These sourdough pancakes with blueberries are so good, and about as healthy as a pancake can get without sacrificing flavor. Overnight sourdough pancakes are an easy breakfast, cook them and drop in a few blueberries the next morning, and you’re set!
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No, I’m not kidding. This is serious, and by serious, I mean seriously delicious! You need some sourdough starter pancakes in your life today. Add blueberries? Yes, please! Trust me, if you’re looking for a sourdough discard pancakes recipe to make every weekend, this is it.
Related: Acorn Pancakes
Overnight Sourdough Pancakes
The best part about this sourdough pancake recipe is that most of the work is done the night before, so really they’re overnight sourdough pancakes!
To be clear, by “work” I mean stirring a few things together in a bowl. We all know how hard making breakfast can be early in the morning before you’ve had sufficient coffee, roasted dandelion coffee, or tea. So overnight sourdough pancakes it is!
You do have to add a couple of things in the morning, but by that time you’ve already committed to making these pancakes, so it’s really no big whoop.
Ingredients
All-purpose flour – If you prefer whole wheat flour, substitute all of the all-purpose, or part. Try half and half!
Sourdough starter – This recipe works great for using your sourdough discard. In fact, I like to think of these as sourdough discard pancakes!
Plain yogurt – Use homemade or store-bought. You can also substitute milk, buttermilk, kefir, or any non-dairy milk, but I think that yogurt works best.
Pure maple syrup – For store-bought, make sure to get the real stuff from a tree. Trust me, it’s worth it!
Egg – To substitute, I’ve also made this recipe with both a “flax egg” and a “chia egg” both with good results.
Ground cinnamon – Just a pinch!
Blueberries – Either fresh or frozen work for this recipe.
Coconut oil – Cooking pancakes in coconut oil is the secret to seriously amazing pancakes! You can always use butter or ghee instead, though. Or bacon fat!
Alright, let’s get these sourdough pancakes started!
How to Make Sourdough Pancakes with Blueberries
The night before you want to enjoy these sourdough pancakes, mix together the flour, sourdough starter, yogurt, and some pure maple syrup.
Cover the bowl and let the mixture sit overnight.
The next morning it should be nice and bubbly from the sourdough.
Have a sip of coffee. Or tea.
Then add the egg, baking soda, a pinch of salt, and a little cinnamon. Stir that all together.
Now heat up 2 large, heavy-bottomed skillets (I like to use cast iron), or a flat top griddle pan if you have one, on medium heat. Get them nice and hot, then put in a good amount of coconut oil, about 1 tablespoon per pan if you’re using regular skillets.
Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to pour some sourdough pancake batter into the hot skillet. It should sizzle! I can usually fit about 2-3 pancakes into each pan.
Plop some blueberries into the pancakes as the first side cooks. This is the trick to not having purple pancakes!
Fresh blueberries are great if you have them, but frozen is ok too. The pancakes may need to cook for a few extra minutes if you use frozen berries.
Feel free to add or substitute any type berries that you might have or even bananas!
Now you wait. The number one pancake-making fail is flipping them too soon. Luckily there is a trick! When you start to see a lot of bubbles on the surface of the pancake, not just one or two, then it’s time to flip!
Perfect! Look at those crispy brown edges, thanks to the coconut oil! Cook on the second side for several minutes until they are golden brown as well.
How to Serve and Store Sourdough Pancakes
We like to have our weekly sourdough discard pancakes with blueberries topped with butter or homemade yogurt, cinnamon, maple syrup, and pecans.
I recommend making a double batch of these if you’ve got enough sourdough starter.
A great way to store sourdough pancakes is to place them in a single layer on a baking sheet and freeze, then transfer them into a freezer bag. Pop them into the toaster or toaster oven to reheat for an easy weekday morning breakfast!
Otherwise, store cooled leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and eat within 3 days. Reheat in the microwave, air fryer, toaster, or toaster oven.
I used to hate making pancakes because it seemed like so much work in the morning, and I am not a morning person. These blueberry sourdough pancakes are so delicious and easy to make, though, it’s changed my entire pancake worldview!
Here’s to a positive pancake worldview for all with easy overnight sourdough pancakes!
It’s a simple as that! Now it’s time to dig in!
Here are a few of my other favorite, delicious sourdough recipes:
- No-Knead Sourdough Bread
- Sourdough Rye Bread
- Sourdough Pizza
- Sourdough Blueberry Pancakes
- Sourdough Naan Bread
- Mini Sourdough Appetizer Pizzas
- Sourdough Flatbread
- Sourdough Discard Bagels
Sourdough Pancakes with Blueberries
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup sourdough starter
- ¾ cup yogurt or milk, buttermilk, kefir, or non-dairy substitute
- 1 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp baking soda
- pinch salt
- pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
- 2 Tbsp virgin coconut oil or butter or ghee, more if needed
Instructions
- Add the flour, sourdough starter, yogurt, and maple syrup to a bowl and stir until combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside overnight at room temperature.
- Remove the plastic wrap. The batter should be bubbly. Add the egg, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon and stir to combine.
- Heat a cast iron skillet or flat top griddle pan over medium heat until it’s hot. Add the coconut oil and heat until it shimmers
- Using a 1/4 cup to measure, pour the batter into the pan. As it cooks, drop several blueberries into the top uncooked side of each pancake.
- Cook until you see many bubbles forming on the tops of the pancakes. Flip, and cook on the other side for 2-3 more minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the skillet and repeat with the remaining batter.
Notes
- Serve with butter, maple syrup, yogurt, cinnamon, pecans, or your favorite toppings.
- Fresh or frozen blueberries both work, but you may need to cook the pancakes a little longer if you use frozen berries.
- Whole wheat flour can be substituted for all or part of the all-purpose flour.
Do you know how could I amend this recipe to make waffles?
I would probably double the amount of oil and see if that works.
I neglected my sourdough starter for about a week and a half, and when I opened it up to feed and stir it, it smelled strongly of alcohol. I went ahead and fed and stirred it, but do you think it’s still useable?
Hi Heidi. Yes, that’s totally fine!
Thank you for this recipe. I like that it uses more starter per added flour than a lot of the others out there, and yogurt, so easy. I subbed some gf flour for about 2/3 of the cup of flour (with my regular starter discard, they still turned out great… and completely sold on the coconut oil to fry. My toddler is into them too :) Great recipe!!
I’m so glad you liked this recipe!
Would I be able to make your starter with a gluten free flour blend (It is brown rice flour, potato starch, sweet rice flour and tapioca) ? If so, would you suggest altering anything?
Hi Jill. I’ve never made a gluten-free starter before, but this recipe looks like a good one to try. Let me know how it turns out!
What brand flours do you buy, or where do you source and buy them?
Thanks!
I just made these and they came out fantastically! I couldn’t finish then however &was wondering if I could save the batter in the fridge? How long will it keep all blended together?
[This was my first recipe using my first ever starter!]
I have never tried saving the batter in the fridge, but my guess is that they would turn out much more flat when cooking if you did. What I usually do is cook them all up at one time, then save the cooked ones in the fridge and pop them in the toaster oven the next morning. That works well for me!
Yes, that’s exactly what I ended up doing! I couldn’t resist the fun, even if I was stuffed :P
I freeze pancakes and just microwave frozen for 30sec. Fast Meal. Love banana pecan ones😋
Yum!
So simple. And looks delicious.
Thank you for sharing.
Colleen, Can I make my own starter?
Yes you can! I even have a post on that here: How to Make Sourdough Starter
A definite reason to have a sour dough starter! I have to go back to the basics…great post Colleen!
YUM!!