Best Banana Bread Recipe

Sonja Overhiser · acouplecooks.com · 2026 · 12

Against 708 banana bread recipes

Less banana than 95% of recipes and less leavening than 88%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less banana than 95% of recipes: 84% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 148%.
Less leavening than 88% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.
No dairy at all, where 54% of recipes use some (most of those 25 to 60% of the flour weight).
Egg in the middle half of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 cups* mashed ripe bananas (3 very large or 5 medium bananas)≈ 236 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
1/2 cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
1/2 cup brown sugar≈ 110 g
1/2 cup melted butter** (or neutral oil)≈ 114 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1 teaspoon cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 3 g
2 cups [280 g] all-purpose flour280 g
Optional mix ins: 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans or toasted walnuts, 3/4 cup chocolate chips≈ 60 g

flour 280 gbatter 1015 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 708 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: banana, sugar, fat, egg, dairy, leavening, salt.