Recipes, Snacks · April 27, 2020

Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers

Name: Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1.5 cups sourdough starter discard; 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese; 1/3 cup butter, melted and cooled; 1 tsp. table salt; .5 - 1 tsp. coarse sea salt

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Since I started growing my sourdough starter, I’ve had a lot of heart burn about throwing away the sourdough starter discard. While I love having the sourdough starter available for bread and pizza dough and other fun things, throwing away the discard just feels really wasteful. So I started researching and now instead of throwing it away, I’m making sourdough crackers from starter several times a week. And they’re delicious!

Making sourdough crackers easy

I’ve been working on this recipe for Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers after a bit of researching a few different methods. I didn’t want to feel like it was a huge chore. I make these a lot and don’t have a lot of extra time with the kids at home and the farm.

Also, I didn’t want to add more flour since I already feel like I’m going through so much of it. I use organic bread flour for my starter so when I have to pay $8 per bag of flour, each bit of it is precious.

You also don’t need to roll these out or need any fancy tools to make my Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers like you may have seen on other sourdough cracker recipes. I don’t have a pasta attachment for my mixer and if I did, I don’t think I would want to dirty it every day. The only things you do need for these sourdough crackers are a mixing bowl, a cookie sheet, a spatula and parchment paper.

When can I make sourdough crackers from starter?

This recipe will work with sourdough started starting around Day 5. You want to make sure it is at 100 percent hydration – meaning your starter has been fed with equal parts flour and water. You can read my Sourdough Starter Tips from a Newbie {HERE}.

I’ve made theses Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers and another version of them that I’m working on every other day or sometimes every day since Day 5. They’re so simple and they really make the perfect snack.

How long do they keep?

You can keep your Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers for about 4 days as long as you store them in an airtight container. I’ve found it’s best to keep them something like this and keep them in a cool, darker place like the pantry.

The Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers really make a wonderful snack, but I also think they’d be great for small gatherings too. Just place a bowl of them on the table and see how quickly they disappear. Kevin and I tend to munch on them throughout the day and they always seem to get eaten no matter how often I make them.

Get the full, printable for these delicious little bites of buttery goodness below. To see my process to make sourdough starter, click here. And to see my sourdough bread recipe, click here.

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