Sourdough Stories #18: Discard Recipes - Orange Cranberry Quick Bread & Waffles

Mandough has been very healthy & growing rapidly, so I took advantage of the Mother's Day weekend to make a few extra things to gift (and use up extra starter & discard).

We had oranges, orange juice, and dried cranberries in the house, so this recipe for orange cranberry quick bread seemed a perfect way to use up some discard.  I made some modifications to the recipe, so sharing my version below.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup (113g) sourdough discard
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1.5 cup AP flour
• 1.5 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• zest of one small orange or clementine
• Optional glaze: 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 2-3 tsp orange juice (I didn't make this, just because we were running short on time and the bread was still warm when I wrapped it up to take to my mom.)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a large bowl, combine the oil, sugars, and eggs and whisk together until creamy.
3. Add the sourdough discard, nutmeg, orange juice, milk, and whisk until well blended.
4. Add the flour, salt, and baking powder, and fold until all the dry ingredients have been incorporated.
5. Fold in the zest and cranberries, then transfer into a lightly greased loaf pan.
6. Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
7. Transfer out of the loaf pan and allow to cool completely on a wire rack. Then add the glaze if you choose to.

I also made a giant pile of discard waffles using this recipe Rustic Family Recipes--I made no major changes to the recipe so you can just click over to their site.  They crisped up nicely--but word of warning--their recipe denotes a yield of "3-6 waffles".  That assumes that you have a large, normal size or Belgian waffle maker. if you have a cutesy little single waffle iron that makes Eggo-sized waffles, it actually makes about 15 waffles.  Perfect for keeping in the freezer or fridge and popping into the toaster. But again...you're making them one at a time.  So plan to spend about 45-60 minutes on that task.