Sourdough Sugar Cookies
by sourdoughjesha on September 11, 2023
The best soft and chewy sourdough sugar cookies that taste just like the soft lofthouse version, except these are made with better for you ingredients. These sourdough sugar cookies are perfectly sweet, gut healthy, and make for an easy, absolutely delicious treat.
Sourdough Sugar Cookies Recipe
These sourdough sugar cookies are soft, just the right amount of chewy, with a sweet vanilla flavor in every bite. They’re made with simple ingredients like organic flour, perfectly sweetened with cane sugar and naturally fermented with sourdough starter (for gut health!). They’ve officially become one of my favorite cookies to make when I’m looking for a nourishing, but still healthy treat.
Why You’ll Love This Sourdough Sugar Cookie Recipe
- These sourdough sugar cookies have a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Not too thick. Not too thin. These cookies are delicious with their soft and chewy texture
- They’re made with real vanilla extract, for a rich and buttery flavor.
- These cookies use active sourdough starter and a natural fermentation so they’re gut healthy!
- Made with 8 simple, clean ingredients like organic flour.
- Perfectly sweetened with organic cane sugar. So they’re sweet but not too sweet.
- Perfect for any occasion, these vanilla sugar cookies are my go-to!
Health Benefits of Sourdough Cookies
But first, what is sourdough?
Our ancestors have been eating and enjoying sourdough, a nutritious food, as an essential part of their diet for over 6,000 years. Sourdough is made through sourdough fermentation, the process of fermenting grains with a probiotic culture.
Why are sourdough cookies gut healthy?
Sourdough, the ancient practice of fermenting grains with a probiotic culture, is an incredible tool that unlocks deep nutrition in the foods we love most. Sourdough cookies offer a plethora of benefits, thanks to their unique and natural fermentation process using sourdough starter. This slow and natural fermentation allows beneficial bacteria and wild yeast to work their magic, breaking down gluten and phytic acid, making the cookies easy to digest. As a result, nutrients like B vitamins, iron, and minerals become bio-available. The lower glycemic index of sourdough cookies ensures a steady and sustained release of energy (no energy crash!). But the goodness doesn’t end there – the fermentation process also synthesizes prebiotic fiber which promotes a healthy gut microbiome. All these benefits combined make sourdough cookies a delicious and gut healthy treat!
5 Health Benefits of Sourdough Cookies
- Bioavailable vitamins and minerals
- Naturally low gluten
- Gut Healthy
- Anti-inflammatory
- Easy to Digest
Nutrition of Sourdough Sugar Cookies
These sourdough sugar cookies are soft, chewy, and delicious! They taste just like the soft lofthouse version, except these are made with better-for-you ingredients. All you need is 8 simple ingredients to make these gut-healthy sourdough cookies. Here is the nutrition label for one sourdough sugar cookie.
| Servings Per Recipe | 12 |
|---|---|
| Amount per serving | 1 cookie |
| Nutrient | Amount |
| Calories | 99 |
| Total Fat | 3.7g |
| Saturated Fat | 2.9g |
| Trans Fat | 0g |
| Cholesterol | 18mg |
| Sodium | 465mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 15.3g |
| Dietary Fiber | .3g |
| Total Sugars | 7.7g |
| Protein | 1.3g |
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Sourdough Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- Cookie Ingredients
- 100 g Organic All Purpose Flour* I used Organic King Arthur All Purpose Flour
- 96 g Organic Cane Sugar
- 38 g Organic Refined Coconut Oil Melted
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 22 g Sourdough Starter Active
- ½ TSP Vanilla Extract
- 2 g Sea Salt
- 1/8 + 1/16 TSP Baking Soda
For rolling:
- 1 TBSP Organic Cane Sugar
Instructions
- First, melt coconut oil until it becomes liquid (warm but not hot).
- Add coconut oil, vanilla extract, egg yolk, salt, cane sugar, and sourdough starter to a medium bowl. Using a spoon, mix together until just combined.
- Now add flour, sea salt, and baking soda. Using the back of your spoon combine all ingredients until you form a dough. Do not over-mix.
- Place the dough covered in a small Tupperware or wrapped in plastic wrap. Be sure the dough is tightly sealed so it doesn’t become dry on the outside.
- Ferment the covered dough at room temperature for 6-8 hours. You can either bake right away or transfer the covered dough to the fridge until you’re ready to bake, whatever works best for your schedule.
- When you’re ready to bake, preheat your oven to 350°F (177°C).
- Divide and roll the cookie dough into 10-12 cookies, depending on how large you want your cookies to be. I like each cookie to weigh around 20-30g. Press the middles down slightly and sprinkle a little sugar on top.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned on the sides.
- Remove from the oven and let cookies fully cool on the baking sheet. Enjoy!
- Store sourdough cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 days or in the refrigerator for 6 days. To reheat, bake in a 350°F (177°C) oven for 5 minutes.
These tasted great! I will definitely make them again. Question though- after fermenting the dough, I put it in the fridge over night. When I took the dough out it was hard as a rock. I tried to soften it a bit but I was in a rush, so I baked them anyway and they didn’t spread much at all. After the fridge, should I be leaving them out to get to room temp? Thanks!
How much baking powder?
So 1/4 tsp baking soda?
Girl! Let me tell you!!!! I made your sugar and chocolate chip cookies yesterday and baked them this morning. They are hands down the best cookies I’ve ever made. I’ve never made sourdough starter and it takes like 5-6 days for it to form. But let me tell you now, that just might be the secret ingredient! I do think 🤔 your measurements are off on the sugar cookie dough cuz it only made 9 cookies that I weighed out to 30 grams. I also used a mixture of coconut oil and butter because I ran out of coconut oil and it still turned out delicious. Where as the chocolate chip cookie recipe yields way more than 12 cookies weighing 30 grams. And I’d also recommend reducing the flour in the chocolate chip recipe by at least 30-40 grams as it made the dough a little too crumbly. Other than that the taste was amazing. My fiancé already ate 4 sugar cookies today lol 😂 I’m gonna have to hide the next batch. I only made a small batch of starter though so I have to wait a bit for it to grow again. Thank you 🙏🏼 Please don’t stop posting on YouTube. My fiancé and I love your “GUUUUTTT HEALTHY” content.
These cookies are so delicious and easy to make! My family is obsessed and we can’t stop eating them.
I was confused on how much baking soda to add! But they were delish! Is there a other alternative to using coconut? It is too strong in that flavor and not as much as sugar cookie. Even though they are good.