This page is a roll-up of all our naturally leavened sourdough bread baking recipes, plus anything else we’ve managed to concoct in the kitchen. Below, you’ll find baking recipes using fruit/nut/seed mix-ins, freshly milled flour, and recipes utilizing various grains (rye flour, Sonora wheat, spelt, Khorasan, and more). If you’re looking for something very specific, use the search button in the top right of the page to get right to it. Happy baking!
Baking Guides
Head over to the Baking Guides page for in-depth guides on creating your own sourdough starter, maintaining your starter, starter storage, tips on steaming a home oven, building a dough retarder, and much more.
Newest Recipes
Strawberry Shortcake With Sourdough Discard Drop Biscuits
Fluffy Milk Bread Hamburger Buns
Fudgy Sourdough Discard Brownies
Sourdough Starter Creation & Maintenance
- 7 Easy Steps to Making an Incredible Sourdough Starter from Scratch
- Keeping a Smaller Sourdough Starter to Reduce Discard Waste
- How to Store a Sourdough Starter
- Sourdough Starter Maintenance Routine
- Baking Sourdough Bread with a Stiff Starter
- My Sourdough Bread with a “Young” Levain
- Managing Starter Fermentation to Produce the Best Sourdough Bread Ever
Beginner Baking Recipes
- Beginner’s Sourdough Bread
- A Simple Focaccia
- Fifty-fifty Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread
- Easy No-Knead Sourdough Bread
- Sourdough Bread with All-Purpose Flour
- Tangzhong Sourdough Sandwich Bread
- Weekday Sourdough Bread
- The Perfect Loaf Custom Flour with Recipe
Sourdough Starter Discard Recipes
- Fudgy brownies
- Tangy Lemon Poppyseed Loaf
- Scones
- Sugar Cookies
- Bread Baker’s Date and Banana Tea Cake (with Whole Grain Spelt)
- My Best Sourdough Waffles
- Sourdough Starter Discard Cake: Ciambella
- Sourdough Blueberry Muffins
- My Best Sourdough Pancakes
- Sourdough Pumpkin Pancakes
- Flaky Sourdough Pie Crust
- Whole Grain Peach, Blueberry, and Lavender Sourdough Galette
- My Top 3 Leftover Sourdough Starter Recipes (Pancakes, Waffles, Banana Bread)
See all the sourdough starter discard recipes →
Mostly White Flour Recipes
- My Best Sourdough Recipe
- Baking with Josey Baker’s Stoneground Red Whole Wheat
- Country Sourdough with Less Levain & Longer Autolyse
- High(er) Hydration Sourdough Bread
- High Hydration Sourdough Bread
- A Return to Basics
- Tartine Sourdough Country Loaf Bread Recipe #33
Mostly Whole-Grain Recipes
- The Best Honey Whole Wheat Bread Recipe (50% whole grain pan loaf)
- Spelt, Rye, and Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread (50% whole grain)
- Fifty-fifty Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread
- Ninety-Five Percent Whole Grain Sourdough
- Whole Wheat Sourdough (not 100%)
- Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread
100% Whole-Grain Recipes
- Whole Grain Spelt Pan Loaf
- Honey Whole Wheat and Barley Pan Loaf
- Whole Grain Wheat and Spelt Pan Bread
- 100% Whole Wheat Sourdough
- Fresh Milled 100% Whole Wheat Walnut
Recipes with Ancient Grains
- 100% Einkorn Sourdough Bread
- Einkorn Miche
- Kamut Demi-Baguettes
- Multigrain Spelt Sourdough
- Spelt Sourdough
Specialty Grains Recipes
Rye Flour Recipes
- Sourdough 90-Rye Bread (90% whole-grain rye)
- Light Deli Rye
- Rye Sourdough and Smørrebrød
Freshly Milled Flour Recipes
- Kernza Sourdough Bread Recipe
- Sourdough bread with 35% freshly milled flour (Yecora Rojo)
- Whole Grain Wheat and Spelt Pan Bread
- Multigrain Spelt Sourdough
- Spelt Sourdough
- Fresh Milled 100% Whole Wheat Walnut
- White Sonora Sourdough
- 50% Fresh Milled Whole Wheat Sourdough
- Baking Sourdough with Fresh Milled Flour
Recipes with Specialty Ingredients (Nuts, Seeds, and More)
- High-fiber seeded sourdough pan loaf
- Brown rice and sesame sourdough bread
- Jalapeño-Cheddar
- Apricot and Thyme (50% whole wheat)
- Dark Chocolate-cherry Sourdough Bread
- Green Olive and Herb
- Sunflower and Sesame Sourdough Bread
- Pumpkin Cinnamon Sourdough Bread
- Cinnamon Raisin Sourdough
- Sourdough with Roasted Potato and Rosemary (Potato Bread)
- Sour Cherry, Toasted Pecan and Buckwheat Levain
- Apricot, Lavender and Walnut Sourdough
- Seeded Sourdough
- Fresh Milled 100% Whole Wheat Walnut
- Fig and Fennel Sourdough (Plus a Little Family History)
- Natural Sourdough with Spent Beer Grains
- Golden Raisin and Fennel Seed Sourdough
- Seeded Whole Wheat Sourdough
- Walnut Cranberry Sourdough
- Tartine Olive Sourdough
- Stout Country Sourdough
- Tartine Country Sesame Sourdough
- Tartine Country Walnut Sourdough
- The Wheat Germ Experiment
Recipes with Sprouted Grains and Cereals
- Malted Wheat Sourdough Bread
- Sprouted Grain Sourdough Bread (sprouted whole white wheat)
- Sprouted Buckwheat Sourdough
Porridge Sourdough Recipes
- Soft Honey Buckwheat Sandwich Bread
- Polenta and Rosemary Sourdough
- Tartine Millet Porridge Sourdough
- Oat Porridge Sourdough
Baguettes
Specialty Bread Shapes
Buns and Rolls
- Fluffy milk bread hamburger buns (using tangzhong)
- Sourdough pumpkin dinner rolls
- Homemade hot dog buns
- Super Soft Sourdough Dinner Rolls (with Tangzhong)
- Soft Sourdough Potato Buns (great for hamburgers, as rolls)
- Brioche Hamburger Buns
Enriched and Sweet Dough Recipes
- Sourdough Chocolate Knots
- Shokupan (Japanese Milk Bread)
- Cardamom Rolls
- Sourdough Babka
- Pain de Mie (Pullman Loaf)
- Naturally Leavened Bomboloni (Sourdough Doughnuts)
- Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
Sourdough Pizza, Calzone, and Focaccia Recipes
- Sourdough Pizza Dough and Recipes (for the home oven)
- Detroit-style Pizza (Pan pizza)
- A More Whole Wheat Sourdough Pizza Dough
- Sourdough Pizza al Taglio (Rectangular Sheet Pan Pizza)
- Wood-fired Sourdough Pizza Dough Recipe
- A Simple Focaccia
- Focaccia Pugliese (focaccia with potato)
- Calzone Recipe
- Cornmeal Skillet Sourdough Pizza
See the guide to all things sourdough pizza for more →