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Banana bread

Original in Italian

Il Cucchiaio d'Argento · cucchiaio.it · 2025 · 6 - 8 porzioni

Against 708 banana bread recipes

More leavening than 99% of recipes and more egg than 87%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 99% of recipes: 8.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More egg than 87% of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • Less fat than 87% of recipes: 22% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 45%, about half as much.
  • No salt at all, where 80% of recipes use some (most of those 0.6 to 1.6% of the flour weight).
Banana: 142%, 43rd percentileSugar: 100%, 80th percentileFat: 22%, 13th percentileEgg: 60%, 89th percentileDairy: 54%, 84th percentileLeavening: 8.8%, 99th percentileSalt: 0%, 10th percentileBananaSugarFatEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 3 banane≈ 354 g
  • 250 g di zucchero di canna250 g
  • 3 uova≈ 150 g
  • salen/a
  • 130 ml di latte≈ 134 g
  • 60 ml di olio≈ 55 g
  • 250 g di farina "00"250 g
  • 1 cucchiaino di bicarbonato≈ 6 g
  • 1 bustina di lievito per dolci16 g

flour 250 gbatter 1215 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.

  • Banana142% · 43rd percentile
  • Sugar100% · 80th percentile
  • Fat22% · 13th percentile
  • Egg60% · 89th percentile
  • Dairy54% · 84th percentile
  • Leavening8.8% · 99th percentile
  • Salt0% · 10th percentile

Oven

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

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