Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2023 · 1 loaf

Against 708 banana bread recipes

Less fat than 86% of recipes and less sugar than 77%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less fat than 86% of recipes: 22% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 45%, about half as much.
Less sugar than 77% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
Less leavening than 76% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)250 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
2/3 cup (135g) granulated sugar (or use packed brown sugar)135 g
4 Tablespoons (56g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature56 g
2 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 100 g
1 and 1/2 cups (345g) mashed bananas (about 4 medium or 3 large ripe bananas)345 g
1/3 cup (80g) plain Greek yogurt (or sour cream)80 g
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 250 gbatter 979 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 708 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: banana, sugar, fat, egg, dairy, leavening, salt.