When you have sourdough starter to take care of, it's always good to have a few sourdough discard recipes to keep in your back pocket. Enter this delicious oatmeal cookie recipe. Scented with warm spices and dried currants (or your favorite dried fruit), you will absolutely love having so much sourdough discard to use up.
Ingredients
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1 cup unsalted butter, softened
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1 cup packed brown sugar
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
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3/4 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
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1 large egg
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1 large egg yolk
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1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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128 g sourdough discard, room temperature
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1¼ cups whole wheat pastry flour
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
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3 cups rolled oats
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1½ cups dried currants or other dried fruit, such as dried cranberries or raisins
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl beat butter with a mixer on medium 30 seconds. Add both sugars, baking soda, and salt. Beat on medium 2 minutes, scraping bowl as needed. (Should be light and fluffy.) Beat in egg, egg yolk, maple syrup, and vanilla. Beat in sourdough discard. Beat in flour and spices. Stir in oats and currants.
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Drop dough by tablespoons or a 1½-tablespoon cookie scoop 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake about 12 minutes per batch or until edges are golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes. remove; cool on wire racks.
Make Ahead
Prepare and refrigerate dough up to 24 hours. Scoop and bake as directed, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the baking time.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| 119 | Calories |
| 5g | Fat |
| 18g | Carbs |
| 2g | Protein |
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 45 | |
| Calories 119.3 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 4.9g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat 2.7g | 14% |
| Cholesterol 23.2mg | 8% |
| Sodium 58mg | 3% |
| Total Carbohydrate 17.7g | 6% |
| Dietary Fiber 1.3g | 5% |
| Total Sugars 9.9g | |
| Protein 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin D 0.1mcg | 0% |
| Vitamin C 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium 16.7mg | 1% |
| Iron 0.7mg | 4% |
| Potassium 89.2mg | 2% |
| Fatty acids, total trans 0g | |
| Vitamin D 2.6IU | |
| Alanine 0.1g | |
| Arginine 0.1g | |
| Ash 0.4g | |
| Aspartic acid 0.1g | |
| Caffeine 0mg | |
| Carotene, alpha 0.2mcg | |
| Choline, total 14.6mg | |
| Copper, Cu 0.1mg | |
| Cystine 0g | |
| Energy 499.2kJ | |
| Fluoride, F 0.2mcg | |
| Folate, total 9mcg | |
| Glutamic acid 0.4g | |
| Glycine 0.1g | |
| Histidine 0g | |
| Isoleucine 0.1g | |
| Leucine 0.1g | |
| Lysine 0.1g | |
| Methionine 0g | |
| Magnesium, Mg 15.8mg | |
| Manganese, Mn 0.4mg | |
| Niacin 0.5mg | |
| Phosphorus, P 50.4mg | |
| Pantothenic acid 0.2mg | |
| Phenylalanine 0.1g | |
| Phytosterols 0mg | |
| Proline 0.1g | |
| Retinol 38.8mcg | |
| Selenium, Se 5.5mcg | |
| Serine 0.1g | |
| Starch 6.3g | |
| Theobromine 0mg | |
| Threonine 0g | |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.2mg | |
| Tryptophan 0g | |
| Tyrosine 0g | |
| Valine 0.1g | |
| Vitamin A, IU 147.4IU | |
| Vitamin A, RAE 39.7mcg | |
| Vitamin B-12 0mcg | |
| Vitamin B-6 0mg | |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 0.7mcg | |
| Water 5.9g | |
| Zinc, Zn 0.4mg | |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
