January Baking Checklist (2026)
Published: Dec 31, 2025
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January is a month I’ve come to really love in the kitchen. I’m getting back to the basics and enjoying all my favorite winter sourdough recipes I’m making on repeat. Sourdough chicken pot pie, easy cheesy sourdough biscuits and of course my crusty classic artisan sourdough bread (adding all the inclusions I want!) are all on my list. The pace slows down, the house feels quieter, and there’s finally time to bake just because I love it.
And since January also happens to be my birthday, it’s the perfect excuse to bake something a little celebratory too — hello sourdough vanilla cupcakes and chocolate sourdough cupcakes.
Find my January Baking Checklist below (and if a link isn’t live yet, it’s coming soon). Happy Baking!
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January Baking Recipes
- Sourdough Discard Pretzel Bites
- Sourdough King Cake
- Sourdough Bran Muffins
- Sourdough Bagel Bread
- Sourdough French Bread
- Sourdough Pancakes
- Sourdough Discard Pizza
- Sourdough Discard Bread
Which recipe are you baking first this month? And if you liked this list, don’t miss last year’s January (2025) and the year before – January 2024 for even more sourdough favorites.
This may be a silly question, but here goes.
St. Patrick’s Day is coming soon… besides putting ‘green’ food coloring in the bread, what is an appropriate bread for the day???
We love these cloverleaf dinner rolls! Amy also has a non-sourdough cloverleaf dinner roll version too. Another popular St. Patrick’s Day bake is this Irish Soda Bread. And the spinach in these Sweet Spinach Banana Muffins would make them a good choice too. Happy baking!
Love the content! Thanks for the recipes.
Thanks for following along!
Amy, I have a question, which I should know already, but I am confused. I have read what you said about making starter but where does the discard come from?
When you feed your starter, you take a portion of your starter and feed it. The remaining portion becomes your discard. It is the unused portion of your starter after each feed. Some people throw it away, but we like to bake with it in discard recipes. Hope that helps!
Just a quick question- why do a lot of your recipes include yeast?
Isn’t the sourdough starter enough? I’m new to sourdough, & thought the point was to eliminate yeast products.
Thanks for the time & info.
Sourdough discard recipes use discard instead of a active starter. If it is a discard bread recipe, then it will also contain yeast because the discard isn’t being used as a leavening agent. Using discard helps minimize waste (if you are feeding your starter, you can either throw your discard away or use it) and still gives some of the fermentation benefits of sourdough without the full time commitment. Amy has a variety of recipes to meet the needs and preferences of a range of bakers. You can go to the recipe index and see recipes categorized as fully sourdough recipes, discard recipes, etc. Hope that helps!
Looking forward to all you have to teach me. I have tried several of your recipes and truly enjoyed them.
Happy baking!