Classic Banana Bread
Jenna Barnard · butternutbakeryblog.com · 2026 · 10 slices
Against 708 banana bread recipes
More banana than 87% of recipes and more fat than 89%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More banana than 87% of recipes: 221% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 148%.
- More fat than 89% of recipes: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 45%.
- More dairy than 91% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 15%, about 5 times as much.
- More egg than 87% of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (11)
- 1 1/2 cups (380g) ripe mashed banana (3 bananas, depending on size), measured380 g
- 1/2 cup (100g) packed light brown sugar100 g
- 1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar67 g
- 1/2 cup (112g) unsalted butter, melted112 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1/2 cup (120g) sour cream or 2% Greek yogurt120 g
- 1 tsp baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1 tsp cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 1 1/3 cups (172g) all-purpose flour or 1-to-1 gluten-free baking flour172 g
flour 172 gbatter 1066 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.
- Banana221% · 87th percentile · median 148%
- Sugar97% · 78th percentile · median 78%
- Fat65% · 90th percentile · median 45%
- Egg58% · 87th percentile · median 40%
- Dairy70% · 92nd percentile · median 15%
- Leavening3.5% · 51st percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt1.2% · 62nd percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 50 to 60 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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