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Ultimate Banana Bread

smittenkitchen.com · Servings: 8 to 10

Against 708 banana bread recipes

More salt than 91% of recipes and more banana than 79%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More banana than 79% of recipes: 196% 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).
Banana: 196%, 80th percentileSugar: 83%, 63rd percentileFat: 44%, 48th percentileEgg: 39%, 28th percentileDairy: 0%, 23rd percentileLeavening: 4.1%, 64th percentileSalt: 2.3%, 92nd percentileBananaSugarFatEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, cut into chunks, plus more for pan115 g
  • 1 cup (190 grams) packed light brown sugar190 g
  • 2 slightly heaped cups (about 18 ounces or 510 grams) (updated weight, see why) of mashed banana, from 4 extra-large or 5 medium-large bananas510 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 teaspoon fine sea or table salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 heaped teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • A few gratings of fresh nutmeg (optional)n/a
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour260 g
  • 2 tablespoons (25 grams) raw or turbinado sugar (on top)25 g

flour 260 gbatter 1223 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.

  • Banana196% · 80th percentile
  • Sugar83% · 63rd percentile
  • Fat44% · 48th percentile
  • Egg39% · 28th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 23rd percentile
  • Leavening4.1% · 64th percentile
  • Salt2.3% · 92nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
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median 350°F
Time
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median 55 minutes

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