Banana Bread Recipe
spendwithpennies.com · 2026 · 12 slices
Against 708 banana bread recipes
Less leavening than 76% 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.
- Banana in the middle half of recipes: 120% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 148%.
- Less leavening than 76% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.
- No dairy at all, where 54% of recipes use some (most of those 25 to 60% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (10)
- 1⅓ cups mashed bananas (about 4 small bananas)≈ 300 g
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened, or vegetable oil)≈ 114 g
- ½ cup brown sugar≈ 110 g
- ¼ cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
- 2 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
flour 250 gbatter 938 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.
- Banana120% · 25th percentile · median 148%
- Sugar64% · 37th percentile · median 78%
- Fat45% · 55th percentile · median 45%
- Egg40% · 42nd percentile · median 40%
- Dairy0% · 23rd percentile · median 15%
- Leavening2.4% · 19th percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt1.2% · 62nd percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 45 to 60 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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