Buckwheat Pancakes Made With Sourdough Discard

today I’d love to share with you myrecipe for fluffy buckwheat pancakes orwaffles these pancakes are seriouslysoft and tender they pick up somenuttiness and earthiness from thebuckwheat too with warm maple syrup anda heap of fresh blueberries on top thisis breakfast perfected what’s extragreat is this recipe takes advantage ofsour dough discard that you may havelying around if you want to learn moreabout how to make a sourdough starterfrom scratch or if you want to learnmore about my daily feed schedule pleasesee these tutorials i have up here onyoutube I also have a basic how to makesourdough bread tutorial here as welland you can of course visit me oninstagram at foolproof baking where allof my sourdough bakes and experimentsare posted weekly I usually bake breadsdaily and so I’m feeding my starter twoto three times per day and I’mcollecting the excess discardedsourdough in a bowl and I store this inmy freezer I feed very small amounts ofstarter at a time so I don’t actuallyhave a lot of discard but this bowl iswhat I’ve collected over the last coupleweeks when you want to use some for abake just take the bowl from the freezerand thaw overnight in the refrigeratoror you can even put it on the counterand it’ll be ready to go first thing inthe morning I just want to add a quicknote whatever you’re using your discardend will take on some of the flavor ofthis sourdough culture so justdouble-check that it smells all rightbefore you choose to use it alrightlet’s get to itfirst things first place a heavynonstick skillet on your stovetop andset to medium heat we’ll want to warmthis thing up nicely while preparing thebatter and likewise if you’re makingwaffles now is a good time to warm upyour waffle maker we’re going to startwith the wet ingredients in a mediumsized bowl combine the milk whole milkis what I’m using here but you can useskim milk or a milk substitute likecoconut milk next right into the milkwe’re going to add two eggs and give ita brief whisk to combine halfthat’s good to go you can add in themelted unsalted butter I like to whiskwhile adding the butter but basicallyyou just give it a good whisk to combinethe ingredients here we’ve got our sourdough discard I thawed the discardovernight in the refrigerator and then Ilet it come to room temperature bysetting it out on the counter for thelast half hour or so we’re gonna scoopthis out and get it into the bowl withthe milk and the eggs and whisk well tocombine it may take a bit of elbowgrease at first but it will become moreof an even consistency after a minute orso of mixing once you’re done we’ll setthat aside and grab a small bowl to mixthe dry ingredients here I’ve got themix of all-purpose flour and buckwheatflour you’ll need some granulated sugaras well and the last of the dryingredients are baking powder bakingsoda and salt get everything togetherand whisk to combineokay right on top of the wet ingredientsgo ahead and add the dry flour mix we donot want to over mix this batter or thepancakes will actually come up prettydense I like to use a spatula to foldthe flour mix in turning the wetingredients over the flour untileverything is pretty well incorporatedall right this is all looking good let’sstart frying these up now over to ourhot skillet I had a bit of canola oiland then use a paper towel to wipe theoil evenly over the surface careful ifyou do this not to burn yourself a sprayoil works great here too then measureout a third a cup a pancake batter perpancake I can fit two at a timeeasily I let these cook about threeminutes on this first side and you’llnote the bubbles coming up to thesurface the edges of the pancake willdry up a bit too then go ahead and flipover and cook two minutes on the othersideas I take the pancakes off the skillet Ilike to top each one with a pad ofbutter and a drizzle of maple syrupthis flavors each layer you don’t wantthe bottom pancakes to be dry stackingthe pancakes like this also keeps themwarm as you prepare the rest and myfavorite topping is blueberries you canalso use this recipe to make wafflesone cup of batter into your standardwaffle maker is the perfect amount againdon’t forget the butter syrup andberries thanks so much for watching Ihope your family enjoys these as much asmine does if you enjoyed this videoplease don’t forget to check out myother tutorials here on YouTube andsubscribe and if you want to furtherhelp support my channel visit the linkin the description below to accessprint-friendly supplemental PDFs andmethod guides to making your ownsourdough starter making your ownsourdough breads and more sourdoughdiscard recipes