Grilled Sourdough Flatbread with white bean basil spread and chopped tomatoes on chopping board.
Grilled Sourdough Flatbread by Vegan Yack Attack

3. Sourdough English Muffins

Vegan sourdough recipe for English Muffins which can be prepared ahead then freshly baked and enjoyed on the busiest of days. Talk about an easy vegan bread recipe!

Sourdough English Muffin cut in half with chunky red jam on one half.
Sourdough English Muffins on Go Dairy Free courtesy of Cookistry

4. Vegan Sourdough Discard Pizza Crackers

Sourdough baking isn’t limited to easy breads. These vegan sourdough pizza crackers taste just like pizza! They are golden, crispy, salt and spicy. Just mix, roll, bake and cut!

Flatlay of sourdough crackers showing texture.
Vegan Sourdough Discard Pizza Crackers by Cook Republic

5. Gluten free sourdough starter crackers

These gluten free sourdough crackers are the perfect no-waste solution to sourdough discard. They’re outrageously delicious and offensively easy to make. 

Vegan gluten free sourdough crackers arranged on half of a ceramic hand made plate.
Gluten free sourdough starter crackers by Georgeats

6. Sourdough Pizza Crust

Take your vegan sourdough recipe game to the next level with pizza crust! A pretty hands-off recipe, all you need is basic ingredients and time.

Vegan Sourdough Pizza Crust topped with tomato paste, melted cheese and chopped tomatoes on browned baking paper. Slice of pizza coming out of pizza.
Sourdough Pizza Crust by Baked the blog

7. Sourdough Pancakes (1 ingredient only!)

Use your sourdough discard to make these easy 1 ingredient sourdough pancakes. You can make them savoury, sweet or plain!

Stack of fluffy sourdough pancakes in a deep plate.
Sourdough Pancakes by Running to the Kitchen

8. Sourdough Onion Rings

The crispiest, crunchiest, tastiest onion rings you’ll ever have. They have the perfect amount of coating thanks to sourdough starter discard!

Crispy golden sourdough discard onion rings on a baking tray and cooling rack.
Sourdough Onion Rings by Eat the Love

9. Sourdough Focaccia

A pillowy sourdough focaccia of various flours which is a perfect bed for a topping of cherry tomatoes and crispy purple onion.

Sourdough focaccia with chopped cherry tomatoes and red onion slices cut into segments on chopping board.
Sourdough Focaccia by At The Immigrant’s Table

10. Chickpea Chilli Pasta With Sourdough Crumb

Use your sourdough discard to make lemony sourdough crumbs for sprinkling on your vegan penne pasta with chickpea and chilli sauce! Can that sound any more delicious?!

Overhead image of chickpea chilli pasta.
Chickpea Chilli Pasta With Sourdough Crumb by Cook Republic

I hope you enjoyed this round up of vegan sourdough recipes! Tell me, what’s your favourite way to use your sourdough starter or discard?