4 Ingredient Healthier Banana Bread
kirbiecravings.com · 2025 · 16 slices
Against 708 banana bread recipes
No fat, unlike 92% of recipes and no egg, unlike 93%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No fat at all, where 92% of recipes use some (most of those 34 to 55% of the flour weight).
- No egg at all, where 93% of recipes use some (most of those 39 to 53% of the flour weight).
- Less sugar than 84% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
- No salt at all, where 80% of recipes use some (most of those 0.6 to 1.6% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (4)
- 4 large (436 g) overripe bananas (see note)436 g
- 1/2 cup (123 g) cottage cheese 4%123 g
- 1/2 cup -3/4 cup (4-6 fl oz/118-177 ml) maple syrup (depending on sweetness preference)≈ 156 g
- 2 1/2 cups (329 g) self-rising flour (see note before starting)329 g
flour 329 gbatter 1044 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. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.
- Banana133% · 34th percentile · median 148%
- Sugar47% · 16th percentile · median 78%
- Fat0% · 4th percentile · median 45%
- Egg0% · 3rd percentile · median 40%
- Dairy37% · 71st percentile · median 15%
- Leavening5% · 80th percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt0% · 10th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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