Super Easy Banana Bread Recipe! Moist & Delish!

Kim Lange · thebakingchocolatess.com · 2023 · 8 Servings

Against 708 banana bread recipes

Less leavening than 98% of recipes and less egg than 84%.

How it compares

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

Less leavening than 98% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%, about half as much.
Less egg than 84% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
No dairy at all, where 54% of recipes use some (most of those 25 to 60% of the flour weight).

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

1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (2-3 medium ripe bananas)≈ 338 g
1/3 cup unsalted butter (melted)≈ 76 g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
3/4 cup granulated sugar (decrease to 1/2 cup if you would like it less sweet, 1 cup if more sweet)≈ 150 g
1 large egg (beaten)≈ 50 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 188 g

flour 188 gbatter 809 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.