No Wait Sourdough Waffles
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No wait sourdough discard waffles are maybe the easiest sourdough recipe you'll ever make!
These waffles are so simple to mix together - and they use up a nice 200g of sourdough discard (but you can use active, bubbly sourdough starter too if you'd prefer).
We make these waffles often ... in fact probably more than we make pancakes because my kids can use the waffle maker more easily than the stove top.
The thing I love about this no wait sourdough discard waffles recipe is that it's so fast! I also love using the buttermilk leftover from making our own butter and cultured butter (but plain milk is fine too).
As long as I have a jar of starter (and I always have a jar of starter on my counter) it's ready in like 10 minutes!
Perfect breakfast, any day of the week - just like these sourdough breakfast cookies!
Got more time? You might like these overnight sourdough waffles for a longer ferment. Or if you love all things pumpkin, try these pumpkin sourdough waffles or even these sourdough banana waffles. And for the ultimate comfort food, what about these sourdough chocolate waffles or sourdough biscuits?
Discard or Starter?
Well, sourdough starter and sourdough discard are really one and the same.
Discard is just the unfed starter that you take out prior to feeding it.
After the first week or so, you can use this unfed starter or discard to bake with. These waffles are a great use of the discard.
You can use either sourdough discard or fed, bubbly starter - whatever you have on hand.
I will often feed my sourdough starter before I go to bed so that I can make these quick, easy no wait sourdough waffles for breakfast.
But you might have a backlog of discard on hand if you are still trying to establish your sourdough starter.
How To Make No Wait Sourdough Waffles
Making sourdough waffles is really very easy! In fact, anyone can do it!
You just need a mixing bowl and a waffle iron (you can use a cast iron waffle maker like this one or an electric one). I use an electric one because it heats up fast and the kids can help make breakfast!
Here's how to make no wait sourdough waffles:
- Add sourdough starter, eggs and milk to a bowl and stir together.
- Now add some melted butter and stir until combined with the starter mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, sugar and baking powder.
- Now add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well to create a batter.
- Heat up your waffle iron and use to cook your waffles.
These waffles work well as crispy waffles or a softer more pancake like version.
If you don't have a waffle iron, you could even use this mixture to make sourdough pancakes.
How To Serve No Wait Sourdough Pancakes
There's really no limit to how you can serve these sourdough discard waffles!
Here are some of the ways that my family enjoy eating them:
- Serve with maple syrup, raspberries and good quality vanilla ice cream (this is my kiddo's favorite way to eat them).
- As soon as you remove the waffles from the iron, brush with melted butter and dust with cinnamon sugar. Like donuts, but better!
- Serve with good quality, homemade butter or cultured butter and raspberry jam.
- Top the waffles with whipped honey cinnamon butter.
- These waffles are delicious alongside crispy bacon and poached eggs! All served with lashings of maple syrup! You might also like to try these sourdough cheese waffles.
- Use the waffles as an alternative to a hamburger bun.
- Top waffles with southern fried chicken, a poached egg and a little maple syrup and hot sauce (this is my favorite way to eat sourdough waffles).
Want More Recipes?
If you loved this no wait sourdough waffles recipe, then you might also enjoy these:
- Sourdough Banana Fritters (you can make sourdough banana waffles from this too!)
- Quick and easy sourdough zucchini fritters recipe.
- Fluffy Sourdough Discard Pancakes.
- These 25+ No Wait Sourdough Recipes are perfect for mid week sourdough baking!
Sourdough Discard Waffles Recipe
Equipment
- Waffle Iron Cast Iron or Electric
Ingredients
- 200 g Sourdough Starter discard or fed and bubbly
- 2 Eggs
- 180 g Whole Milk can substitute buttermilk if you prefer (see notes)
- 50 g Butter Melted
- 150 g All Purpose Flour
- 50 g Sugar
- 12 g Baking Powder 2 teaspoons
- 5 g Salt ½ teaspoon
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together sourdough starter, milk and eggs until well combined.
- Pour in the melted butter and stir through the starter mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour salt, baking powder and sugar.
- Now pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients.
- Mix until it forms a pourable batter.
- Heat up your waffle iron and spoon mixture into the iron. Cook to your liking (these waffles are delicious soft or crispy).
Notes
Nutrition
I made these last weekend and they were a hit! Can I make them and freeze for later? If yes, would I pop them in a toaster to reheat?
Thanks so much
I have a toaster oven I always reheat my frozen waffles and pancakes in
These were the best sourdough waffles 🧇 I've ever made. They were delicious and fluffy. I will definitely be making these again and again.
I make a double batch on the weekends and put them in the fridge. The kids toast them. I have also frozen them with wild success. The only change I make is to add a tsp or so of vanilla bean paste.
I made a double batch of these today, and my family devoured them.
Wondering if there’s a way to substitute whole milk with almond milk?
Yes you can do this with no problems 🙂
Hi,
Is there a measurement conversion from Grams that you could put up?
These are wonderful! I made them in my Belgium waffle maker and got six of them. The only change I made was using maple sugar for the sugar. These were the easiest waffles to mix up and they tasted amazingly. HIGHLY recommend them.
Could I substitute whole milk Kefir for buttermilk without any changes?
Can we make waffles without eggs. Any substitute for egg, if any?
Can I use coconut milk?
yes you can.
Can you make ahead and put in fridge for the benefits of sourdough fermentation?
You can definitely ferment waffles - try this overnight fermented sourdough waffle recipe 🙂
This was so easy. I have not made waffles before and took a chance that I would enjoy them. Well, they are fantastic. I will be making them often, and it's a great way to use up the discard in the fridge. Thanks so much!
Delicious. Great use of discard. Family could not tell I used the discard. They just ate it all
This is a really good recipe. A one-egg quantity is perfect for a four-waffle waffle iron. It also works fine if you just chuck all the ingredients together in one go.
My husband and I love these!!! Thank you so much.
So good and easy to mix up. Freezing leftovers and will be a treat for the grands when they visit! Thanks!
I made these this morning and they were absolutely fabulous!
Made these this morning and they’re delicious! I’m not used to such a sweet waffle, so next time I’ll cut the sugar in half, but otherwise they are super great!
I have used this recipe for banana pecan waffles and blueberry pancakes. Both turned out light, fluffy and delicious!
These are amazing! I wasn’t sure if my starter was ready for baking things like this yet, so I only made half the recipe. My toddler and fiancé devoured them! I barely got a piece! They’re definitely a make again! Gonna make a double batch next time and freeze them so it’s a quick breakfast. I also added in vanilla to, thanks for all the sourdough tips!
These may just be the best waffles I’ve ever had. I said what I said, good day.
Delicious. But:
I got THREE waffles out of this (at 1x), not 10. I am not how anyone could get 10 waffles with 180g of liquid.
12g of baking powder is wrong. 2tsp is right and it is about 5g.
Thank you, B. The amount of waffles will depend on your waffle maker. And you're right - that can vary by a lot. 🙂
These were great! So many discard recipes I've tried for pancakes, waffles etc. come out gummy, but these didn't, even with mixing a lot.
They also didn't have that pronounced yeast flavor that sourdough recipes often have, which was a plus for some in my family. Thank you for sharing!
These are a family favourite!
I make a double batch and pop them 8n the freezer, ready for a delicious desert with ice cream, strawberries and maple syrup.
Made these with my sourdough discard this morning. They were delicious. I cut the recipe in half since there are just two of us and I wanted to try them out first before committing to a full recipe. They are officially husband approved and I will make a big batch the next time so that I can freeze the extras.
I made these waffles this morning for my family. We LOVE them!
These were delicious! Although I followed the 2 teaspoons for baking powder and 1/2 a tsp of salt and it wasn’t even close to the grams measurement listed so I’m glad I didn’t follow the metric. May want to check that! Thank you!
Made these in the oster waffle maker using my discard and not only were they the best waffles I’ve ever tasted but they also looked beautiful. This will be my go to discard recipe.
What if I want to let the batter ferment for better digestibility? I looked at the overnight waffle recipe but I'd rather use up more discard.
Can I use unsweetened applesauce in this recipe? Would I substitute it for half of the milk or the butter?
We love this waffle mix! I usually mix it up and make a triple batch of them to freeze for an easy breakfast!
I made this dough up last night and didn’t have time to cook all the waffles up… I put in the fridge … is it ok to make the waffles today?
Made this today and got devoured by the whole family! Great recipe!
Where did you get your waffle maker? I've been looking for a heart one like that. All the waffle makers I've seen are thick (like belgium style waffles). Thank you!
We just started doing sourdough and LOVE this recipe! My husband is a big frozen waffle fan so I made a batch of these with my mini waffle maker. We froze them and have been using them just like we would store-bought frozen waffles at breakfast! So tasty, so easy!
I was nervous when my kitchen smelled like sourdough while these cooked. They were not sour at all, though! My family loves them.
Incredible! This was the first thing I made using my discard now that my starter is established. I had to alter the recipe to remove dairy; I subbed canola oil for butter and almond milk for the whole milk. They were still amazing so don’t worry if you can’t have dairy, you can still make these! This recipe made 18 mini 4” waffles. I’m freezing them for toaster waffles.
Waffles are my favorite. I actually got choked up over how good these are. Perfectly fluffy with just enough chew. We had them for lunch today with discard breaded chicken strips.
Can I substitute applesauce for the coconut oil? Thank you
When a SD discard recipe surpasses any previous gold standard, it’s a WINNER! For low sodium I used Sodium free baking powder and lemon olive oil vs regular b powder and butter and instead of salt gave a squeeze of lime juice. Most perfect looking and tasting waffles EVER.
I am so thrilled and lucky to have come across your website. Thank you so, so much for posting this waffle recipe that finally produced THE ultimate waffle for mel These waffles are just awesome - light, fluffy, and so easy to whip up. How could anyone ask for more? I cannot wait to make more batches. An excellent way to use up all that discard, I wholeheartedly agree! From now on this will be my only recipe for waffles. Now on to trying more of your mouthwatering recipes.... Thank you again! 🙂
These are so good! I did cut the sugar amount in half and they were still delicious!! 😊
Used buttermilk and older starter - made 7 waffles using 1/2 recipe in my mini dash waffle maker (2 oz cookie scoop to portion out). So easy and so good. Did the other reviewer's method of just mixing everything together in the container I melted the butter in. Next time I am going to add some dehydrated blueberries to take me back to Eggo days but so much better!!
Made these this morning for the fam. So so good! Great way to use discard, the kids (1&4) both loved! Will definitely be making again!
Can you make these without eggs?
These were delicious - my family didn’t even use syrup when eating them! So good. I was looking for a quick recipe to use up discard & this recipe worked perfectly. I like that it used up a good amount of discard without having to make or prep anything ahead of time. I also used 2% milk and had no issues.
These were phenomenal!!! My first sourdough discard recipe. Definitely a staple! I did add a table spoon of vanilla. And I subed whole milk got 2%. I already want more 🤣🤣🤤🤤
Made these delicious waffles this morning mixing everything in one bowl. I prepared my sourdough starter last night to make them this morning. They were crispy on outside and soft inside. My husband ate it with maple syrup. I had it with raspberries and blueberries with powdered sugar and whipped cream. Freezing rest to enjoy later.
The BEST waffle recipe!! So quick & easy to whip up & enjoy!
Best waffle I ever made. l I did use a giant egg, which was double yolk, and almond milk instead of Buttermilk or whole milk and it came out just fine.
So easy and delicious! Added some cinnamon and brown sugar to appease my 2.5 year olds taste buds… she LOVES them! Ate 2 right out of the mini Dash waffle iron!
These are absolutely delicious! I like to mix in some sliced bananas and blueberries. Thanks for all your great recipes!
You're so welcome! So glad you love these sourdough waffles! xo
Delicious recipe for waffles! I made them for breakfast this morning, and they were a big hit! I will note that I used regular Oat Milk and substituted extra virgin olive oil for the butter (my husband is allergic to dairy), and they turned out perfectly. So happy I found this recipe. If you have an old-fashioned square electric waffle iron, it makes 3 9-inch waffles. Can't wait to try the recipe for pancakes.
Amazing waffles, the smell that permeates as they cook. They came out so light and fluffy. I didn't even add syrup. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
These are excellent and a great way to use up discard. I just made them for the second time. I freeze them with a piece of wax paper between them so they are easy for my daughter to take them out and pop into the toaster oven.
Both times I followed the recipe exactly because why mess with something already perfect.
Best recipe ever! Whole family loves them. Freezer is stocked, my oldest son likes when I add protein powder to his batch. Thanks for sharing!
This is my go to recipe now- waiting overnight is not my fortè ….
Just made a batch for my son and his new wife who are visiting and it got lots of thumbs up!
Probably from
Start to finish we were eating in half an hour ( had to spend some
Time cooking eggs and bacon)
Perfect!
I absolutely love this recipe. I use it to make waffles twice a week, I always add pie spice to it and my husband and kids devour it. Is it possible to add pumpkin or sweet potato puree to this?
You can try this sourdough pumpkin waffle recipe. Kate adjusted the quantities a bit to account for the pumpkin puree (which you can replace with sweet potato as well). 🙂
This has been my go to sourdough waffles recipe....highly recommend! I also add cinnamon or pumpkin spice to change the flavor on occasion! Love this!
Love these waffles! How would you store them if you don’t freeze them?
They will be okay in the refrigerator for a couple days. Just toast them before eating to crisp them back up. 🙂
The best I’ve ever had! Pancakes and waffles.. they are crowd pleasers and freeze like a dream
Love these! So quick and easy to put together and my kids all love them. I can make a double batch and throw the extras in the freezer for easy breakfasts or late night snacks! Perfect! Thank you!
You bet! They freeze great in an airtight container (like a zip top bag). You can reheat in the toaster or oven.
literally never using another recipe again. I substituted coconut sugar, gf flour and oat milk and it was DELICIOUS thank you.
Love this recipe! Love that it uses such a good amount of discard 🙂
These were delicious and super easy! I used active starter, added organic blueberries. They were perfect. My whole family devoured these!
I have to say, these were the best waffles I’ve ever made let alone sourdough waffles! Excellent! We ate them all.
These are phenomenal! I added a scoop of vanilla protein powder for some extra nutrition and we were all thrilled with how well they turned out.
Wonderful waffles! I added blueberries and they were the best ever! Can't wait to try the overnight muffins!
Could you mix the batter up the night before, leaving the baking powder out, and put in the fridge? One recipe I've used does this and then adds the powder in the morning. I like this recipe more, so I hope it's possible!
The best waffles of my life. I lessened the sugar by 10g and added vanilla instead. Thanks for the recipe!
turned out great! I subbed the milk for whey I had leftover from making yogurt and they turned out wonderful!
Made these today and they were fabulous. Two of my family members can't have dairy, so we used margarine and almond milk. The waffles turned out great. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Perfect way to use up discard and very delicious recipe!
Can you add zucchini? If so how much do you recommend?
I bet that would work! I would try 100-200g to start. You may need a bit more flour if it makes the batter too wet. Please let us know how it turns out if you try it.
Excellent recipe for using up a substantial amount of starter! My husband loved these. I made the batter earlier in the day and kept in the fridge and made them for dinner!
We love to hear that, and waffles for dinner is always a good idea. Thanks for your comment, Pam! 🙂