Sourdough Discard Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipes

SOURDOUGH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• In the bowl of your electric mixer, cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar.
• Turn the mixer off, and with a wooden spoon gently mix in the starter until combined.
• Add the egg (you can turn your mixer back on now) and the vanilla.
• Slowly add the flour mixture into the mixer, until just combined.
• Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet and bake 12-14 minutes, or until starting to turn golden brown around the edges.

SOURDOUGH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat butter in a saucepan over medium until it simmers and foam rises to surface. Continue cooking until solids sink to bottom and turn golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Pour into a mixing bowl, scraping in browned solids as well. Let cool 30 minutes.
• Beat butter with sugar, baking soda, and salt on medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add egg yolks and vanilla and continue beating another 1 minute. Beat in sourdough discard until combined. Add flour; beat to combine. Add chocolate; beat to combine. Let stand 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Use a 2-ounce scoop to form 1/4-cup balls of dough; arrange on parchment-lined baking sheets, spaced 2 inches apart. (Formed balls can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 24 hours, or frozen up to 1 month; if making from frozen, add about 2 minutes to baking time.)
• Bake 9 minutes. Remove sheets from oven and bang on a hard surface or oven rack. Bake 3 minutes more; remove and bang again. Bake until cookies begin to brown at edges and are just set in center, 3 to 5 minutes more. Let cool on sheets on a wire rack 5 minutes, then transfer directly to rack and let cool completely (or serve warm). Cookies can be stored in an air-tight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

SOURDOUGH "DISCARD" CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and sandy, about 5 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until creamy, about 1 minute. Beat in the sourdough starter, scraping down the bowl as needed to be sure it is completely combined, about 1 minute more. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture. Once the flour is moistened, increase the speed to medium and beat until uniform. Fold in the chocolate by hand and then refrigerate, covered, for 8 to 24 hours.
• When you're ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Scoop heaping tablespoons (1 to 1 1/4 ounces each) onto 2 large ungreased baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart. (You might need to do two batches.) Bake until the edges are light golden and just set, but the tops are still soft, 12 to 18 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Let cool a few minutes, then transfer the cookies using a thin spatula to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.