Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Learn how to make sourdough chocolate chip cookies at home with your sourdough discard the easy way! These bakery style cookies are soft, thick and chewy. Loaded with chocolate chips in every bite!

Prep time: PT10M

Cook time: PT15M

Total time: PT145M

Rating

4.94 stars (903 reviews)

Keywords

chocolate chip cookies, sourdough chocolate chip cookies, sourdough cookies

Ingredients

3/4 cup + 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
1 cup + 1 teaspoon bread flour (all-purpose can be substituted, see notes)
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 large egg
1/2 cup sourdough starter discard
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 tablespoons unsalted butter (cold, cubed)
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk chocolate)

Cuisine

American

Steps

Mix dry ingredients
- Mix dry ingredients
Mix wet ingredients 1
- Mix wet ingredients
Mix wet ingredients 2
- Beat butter
- Add remaining ingredients
- Use a cookie scoop to portion the dough into 12 balls, (2 scoops per cookie) and place them on a parchment-lined baking tray. Cover the dough with a sheet of plastic wrap so they do not dry out. Chill the dough in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours. (24 hours is best!)
- Bake in a preheated, 375°F (190°C) oven for 15-17 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown and the center still appears slightly under-baked. Remove and allow the cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 cookie
Calories: 391 kcal
Carbohydrates: 60 g
Protein: 5 g
Fat: 15 g

Reviews

Hannah on 2026-05-14 (5 stars):
I love these cookies!! My husband is obsessed!! Is it ok to use an active starter?
Rebecca on 2026-05-13 (5 stars):
The whole family loves these cookies!!!
Stacie E on 2026-05-12 (5 stars):
These are now the! favorite of my family! I get requests for these all the time now! I have even been asked to make these instead of cake for my granddaughters 1st birthday, lol!
sarah on 2026-05-11 (5 stars):
its very nice and chewey you always have to have it with cold milk its sooo nice i love it
Jasmine Turner on 2026-05-08 (4 stars):
These taste very delicious. But note that these are NOT cookies! They’re muffies! You could also make muffins with the batter too. I am betting that swapping the bread flour for all purpose flour would make them cookies. Also, when placing dough in fridge, wrap all the dough in a large ball and Saran Wrap as opposed to placing cookies on sheet first then wrapping and refrigerating. You don’t need to refrigerate dough, but I find refrigerating the whole ball then placing on cookie sheets while oven is preheating works best.
Jessica Seigel on 2026-05-08 (5 stars):
Made it for my first discard recipe and it was fantastic! My family loved them and will be making again
Shannon on 2026-05-07 (5 stars):
First time using my sourdough discard for a cookie. Very interesting. Do not know if this recipe will replace a traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe in my home. Not my favourite texture or flavour for a c.c.c. For my first time making a cookie with sourdough it's a very good recipe overall.
Tara on 2026-05-03 (5 stars):
AMAZING!! I’ve been making these over the last few months and somehow missed the step to out the dough in the fridge at least 2 hours. My cookies are still amazing, so what does putting the dough in the fridge do?
Marie on 2026-04-30 (4 stars):
This was my first effort at using discard, and it was not the result I was expecting. The cookies tasted alright, but mine turned out thick and cakey, not at all chewy. I'll try again and use a lighter touch with mixing, and reduce the amount of chips.
Julie on 2026-04-29 (5 stars):
I used brown butter for mine they are so!! goood!
Melinda on 2026-04-28 (5 stars):
My husband keeps asking for these!! They are sooo good! And so easy to make!!
Natalie on 2026-04-28 (5 stars):
I absolutely love this recipe! do you use this recipe as a base cookie recipe and just add toppings/ingredients into it?
Haleigh Bradley on 2026-04-23 (4 stars):
Bought a starter yesterday and was eager to try something with the first days discard! Recipe was SUPER easy to follow and delicious. Based on reviews I read, I halved the bread flour and subbed one half flour to get a "doughy" consistency. One question for personal preference... Can we cut the chocolates chips in half? If so, do we need to make any other alterations?