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Banana Bread

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 18

Against 708 banana bread recipes

More salt than 91% of recipes and no dairy, unlike 54%.

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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 91% of recipes: 2.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about twice as much.
  • No dairy at all, where 54% of recipes use some (most of those 25 to 60% of the flour weight).
Banana: 126%, 31st percentileSugar: 84%, 65th percentileFat: 42%, 43rd percentileEgg: 37%, 26th percentileDairy: 0%, 23rd percentileLeavening: 3.9%, 59th percentileSalt: 2.2%, 92nd percentileBananaSugarFatEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted butter, at cool room temperature113 g
  • 2/3 cup (142g) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, packed142 g
  • 1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 0.7 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (340g) bananas, mashed340 g
  • 3 tablespoons (64g) apricot jam or orange marmalade, optional but tasty64 g
  • 1/4 cup (85g) honey85 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 2 1/4 cups (270g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour270 g
  • 1/2 cup (57g) chopped walnuts, optional57 g

flour 270 gbatter 1195 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.

  • Banana126% · 31st percentile
  • Sugar84% · 65th percentile
  • Fat42% · 43rd percentile
  • Egg37% · 26th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 23rd percentile
  • Leavening3.9% · 59th percentile
  • Salt2.2% · 92nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
45 minutes
median 55 minutes

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