Brown Butter Banana Bread

Ingredients (21)

• 1 stick (115 g) salted butter115 g
• 1 tbsp refined coconut oil, neutral oil of choice or more butter≈ 14 g
• 2 large (100 g) eggs, room temperature100 g
• 1/2-1 cup sugar (120-220 g), depending on how sweet you like it I usually do half brown sugar half white sugar220 g
• 1/2 cup (120 g) → lightly sweet, more “breakfast loaf”120 g
• 3/4 cup (150 g) → cake-like, almost dessert150 g
• 1 cup (220 g) → very rich, dessert-forward220 g
• 3 tbsp mascarpone, sour cream or greek yogurt≈ 43 g
• 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract≈ 6 g
• 3 medium ripe bananas, about 380 g380 g
• 2 tbsp (16 g) toasted milk powder, optional16 g
• 1 tsp cinnamon, optional≈ 2.6 g
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg, optional≈ 0.7 g
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 1 g
• 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
• 1/2 tsp baking powder≈ 2.3 g
• 1 3/4 cups (210 grams) all-purpose flour210 g
• dark chocolaten/a
• milk chocolaten/a
• chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, pistachios, etc)n/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 2 tbsp demerara sugar for topping≈ 28 g

flour 210 gbatter 1607 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.

• Banana181% · 69th percentile · median 148%
• Sugar105% · 82nd percentile · median 78%
• Fat61% · 88th percentile · median 45%
• Egg48% · 70th percentile · median 40%
• Dairy28% · 62nd percentile · median 15%
• Leavening4% · 61st percentile · median 3.5%
• Salt0.5% · 33rd percentile · median 1%

Oven

Temperature

400°F / 205°C

median 350°F

Time

50 to 55 minutes

median 55 minutes