My Favorite Banana Bread
Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2023 · 1 loaf
Against 708 banana bread recipes
Less leavening than 76% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 76% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
Ingredients (11)
- 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)250 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
- 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature113 g
- 3/4 cup (150g) packed light or dark brown sugar150 g
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 100 g
- 1 and 1/2 cups (345g) mashed bananas (about 3–4 ripe bananas)345 g
- 1/3 cup (80g) plain Greek yogurt or full-fat sour cream, at room temperature80 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- optional: 3/4 cup (90g) chopped pecans or walnuts, or 1 cup (180g) semi-sweet chocolate chips90 g
flour 250 gbatter 1051 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.
- Banana138% · 38th percentile · median 148%
- Sugar60% · 31st percentile · median 78%
- Fat45% · 51st percentile · median 45%
- Egg40% · 42nd percentile · median 40%
- Dairy32% · 67th percentile · median 15%
- Leavening2.4% · 19th percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt0.6% · 37th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 to 65 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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