Sourdough desserts are my new favorite things! Sourdough bread can be hard to get right sometimes and a lot of people give up on baking sourdough when they can’t get the right rise in their bread. I personally don’t make the fancy Instagram loafs that you picture when you hear the term sourdough. Mostly I make sourdough desserts, pancakes, apple fritters, flat bread, cookies, banana breads, muffins the non-rising baked goods.

The idea of sourdough is to use a ferment dough/batter in your baking for added health benefits. When our dough is fermented it brakes down the grains making them easier to digest as well as making it easier to absorb the nutrition from the grains. Fermented dough also have prebiotics that the bacteria in our gut feed off of also helping us digest not just the bread but everything we eat.

When we make non-rising sourdough baked goods we mix our sourdough starter, flour and liquids. Let sit on our counter for about 4 hours or in the fridge for overnight. Then we add the rest of our ingredients and bake. The longer you let if ferment (sit on the counter) the healthier the benefits but also the more sough flavor it will get. I don’t mind the sour flavor but some people don’t want to taste that in their desserts.

Many sourdough recipes for baked goods like these will are considered sourdough discard recipes. The problem with these is that they mix 1/2 or 1 cup of discard to the recipes but don’t let the batter ferment. This will add only a very little amount of the benefits that true fermented sourdough brings.

Ingredients for Baked Sourdough Apple Fritters

Ferment the following ingredients

• Sourdough Starter. If you don’t have a sourdough starter you can buy a starter off of Amazon or learn to make your own.
• Milk. I you don’t like the idea of having milk in your batter sitting on the counter for 4 hours you can use water and add 1/3 cup dry powdered milk to it later.
• Flour. I use all purpose for these apple fritter donuts. You can use a combination of whole wheat and all purpose but I wouldn’t go all whole wheat for this recipe. We want a light and airy texture and that can be hard to accomplish with whole wheat flour.
• Brown Sugar or Honey. The flavor changes a little depending on if you use brown sugar or honey. Both bring great flavors to our apples fritters donuts so its up to you and what you choose.
• Eggs. I don’t add the eggs at this stage unless I’m letting them ferment in the fridge. If I fermenting on the counter I will add the eggs later, right before I bake them.
• Coconut Oil. If you don’t have coconut oil around you can substitute with another oil, apple sauce or butter.

Add after fermented

• Apples. Granny Smith apples are best for this recipe but often I just use what ever apples I have on hand and they all seem to work out. Dice your apples in to small pieces, about the size of a fingernail. The larger the apple chunks the more crumbly you donuts will be. Keeping them small will help them cook faster and provide the best texture.
• Baking Soda. Baking soda is our rising agent that will help keep our apple fritters light and airy. the baking soda will react to the fermented dough and create little gas bubbles giving us the desired texture.
• Cinnamon & Nutmeg. My two favorite spices, especially with apples. the cinnamon and nutmeg will give us a warm flavor that pairs perfectly with our apples.
• Salt. Enhance the flavor with good salt like Redmond Real Salt. If you are looking for a unrefined natural salt with multiple minerals and electrolytes harvested in the United States of America, then look no further. Redmond Real Salt is full of flavor and nutrients and harvested out of the ancient seabed deep beneath Central Utah.
• Vanilla or Almond Extract. I love almond extract, but its expensive and not many house holds keep it around. Vanilla extract is just as good. If using vanilla use 1/2 a teaspoon. Almond extract can be a bit stronger so only use 1/4 a teaspoon for the apple fritter donuts.

How To Make Baked Apple Fritters

Ferment The Batter

In a bowl, mix together the sourdough starter, flour, sugar, milk, coconut oil and eggs together. Cover with a lid, wet cloth or plastic wrap and let sit on a the counter for 4 hours or in the fridge overnight.

Add The Rest of Ingredients

When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350.
Add the rest of the ingredients, diced apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, vanilla extract, and baking soda.

Pour Into Donut Molds

Pour you apple fritter batter into silicone donut molds. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Glaze Baked Donuts

Let cool for a couple minutes before taking the donuts out of the molds. Mix together 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1-2 tablespoons milk and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. Glaze the donuts and let cool completely.

Sourdough Apple Fritter Donuts

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 4 hours

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Total Time: 4 hours 8 minutes

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Ingredients

Sourdough Batter

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• 1/2 cup sourdough starter
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 2 eggs

Add After Fermentation

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• 2 cups diced apples
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Glaze

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• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1-2 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. In a bowl, mix together the sourdough starter, flour, sugar, milk, coconut oil and eggs together. Cover with a lid, wet cloth or plastic wrap and let sit on a the counter for 4 hours or in the fridge overnight.
2. When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350. Add the rest of the ingredients, diced apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, vanilla extract, and baking soda.
3. Pour you apple fritter batter into silicone donut molds. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.
4. Let cool for a couple minutes before taking the donuts out of the molds. Mix together 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1-2 tablespoons milk and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. Glaze the donuts and let cool

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Ingredients For Pumpkin Gingerbread Loaf

Pumpkin Puree

You can use canned pumpkin or fresh pumpkin for this recipe. I like to cook a pumpkin or two at the beginning of the fall season and freeze my pumpkin puree for all my pumpkin recipes throughout the festive months. If you are using a whole pumpkin check out my post on how to make pumpkin puree.

Plain or Vanilla Yogurt

I use Greek Plain Yogurt, I use yogurt in replacement for oils or butter in most of my muffins and bread. It has more vitamins and protein then oils and butter and less fat.

Eggs

Eggs are the binding agent in this recipe also adding 6.5 grams of protein per eggs. Whole Eggs also contain vitamin B12, selenium (anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, and stimulates the immune system) and iron.

Blackstrap Molasses

Full of flavor, nutrients and keeps my breads moist and delicious! Oh how I love molasses! It is so rich in so many vitamins and minerals and such a fun ingredient to add to my recipes. Molasses contains, iron, calcium, magnesium, sodium, copper and more. healthy for your heart and nervous system. Read more on the Benefits of Molasses here!

Flour

I use a combination of organic whole wheat and organic all purpose flour. Whole wheat is full of a wider range of vitamins and minerals such as, manganese, calcium and selenium, then all purpose or even enriched flours. It also has more flavor but is also a bit more dense. So I do half and half whole wheat and all purpose.

Sugar

You can substitute sugar with honey or maple syrup. Both of those would also add a lovely flavor to this recipe but I typically bake with sugar and save my honey and syrup for smoothies, pancakes, teas, oatmeal and such.

Cinnamon

Cinnamon is the chosen spice in order to add another layer of flavor to this recipe. Nutmeg, cloves or allspice would also be great additions but this recipe already seem complex with so many textures that I left those out for now.

Salt

Salt is going to help bring out all the flavor in this recipe. You can use table salt or pink Himalayan salt or another sea salt will also works great.

Baking Soda and Baking Powder

Both of these are a rising agent. The original recipe just had baking soda but as I adapted and added all these heavy grains I found the baking powder was also needed.

Vanilla

I like to use vanilla powder rather than extract. You can find the vanilla powder on amazon. This powder is a 1:1 ratio for vanilla extract so you don’t have to do any extra math when substituting. I like the flavor a lot and its been a great addition to my pantry.

How To Make Pumpkin Gingerbread

Mix Wet Ingredients

In a large bowl mix together pumpkin, yogurt, eggs, and molasses.

Add Dry Ingredients

Next add your sugar, flour, spices and baking soda. Mix together with a whisk, spoon or spatula.

Prepare Your Loaf Pan

Butter or oil, your loaf pan and sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and sugar on in the pan to give the crust a sweet crunchy texture. Pour the gingerbread batter into the prepared pan.

Bake

Bake at 300 degree for 60 minutes. Due to the molasses the bread will be dark and a little hard to tell when its done. Insert a toothpick to see if your loaf is done. If it comes out clean it is done, if it comes out with batter or crumbs stuck to it, it needs to bake longer.

Pumpkin Gingerbread Loaf

Yield: 1 Loaf

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract/powder

Instructions

1. In a large bowl mix together wet ingredients. pumpkin, eggs, molasses, yogurt,
2. Next add the sugar and then the rest of the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, vanilla,
3. Prepare your loaf pan by spreading butter or oil and sprinkling 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and 1 tablespoon of sugar.
4. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake at 300 for 60 minutes.

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Ingredients For Pumpkin Muffins

Pumpkin

You can use canned pumpkin or fresh pumpkin for this pie. I like to cook a pumpkin or two at the beginning of the fall season and freeze my pumpkin puree for all my pumpkin recipes throughout the festive months. If you are using a whole pumpkin check out my post on how to make pumpkin puree.

Flour

In most of my recipes I like to use 1/2 all purpose 1/2 whole wheat but for these muffins I choose to use 100% All Purpose Flour. All purpose has a much lighter texture insuring a good rise and lighter muffins.

Sugar

Sugar is our sweetener, you can substitute with a 1:1 ratio of Monk Fruit Sweetener or honey or maple syrup. If you use honey or maple syrup consider reducing the milk by 1/4 of a cup to make up for the added moisture.

I like to use organic cane sugar from Azure Standard. If you’ve never heard from azure standard before you should check our my Azure Standard Review to learn more.

Milk

I use rice milk or regular milk sometimes I even use just plain water. What ever type of milk you typically use will work for this recipe. If you use water use a little less, instead of 3/4 cup use 1/2 at first then add a tablespoon more if needed.

Eggs

Eggs are a bonding ingredient, they are very important to the texture of baked goods. We want our muffins to be soft with a little springy but not crumbly. Eggs also help with the raise, keeping the muffins from becoming dense.

Baking Soda and Baking Powder

This recipe calls for both baking soda and baking powder. Baking soda is activated as soon as it is mixed in so we want to add it in last. Baking powder is also activated at the mixing point but also has some agents in it that need heat to insure activation. By adding both of these raising agents we get a longer raise throughout the baking process giving us a fluffy muffins.

Spices

Our spices include cinnamon, nutmeg, all-spice. These spices add so much flavor and you can easily adjust the amounts and create a whole new flavor. If you favor one flavor over the other you can experiment by adding a extra 1/4 teaspoon to the spice you want to stand out. Reduce another spice you want to be more subtle then the others.

I also really like freshly ground nutmeg. This is optional but if you have never tried grating your own nutmeg from whole cloves you are missing out. I love the taste of nutmeg and fresh nutmeg does not disappoint!

Salt

Enhance the flavor with good salt like Redmond Real Salt. If you are looking for a unrefined natural salt with multiple minerals and electrolytes harvested in the United States of America, then look no further. Redmond Real Salt is full of flavor and nutrients and harvested out of the ancient seabed deep beneath Central Utah.

How To Make Pumpkin Muffins

Preheat Oven to 350 Degrees

Mix Wet Ingredients Together

In a large bowl mix together pumpkin, eggs, milk and whisk together.

Add Dry Ingredients

Add sugar first, then flour, spices, salt and your baking powder and baking soda. Mix all together until smooth. You can also mix all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl then add together but personally I like to use less dishes.

Spoon Batter Into Muffin Pan

Line your muffin pan or grease the inside and poor the batter in 3/4 of the way up. Sprinkle some sugar and cinnamon on the top if you like.

Bake

Bake for 20-22 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool a few minutes before enjoy the first bite!

Add Caramel or Maple Glaze

You can drizzle caramel syrup on your muffins as I did or you can make a very simple maple glaze with powdered sugar and maple syrup. Add 1/2 a cup of sugar to 1-2 teaspoon of syrup. Mix together and drizzle or dip your muffins.

Pumpkin Muffins

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Ingredients

• 2 Cups Pumpkin
• 3/4 Cups Milk
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 2 Cups Flour
• 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1/2 Teaspoon All-Spice
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Simple Maple Glaze

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• 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup

Instructions

1. Mix wet ingredient together, pumpkin, egg and milk
2. Add dry ingredients starting with the sugar and ending with baking soda.
3. Spoon into a greased or lined muffin pan.
4. Bake for 20-22 minutes at 350 degrees
5. Let cool for a few minutes then remove gently from molds. Drizzle or dip into caramel syrup or a simple maple glaze and enjoy with a fresh glass of eggnog!

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Ingredients For Pumpkin Donuts

Pumpkin

You can use canned pumpkin or fresh pumpkin for this recipe. I like to cook a pumpkin or two at the beginning of the fall season and freeze my pumpkin puree for all my pumpkin recipes throughout the festive months. If you are using a whole pumpkin check out my post on how to make pumpkin puree.

Flour

In most of my recipes I like to use 1/2 all purpose 1/2 whole wheat but for these donuts I choose to use 100% All Purpose Flour. All purpose has a much lighter texture insuring a good rise and lighter donut.

Sugar

Sugar is our sweetener, you can substitute with a 1:1 ratio of Monk Fruit Sweetener or honey or maple syrup. If you use honey or maple syrup consider reducing the milk by 1/4 of a cup to make up for the added moisture.

I like to use organic cane sugar from Azure Standard. If you’ve never heard from azure standard before you should check our my Azure Standard Review to learn more.

Milk

I use rice milk or regular milk sometimes I even use just plain water. What ever type of milk you typically use will work for this recipe. If you use water use a little less, instead of 3/4 cup use 1/2 at first then add a tablespoon more if needed.

Eggs

Eggs are a bonding ingredient, they are very important to the texture of baked goods. We want our donuts to be soft with a little springy but not crumbly. Eggs also help with the raise, keeping the donuts from becoming dense.

Baking Soda and Baking Powder

This recipe calls for both baking soda and baking powder. Baking soda is activated as soon as it is mixed in so we want to add it in last. Baking powder is also activated at the mixing point but also has some agents in it that need heat to insure activation. By adding both of these raising agents we get a longer raise throughout the baking process giving us a fluffy donut.

Spices

Our spices include cinnamon, nutmeg, all-spice. These spices add so much flavor and you can easily adjust the amounts and create a whole new flavor. If you favor one flavor over the other you can experiment by adding a extra 1/4 teaspoon to the spice you want to stand out. Reduce another spice you want to be more subtle then the others.

I also really like freshly ground nutmeg. This is optional but if you have never tried grating your own nutmeg from whole cloves you are missing out. I love the taste of nutmeg and fresh nutmeg does not disappoint!

Salt

Enhance the flavor with good salt like Redmond Real Salt. If you are looking for a unrefined natural salt with multiple minerals and electrolytes harvested in the United States of America, then look no further. Redmond Real Salt is full of flavor and nutrients and harvested out of the ancient seabed deep beneath Central Utah.

How To Make Pumpkin Donuts

Preheat Oven to 350 Degrees

Mix Wet Ingredients Together

In a large bowl mix together pumpkin, eggs, milk and whisk together.

Add Dry Ingredients

Add sugar first, then flour, spices, salt and your baking powder and baking soda. Mix all together until smooth. You can also mix all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl then add together but personally I like to use less dishes.

Spoon or Pipe Batter Into Donut Molds

With Silicone Donut Molds spoon or pipe your batter into. Using a piping bag goes a lot smoother, faster and cleaner but is not necessary.

Bake

Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350 degrees. I like to place my donuts molds on a baking sheet for easier transportation. Let cool a few minutes before taking them out of the molds

Add Caramel or Maple Glaze

You can drizzle caramel syrup on your donuts as I did or you can make a very simple maple glaze with powdered sugar and maple syrup. Add 1/2 a cup of sugar to 1-2 teaspoon of syrup. Mix together and drizzle or dip your donut.

Pumpkin Donuts

Yield: 18

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Ingredients

• 2 Cups Pumpkin
• 3/4 Cups Milk
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 2 Cups Flour
• 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1/2 Teaspoon All-Spice
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Simple Maple Glaze

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• 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup

Instructions

1. Mix wet ingredient together, pumpkin, egg and milk
2. Add dry ingredients starting with the sugar and ending with baking soda.
3. Spoon or pipe into donut molds.
4. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees
5. Let cool for a few minutes then remove gently from molds. Drizzle or dip into caramel syrup or a simple maple glaze and enjoy with a fresh glass of eggnog!

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