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Jessica Secrest

No-Recipe Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Rolls

Soft, sweet cinnamon rolls leavened entirely with sourdough discard instead of yeast, mixed by feel in the biggest bowl in the kitchen. The dough gets a long, slow overnight rise for a tangy, chewy crumb.

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Ingredients

  • —milk · warmed with the butter until just melted, not hot
  • —butter · melted with the milk
  • 2eggs
  • —sourdough discard · enough to cover the bottom of the bowl — whatever came out of the starter jar
  • —salt · helps develop the gluten and makes the dough chewier
  • —sugar
  • —vanilla paste
  • —bread flour · added by feel until the dough comes together
  • —water · a little, added by feel

Steps

  1. 1

    Microwave the milk and butter together until the butter is just melted — warm, not hot and not ice cold.

  2. 2

    Add the eggs, sourdough discard, salt, sugar, and vanilla paste to the milk and butter in a large bowl.

  3. 3

    Stir everything together until the discard is mostly dissolved and the eggs are scrambled into the mixture.

  4. 4

    Add bread flour a little at a time, along with a splash of water, mixing until a dough comes together.

  5. 5

    Shape the dough into cinnamon rolls.

  6. 6

    Let the rolls rise about 4 to 6 hours, or shape them just before bed and let them rise overnight.

Creator's notes

Jessica is winging this without a recipe — no yeast because she didn't want to wait for it to bloom, and the flour and water go in by feel. She planned to shape the rolls just before bed and let them rise overnight.

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