Easy Banana Bread Recipe (One Bowl!)
Sonja Overhiser · acouplecooks.com · 2025 · 12 slices
Against 708 banana bread recipes
More fat than 75% of recipes and no dairy, unlike 54%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 75% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 45%.
- No dairy at all, where 54% of recipes use some (most of those 25 to 60% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (10)
- 1 ½ cups mashed very ripe bananas (4 medium bananas)≈ 338 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted (or 1/2 cup neutral oil; see Notes)≈ 114 g
- ¾ cup granulated sugar (see Notes), plus more for topping≈ 150 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 1½ cups [210 g] all-purpose flour210 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Optional: 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips or 1/2 cup chopped nuts≈ 128 g
flour 210 gbatter 930 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 708 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Banana161% · 57th percentile · median 148%
- Sugar71% · 46th percentile · median 78%
- Fat54% · 75th percentile · median 45%
- Egg48% · 70th percentile · median 40%
- Dairy0% · 23rd percentile · median 15%
- Leavening2.9% · 34th percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt1% · 50th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 55 to 60 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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