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
Sweet sourdough cookies with a fruit mince centre - perfect to fill the cookie jar with or gift at Christmas time.
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Sourdough Gingerbread 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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