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The Essential Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

biggerbolderbaking.com · 2020 · 1 loaf

Against 708 banana bread recipes

More salt than 96% of recipes and less egg than 89%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 96% of recipes: 2.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • Less egg than 89% of recipes: 22% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • Less sugar than 79% of recipes: 51% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
  • No dairy at all, where 54% of recipes use some (most of those 25 to 60% of the flour weight).
Banana: 160%, 56th percentileSugar: 51%, 20th percentileFat: 32%, 26th percentileEgg: 22%, 11th percentileDairy: 0%, 23rd percentileLeavening: 3.1%, 40th percentileSalt: 2.7%, 97th percentileBananaSugarFatEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 1 ⅔ cups (8oz/225g) all-purpose flour225 g
  • ½ cup (4oz/115g) sugar115 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 7 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • 2 ½ cups (12oz/360g) bananas (around 3 medium bananas), mashed360 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • ⅓ cup (2½floz/71ml) flavorless oil (Sunflower, vegetable, canola)≈ 73 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 cup (6oz/170g) chocolate chips plus a handful more for decorating the top170 g

flour 225 gbatter 1017 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.

  • Banana160% · 56th percentile
  • Sugar51% · 20th percentile
  • Fat32% · 26th percentile
  • Egg22% · 11th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 23rd percentile
  • Leavening3.1% · 40th percentile
  • Salt2.7% · 97th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
45 to 50 minutes
median 55 minutes

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