Pumpkin Sourdough Discard Bread

This pumpkin bread recipe is a delicious seasonal treat to use up your sourdough discard.

pumpkin bread topped with pepitas
Photo:

Carson Downing

Servings:
16
Yield:
1 loaf

This recipe calls for Sourdough Starter discard vs. active starter. This is because our Test Kitchen uses the starter primarily for flavor here and using baking soda and powder for the leavening action. Use starter discard plus chemical leaveners in recipes like quick breads, cakes, and cookies. Active starter better mimics the slow rise leavening action of yeast (in breads and rolls vs. quick acting leaveners like baking soda and powder.

Ingredients

  • 192 grams white whole wheat flour (1½ cups)

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger

  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom

  • 3/4 cup canned pumpkin

  • 3/4 cup sourdough discard

  • 3/4 cup maple syrup

  • 1/3 cup canola, avocado, or olive oil

  • 2 large eggs

  • 2 teaspoons orange zest

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

  • 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas)

  • 1 tablespoon turbinado or coarse sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and ½ inch up sides of a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Line pan with a 9-inch-wide strip of parchment paper, extending the parchment over the two long sides of pan (to lift the bread from the pan after baking).

  2. In a large bowl combine the first 7 ingredients (through cardamom). Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. In a medium bowl whisk together next 7 ingredients (through vanilla). Add the pumpkin mixture to the flour mixture. Stir until just moistened. Spoon into prepared pan. Top with pepitas and sugar.

  3. Bake 50 to 55 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove and cool completely on a wire rack.

  4. Store at room temperature up to 2 days or store wrapped bread in the refrigerator up to 5 days.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

146 Calories
6g Fat
21g Carbs
3g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 16
Calories 146.2
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 6.2g 8%
Saturated Fat 0.7g 4%
Cholesterol 23.2mg 8%
Sodium 266.6mg 12%
Total Carbohydrate 21g 8%
Dietary Fiber 2.1g 7%
Total Sugars 10.6g
Protein 2.9g
Vitamin D 0.1mcg 1%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 4%
Calcium 55.6mg 4%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Potassium 134.5mg 3%
Fatty acids, total trans 0g
Vitamin D 5.1IU
Alanine 0.1g
Arginine 0.2g
Ash 1.2g
Aspartic acid 0.2g
Caffeine 0mg
Carotene, alpha 550.7mcg
Choline, total 22.3mg
Copper, Cu 0.1mg
Cystine 0g
Energy 611.8kJ
Fluoride, F 0.1mcg
Folate, total 10.5mcg
Glutamic acid 0.6g
Glycine 0.1g
Histidine 0.1g
Isoleucine 0.1g
Leucine 0.2g
Lysine 0.1g
Methionine 0.1g
Magnesium, Mg 28.6mg
Manganese, Mn 0.9mg
Niacin 0.6mg
Phosphorus, P 59.1mg
Pantothenic acid 0.2mg
Phenylalanine 0.1g
Phytosterols 0.2mg
Proline 0.2g
Retinol 10mcg
Selenium, Se 7.3mcg
Serine 0.1g
Starch 5.2g
Theobromine 0mg
Threonine 0.1g
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 1mg
Tryptophan 0g
Tyrosine 0.1g
Valine 0.2g
Vitamin A, IU 1825.8IU
Vitamin A, RAE 99.5mcg
Vitamin B-12 0.1mcg
Vitamin B-6 0.1mg
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 5.3mcg
Water 22g
Zinc, Zn 1mg

*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.

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