Healthy Banana Bread
Jeanine Donofrio · loveandlemons.com · 2026 · 10
Against 708 banana bread recipes
More banana than 81% of recipes and no dairy, unlike 54%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More banana than 81% of recipes: 204% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 148%.
- No dairy at all, where 54% of recipes use some (most of those 25 to 60% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (13)
- 2 cups mashed very ripe banana (about 4 large)≈ 450 g
- ½ cup maple syrup≈ 156 g
- ½ cup melted coconut oil (plus more for the pan)≈ 109 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)≈ 125 g
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour (spooned and leveled)≈ 96 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
- ½ teaspoon sea salt≈ 3 g
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg≈ 0.7 g
- ½ cup chopped walnuts≈ 60 g
- 2 tablespoons whole rolled oats≈ 10 g
flour 221 gbatter 1121 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.
- Banana204% · 82nd percentile · median 148%
- Sugar71% · 44th percentile · median 78%
- Fat49% · 65th percentile · median 45%
- Egg45% · 62nd percentile · median 40%
- Dairy0% · 23rd percentile · median 15%
- Leavening2.7% · 29th percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt1.4% · 74th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 50 to 65 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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