Best Fall Sourdough Recipes For Beginners
The best fall sourdough recipes for beginners are Plum Branch Home recipes. From pumpkin scones to cinnamon apple bread, my recipes use wholesome ingredients and simple steps. You can finally feel confident when baking your favorite fall treats!
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Whether you’re looking for sourdough discard fall recipes or sourdough holiday recipes, I’ve got you covered! Fall is my favorite time of year so I bake lots of goodies.
There’s something special about whipping up pumpkin and apple treats when the weather is crisp. It makes your house feel so cozy! You’ve got to check out my post on how to make sourdough pumpkin cinnamon rolls for fall. It’s one of my favorites!
Fall Sourdough Baking Essentials
- a sourdough starter (of course haha)
- large mixing bowl
- bench scraper (my favorite kitchen tool!)
- unbleached parchment paper (holistic parchment paper option)
- spider strainer (will be helpful when making bagels)
- box grater (easiest way to incorporate butter into pastry dough)
- large sheet pan
Tips for Baking with Sourdough During Fall
- With the weather getting cooler, bulk fermentation will take longer. Make sure you’re fermenting dough for 10-12 hours. The dough should double or triple in size and needs to have visual air bubbles.
- Feed your starter 4–12 hours before baking with it for recipes that call for fed starter.
- Recipes that call for an unfed starter or discard means you don’t need to feed your starter before you use it in a recipe. It can be cold when you add it in, straight from the fridge.
- Your starter may need less water when feeding it in cooler months.
- When mixing together a recipe, you may find you need more liquid during the cooler months. Add 1 tablespoon at a time.
Best Fall Sourdough Recipes For Beginners
Sourdough Pumpkin Bread
My sourdough pumpkin bread is super moist and full of pumpkin flavor. You can whip this recipe up same-day or ferment it overnight. Either way, you’ll love every bite!
Sourdough Pumpkin Scones with Chocolate Chips
These easy sourdough pumpkin scones are just what you’re looking for! They’re light and fluffy, full of chocolate, and taste like pumpkin. You really can’t go wrong with warm pumpkin scones and a cup of coffee.
Sourdough Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
These sourdough pumpkin cinnamon rolls are the perfect fall breakfast recipe. Especially when topped with pumpkin maple cream cheese frosting. This recipe is healthier than most with whole ingredients and sourdough for gut health.
Sourdough Pumpkin Bagels
These sourdough pumpkin bagels have the perfect chewy outside we all love with a soft, fluffy interior. The pumpkin flavor is balanced, and the sourdough tang complements it. These bagels really are easy to make, even if you’re just getting started with sourdough baking!
Sourdough Apple Cinnamon Bread
Every bite of this sourdough apple bread tastes like apple pie. It’s soft, fluffy, and swirled with a sweet cinnamon-apple mixture. It pairs perfectly with a hot cup of coffee in the mornings. There’s no better bread to enjoy during the fall!
Sourdough Apple Butter Scones
Think of the delicious dough on top of an apple cobbler. That’s exactly what these sourdough apple butter scones taste like. They’re full of sweet cinnamon apple flavor with flecks of salted butter. You’ll fall in love with this scone flavor after one bite.
Sourdough Scotcheroo Scones
These sourdough scotcheroo scones pay homage to my Midwestern roots. Each bite is filled with chocolate, peanut butter, and butterscotch. I may be a Southerner now, but I’ll always love a good scotcheroo. It’s a heavenly trio that has a special place in my heart!
Sourdough Cinnamon Brown Sugar Scones
These sourdough cinnamon brown sugar scones may just be one of the most nostalgic and delicious scones you’ll ever eat. Each bite tastes like a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch cereal, but better. When you enjoy one of these scones with a hot cup of coffee, you’ll see why they’ve become one of our all-time favorites!
Sourdough Cinnamon Crunch Bagels
These sourdough cinnamon crunch bagels have cinnamon sugar sprinkled throughout the dough and caramelized on top. They’re my version of the beloved Panera Bread cinnamon crunch bagels but so much better!
Sourdough Espresso Chocolate Chip Scones
These scones are full of chocolate, coffee, and sourdough tang. They’re the perfect treat to serve for breakfast or enjoy as an afternoon pick-me-up!
Sourdough Honey Buns
I’ve got a secret: These sourdough honey buns are better than Little Debbie’s. When you take a bite of these buns, you get a mouth full of pillowy soft sourdough, sweet honey, and a hint of cinnamon. You won’t regret whipping up this simple recipe. It really is easy!
Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
This sourdough cinnamon rolls recipe has no business being this delicious! Not only do they taste amazing but they’re made with wholesome ingredients and simplified steps. Plus they’re topped with a delicious cream cheese frosting.
Fall Baking FAQs
Cinnamon, nutmeg, all-spice, and cloves are great to have on hand for fall baking. I like to keep a little cardamom on hand as well.
Canned pumpkin, organic apples, cinnamon sticks, chocolate chips, and some kind of nut like walnuts or pecans are good to keep on hand.
Yes, it can. It will slow down the rate of fermentation in your starter and the recipes you add it to.