The BEST Banana Bread
sugarspunrun.com · 2022 · 10 slices
Against 708 banana bread recipes
More sugar than 78% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 78% of recipes: 99% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
- Leavening in the middle half of recipes: 2.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.
Ingredients (14)
- 1 ½ cups well-mashed overripe bananas (this is usually 3 large ripe bananas for me (355ml))≈ 338 g
- ¼ cup avocado, canola or vegetable oil≈ 55 g
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (melted)≈ 57 g
- ⅔ cup light or dark brown sugar (firmly packed)≈ 147 g
- ½ cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
- 2 large eggs (lightly beaten, room temperature preferred)≈ 100 g
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- ¼ cup buttermilk¹≈ 61 g
- 2 cups all-purpose (plain flour)≈ 250 g
- ¾ teaspoons baking powder≈ 3.5 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 ¼ cups chocolate chips or chopped nuts² (optional)≈ 213 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ¼ cup coarse or granulated sugar for sprinkling (optional)≈ 50 g
flour 250 gbatter 1341 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.
- Banana135% · 36th percentile · median 148%
- Sugar99% · 78th percentile · median 78%
- Fat45% · 49th percentile · median 45%
- Egg40% · 42nd percentile · median 40%
- Dairy24% · 57th percentile · median 15%
- Leavening2.6% · 26th percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt1.2% · 62nd percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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