Jump to Recipe This post may contain affiliate links.See my disclosure policy.A delicious sourdough banana bread recipe that goes through a traditional fermentation process to produce all the benefits of real sourdough! This recipe makes 2 large loaves for you to enjoy now, to share with friends, or to freeze to enjoy later.

My Thoughts on the “Sourdough Discard” Craze If you’re into sourdough baking you’ve undoubtedly noticed the increasing trend in “discard recipes”.This trend has been gaining massive traction in recent years to the point where it seems like the majority of “sourdough” recipes that come up in online search results are for recipes using sourdough discard, but have nothing to do with sourdough baking beyond that.This practice involves creating discard as an ingredient rather than merely the byproduct of managing a healthy starter, resulting in far more “discard” being produced than is natural to the sourdough making process.

This means that many bakers keep much larger starters than are necessary (unless you run a commercial bakery), feed them daily (which is unnecessary), and overfeed their starter (instead of just enough to keep it active), thus deliberately scaling it up in order to generate more starter for these “discard” recipes.These trendy recipes are built around the discard itself rather than the process of sourdough baking.Indeed, this craze is a modern-day practice that has become disconnected from traditi

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