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Discard Banana Bread Recipe

Don't throw away your extra sourdough starter! It's a fantastic addition to simple baking recipes like this delectable banana bread.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 8 Slices
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 teaspoon 3 g salt
  • 2 cups 240 g all-purpose or cake flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon 3 g baking soda
  • 1/2 cup 100 g oil
  • 1/2 cup 100 g lightly packed brown sugar
  • 2 large flax eggs or eggs if preferred (I actually like this best with homemade flax eggs)
  • 3/4 cup 125 g sourdough starter discard*
  • 3 very ripe medium-size bananas mashed (about 350 g)
  • 1 teaspoon 4 g vanilla extract
  • 1 cup 170 g chocolate chips

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and set it aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
  3. In another bowl or a stand mixer, blend the oil and brown sugar until they are well combined. Add the eggs, sourdough starter discard, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract, mixing until smooth.
  4. Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet mixture, ensuring to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
  5. Transfer the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for about 55 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out mostly clean, ensuring you do not overbake.
  6. Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

This recipe requires a significant amount of sourdough discard. If you don't have enough, you can use some of your fed starter. I typically store my daily discard in the fridge until I have enough for baking.
If you prefer, you can substitute chopped walnuts or pecans for the chocolate chips.
To bake this bread without sourdough discard, simply add an extra 1/3 cup (63 g) of all-purpose flour and 1/3 cup (63 g) of water to the wet ingredients in the recipe.

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