Moist Banana Bread Recipe

easyanddelish.com · 2022 · 10 slices

Against 708 banana bread recipes

Less leavening than 92% of recipes and more salt than 86%.

How it compares

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

Less leavening than 92% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.
More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about twice as much.
More sugar than 78% of recipes: 99% 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).

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

2½ cups all-purpose flour (sifted (OR REPLACE 1/2 the flour with whole wheat flour))≈ 313 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
2 teaspoons cinnamon≈ 5 g
1 teaspoon nutmeg≈ 2.6 g
½ cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 114 g
1 cup white granulated sugar≈ 200 g
1/2 cup light brown sugar≈ 110 g
3 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 150 g
1 cup unsweetened applesauce≈ 255 g
2 cups mashed bananas (about 4 to 5 ripe medium bananas)≈ 450 g
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

4 tbsp unsalted butter (cut into chunks)≈ 57 g
3/4 cup light brown sugar≈ 165 g
2 medium ripe yet firm bananas (slice in half lengthwise and the crosswise (ending up with 4 pieces for each banana))≈ 236 g

flour 313 gbatter 1615 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.