Healthy Banana Bread

tastesbetterfromscratch.com · 2022 · 12 slices

Against 708 banana bread recipes

Less sugar than 92% of recipes and less fat than 89%.

How it compares

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

Less sugar than 92% of recipes: 35% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%, about half as much.
Less fat than 89% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 45%, about half as much.
Less egg than 83% of recipes: 28% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
More leavening than 78% of recipes: 5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.

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

4 bananas (, about 1 1/3 cups, mashed (320 g))320 g
1 large egg≈ 50 g
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract ((15 ml))≈ 13 g
3 Tablespoons light brown sugar ((38 g))38 g
2 Tablespoons granulated sugar ((25 g))25 g
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ((2.6 g))2.6 g
1 teaspoon baking powder ((4 g))4 g
1 teaspoon baking soda ((5 g))5 g
1/2 teaspoon salt ((2.5 g))2.5 g
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ((white or white-whole wheat) (180 g))180 g
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter (, melted (or substitute applesauce) (28 g butter or 30 g applesauce))28 g

flour 180 gbatter 668 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.