Best Sourdough Christmas Recipes (2024)

There's no doubt that if you're a sourdough baker, you want to share the sourdough love with everyone! And it goes without saying that you'd want to share your love of all things sourdough at Christmas time.

For this reason, I've put together the best sourdough Christmas recipes for every festive celebration. Wherever you are celebrating Christmas, there is sure to be a sourdough Christmas recipe to bring joy to your festive table.

To make sure your sourdough starter is up to the challenge this Christmas, make sure you check out these 5 tips for strengthening your starter!

Sourdough Christmas Recipes For Every Celebration

Whether you're looking for a Christmas themed pull apart loaf made with the goodness of sourdough, a special breakfast to share with your family once Santa has been or the softest sourdough dinner rolls to adorn your festive table, you're sure to find something among these sourdough Christmas recipes.

I've created sections in this post for:

Tear & Share Christmas Sourdough Recipes
Sourdough Christmas Desserts
Sourdough Christmas Cookies
Sourdough Dinner Rolls for Your Festive Table
Sourdough Crackers & Bread Sticks

You might also like this collection of the best sourdough recipes to bake and gift this Christmas.

Sourdough Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread

This delicious pull apart bread is loaded with cheese and garlic. Serve alongside a bowl of Marinara sauce for the ultimate sourdough sharing platter!

This recipe is super easy to put together and can be made ahead of time and kept in the fridge til you need to bake it.

It's best served warm so the cheese is stretchy and gooey when you bite into the rolls.

Sourdough Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread with Cheese + Garlic

This gorgeous sourdough Christmas Tree Pull Apart bread will delight your family and friends with delicious cheese and garlic butter stuffed into each little roll. Perfect for Christmas entertaining with sourdough.

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Christmas Tree Pull Apart made with Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

This beautiful Christmas Tree is made using fluffy sourdough cinnamon rolls and studded with stars of vanilla cream cheese frosting. Perfect for feeding a crowd, everyone will be impressed with this gorgeous Christmassy sourdough dessert!

Sourdough Cinnamon Roll Christmas Tree Pull Apart

The softest cinnamon rolls shaped into a Christmas Tree pull apart sweet bread, slathered in vanilla cream cheese frosting. It's the perfect share platter for all of your festive events!

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Sourdough Chocolate Star Bread

This impressive looking tear and share sourdough dessert bread is one of the loveliest sourdough recipes around. It has been tried and tested by thousands of home sourdough bakers in my Facebook group and gets rave reviews!

Not only does it look incredible - it's super easy to make. You can choose to make it with discard and yeast for a faster version, or active starter for a true sourdough star bread.

I've included a baking timeline so you can stay on track with your bake.

Sourdough Chocolate Star Bread

A beautiful sourdough brioche dough filled with chocolate and shaped into a festive star. Perfect tear and share dessert for your Christmas table.

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Sourdough Christmas Desserts

Sourdough Gingerbread Rolls

Is it even Christmas if there's no ginger? These sourdough gingerbread rolls are a fun festive take on traditional cinnamon rolls.

With the warming flavors of sourdough gingerbread, these rolls are sure to warm the hearts of whoever tries them.

Sourdough Gingerbread Rolls

These are better than cinnamon rolls! The spicy warmth of ginger and nutmeg come together with molasses to create sourdough gingerbread rolls that will have you eating the whole tray!

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Sourdough Pumpkin Pie

A classic dessert that uses sourdough starter in both the flaky pastry and the velvety pumpkin filling.

Sourdough Pumpkin Pie

Sourdough Pumpkin Pie is a delicious twist on this Thanksgiving classic. A flaky and buttery sourdough pie crust filled with velvety smooth pumpkin filling that's thickened with sourdough starter!

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Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Perhaps these sourdough cinnamon rolls are the epitome of the festive season. They are most definitely one of the most popular choices for Christmas morning breakfast, filled with delicious brown sugar and cinnamon goodness!

Fluffy Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

The fluffiest and easiest sourdough cinnamon rolls around ... plus an option to use sourdough discard. It doesn't get any better than this!

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Sourdough Stollen

This traditional German sourdough bread is said to the be bread of the kings. Leavened with your sourdough starter, this delicious sourdough stollen recipe is sure to be the shining star of your Christmas celebrations.

Sourdough Stollen Recipe

Indulge in the festive spirit with this sourdough Christmas stollen, a cherished German Christmas bread. Packed with rum soaked fruit, butter and marzipan, this rich Christmas bread is a must bake this festive season.

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Sourdough Pie Crust

This versatile sourdough pie crust recipe can be used for a variety of sourdough desserts! You can blind bake the crust if you need to, or just fill it with your favorite fruits for a classic dessert everyone is sure to remember! You might also enjoy this sourdough apple pie.

Sourdough Pie Crust Recipe

A tender, flaky sourdough pie crust that can be used for sweet or savory pies. You can use it for a top or bottom crust, or both! Ferment this pie crust for up to 48 hours for an even more tender and flavorful crust!

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Sourdough Christmas Cookies

Sourdough Fruit Mince Cookies

Delightful sourdough thumbprint cookies filled with sweet fruit mince and dusted with icing sugar.

Sourdough Fruit Mince Thumbprint Cookies

Sourdough Gingerbread Cookies

These lovely gingerbread cookies are made with sourdough discard and can be decorated or left plain. They are perfect for Christmas gifting and are great to make with the kids.

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Sourdough Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I love baking these sourdough raisin and oatmeal cookies with my boys in the week leading up to Christmas. They are the perfect cookie to leave out with a glass of milk for Santa!

Sourdough Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

The best sourdough oatmeal raisin cookies you'll ever taste! With crispy edges and soft, chewy centres, these are going to be your go to cookie recipe! Grab that sourdough starter and let's get baking!

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Sourdough Sugar Cookies

Sourdough Sugar Cookies are the perfect sourdough cookies to cut out and decorate for the festive season. Whether you keep it super simple with some white fondant, or go full speed with piped decorations, these sourdough sugar cookies are a wonderful addition to your sourdough Christmas recipe collection.

Sourdough Sugar Coookies

Easy recipe for sourdough sugar cookies that can be iced or decorated. Use up your sourdough discard to create these special sourdough sugar cookies that are perfect for holiday gifting.

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Sourdough Thumbprint Cookies

These sourdough thumbprint cookies just look like Christmas with their cheerful red jam centres and buttery shortbread biscuits. They are the perfect Christmas cookie to share with family and friends this holiday season.

Sourdough Thumbprint Cookies

Sweet sourdough cookies with a jammy centre - perfect to fill the cookie jar with or gift at Christmas time. Use whatever jam you prefer - strawberry is my favorite!

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Sourdough Ginger Crinkle Cookies

These sourdough ginger crinkle cookies are something a little less traditional than sourdough gingerbread, but will be loved just as much by all that try them!

Sourdough Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

Sourdough gingerbread crinkle cookies are a delectable fusion of tangy sourdough starter and warm, spicy gingerbread. These cookies boast a delightful crackled surface, offering a soft and chewy indulgence with every bite.

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Sourdough Pfeffernusse Cookies

These remind me of Christmas as a little girl! But these homemade sourdough pfeffernusse cookies taste so much better than store bought cookies! Promise me you'll try them this Christmas!

Sourdough Pfeffernusse Cookies

Elevate your holiday baking with these delightful Sourdough Pfeffernusse Cookies, where the rich, tangy notes of sourdough starter meld seamlessly with the aromatic blend of spices. These bite-sized gems promise a perfect balance of sweetness and warmth in every festive bite.

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Sourdough Dinner Rolls for Your Christmas Table

Soft Sourdough Dinner Rolls

These are the softest, most loveliest sourdough dinner rolls there ever were. You can use them for pretty much any occasion and as such they will be right at home on your Christmas dinner table.

Soft Sourdough Dinner Roll Recipe

Soft sourdough dinner rolls that can be used in a variety of ways. This recipe is a true sourdough recipe and also egg free.

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Sourdough Discard Rolls

These are one of the most popular recipes on The Pantry Mama website - and with good reason! Soft, squishy and oh so quick and easy ... just what you want when you're busy at Christmas!

Sourdough Discard Rolls Recipe

These quick, easy sourdough discard rolls can be made in just a few hours. They will become fast family favorites with their soft, squishy texture and delicious sourdough tang.

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Sourdough Crackers & Bread Sticks

Gourmet Sourdough Crackers

These stunning gourmet sourdough crackers are studded with dried fruits, nuts and seeds to create a truly beautiful cracker, worth of the best charcuterie boards this festive season.

Sourdough Fruit and Seed Crackers

Gourmet sourdough crackers brimming with delicious dried fruit, nuts and seeds. These beautiful sourdough fruit and seed crackers will take pride of place on any cheese board or platter.

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Sourdough Grissini

Sourdough Bread Sticks [Sourdough Grissini]

Sourdough Grissini are so simple to make but oh so tasty! They are perfect to accompany your favorite dip or as an elegant addition to your next charcuterie plate.

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FAQs

Is it cheaper to make your own sourdough? ›

In a nutshell, if you are making a lot of bread, the sourdough starter will be cheaper than yeast. But if you're baking once a week or less, and don't need to bake large amounts of bread, then the yeast will probably be cheaper, if not quite as delicious.

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Why do people love sourdough so much? ›

As one of the healthiest breads, sourdough is well-liked due to its nutritional benefits. The natural yeast in the sourdough starter breaks down a substance naturally found in wheat that can block our bodies from absorbing its nutrients.

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Why do you put honey in sourdough bread? ›

You'll find I use honey in many of my recipes. I love to use it in my no-knead 100% whole wheat sourdough bread because it makes it much softer and less dense than it would be without it. Subbing it in recipes that call for sugar is not usually as simple as a one-to-one sub, though.

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What is the best flour for sourdough bread? ›

All-purpose Flour

It strikes a perfect balance of softness and structure, making it an ideal choice for various recipes. Due to its wide availability and affordability, all-purpose flour is often my top recommendation for creating and maintaining a sourdough starter.

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Is it okay to eat sourdough bread every day? ›

Is it healthy to eat sourdough everyday? You could eat sourdough every day, but it isn't necessarily healthy to do so. A healthy diet is characterized by balance and moderation. Whether or not it is healthy for you to consume sourdough every day depends on the rest of your diet.

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What cheese pairs well with sourdough bread? ›

I love the combination of cheddar, gruyere, Havarti, and parmesan here. It gives the grilled cheese a slightly elevated and gourmet feel. Some other great cheese options would be mozzarella, brie, gouda, pepper jack, Monterey jack cheese, or American cheese.

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Should you toast sourdough bread? ›

You certainly can toast sourdough bread. I love to toast my soft sandwich bread or multigrain bread in the morning. Add a little butter and jam or avocado, and it makes a perfect side to your eggs. I'll also toast my sourdough French bread with butter and garlic for the perfect garlic bread side dish.

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Is store bought sourdough actually sourdough? ›

Supermarket sourdough is often sourfaux – here's how to make the real thing. Mass-produced sourdough has been found to be adulterated with everything from vinegar to commercial yeast. Why not bake your own?

Why is everyone making sourdough bread 2024? ›

For many folks, the renewed interest in sourdough is health-related. Some are going even further than baking their own bread: They're milling their own flour from whole wheat berries, too.

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How long does sourdough bread last? ›

A well-made sourdough loaf will keep for 3-7 days in your kitchen if you keep it from drying out; a yeasted loaf only 2-3. The difference is just as pronounced with pastries.

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Can you freeze sourdough bread? ›

The good news: You can freeze sourdough bread! That's the perfect way to keep your bread fresh if you won't be able to get through a loaf in a few days. Generally, a homemade loaf can do three to five days at room temperature, before it may go stale or develop bread mold.

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What makes sourdough bread more flavorful? ›

Longer fermentation

As your dough proofs, the good bacteria eats up sugars and starches in the flour. This decreases the sweet undertone and creates a more sour undertone. The longer you ferment, the more starches and sugars the bacteria eats, and the more sour your bread will be.

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What is the secret behind the sour of sourdough bread? ›

There are two main acids produced in a sourdough culture: lactic acid and acetic acid. Acetic acid, or vinegar, is the acid that gives sourdough much of its tang. Giving acetic acid-producing organisms optimal conditions to thrive and multiply will produce a more tangy finished product.

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How can I make my sourdough rise better? ›

Another tip is to add some sugar or honey to the dough, as this will also help the yeast become more active. Keep the dough and starter in a warm environment, between 70° and 90° is ideal. To ensure it rises at its quickest rate. With these tips, you'll be sure to get your sourdough starter rising quickly!

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How to make sourdough bread tastier? ›

Use Starter Later: Use starter after its peak. It will have risen, doubled in size and is starting to fall back down. The yeast are still active at this stage but more bacteria are present, and the starter smells much more acidic. A larger amount of bacteria will develop resulting in more sour flavored bread.

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