Healthy-ish Lemon Poppy Seed Banana Bread
Kim Lange · thebakingchocolatess.com · 2026 · 10 slices
Against 708 banana bread recipes
More leavening than 86% of recipes and more dairy than 82%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More leavening than 86% of recipes: 5.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.
- More dairy than 82% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 15%, about 3.5 times as much.
- More egg than 78% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less fat than 78% of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 45%.
Ingredients (17)
- 3 medium ripe bananas (mashed (about 1 1/4 cups))≈ 354 g
- 1/3 cup agave (honey, or maple syrup)≈ 104 g
- 1/4 cup olive oil (avocado oil, or melted coconut oil)≈ 55 g
- 1/3 cup Greek yogurt (or 1/4 cup blended cottage cheese)≈ 82 g
- 1 tablespoon milk (skip if using cottage cheese)≈ 15 g
- 2 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
- Zest of 2 lemonsn/a
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice≈ 30 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (or white whole wheat, 50/50 mix, or oat flour)≈ 188 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds≈ 30 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar≈ 60 g
- 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice≈ 22 g
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup or agave≈ 7 g
flour 188 gbatter 974 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.
- Banana189% · 76th percentile · median 148%
- Sugar56% · 24th percentile · median 78%
- Fat29% · 21st percentile · median 45%
- Egg53% · 81st percentile · median 40%
- Dairy52% · 83rd percentile · median 15%
- Leavening5.7% · 87th percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt1.6% · 81st percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 45 to 60 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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