Black Sesame Banana Bread

Justine Lee · thekitchn.com · 2023 · 8

Against 708 banana bread recipes

Less sugar than 87% of recipes and less egg than 89%.

How it compares

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

Less sugar than 87% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
Less egg than 89% of recipes: 22% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about half as much.
Less fat than 84% of recipes: 24% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 45%, about half as much.
Less banana than 76% of recipes: 119% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 148%.

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

2 large or 3 small ripe bananas≈ 272 g
1/4 cup black sesame paste, black sesame butter, or black tahini, well-stirred≈ 57 g
1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 188 g
1/3 cup buckwheat flour≈ 42 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1 large egg, at room temperature≈ 50 g
1/2 cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil≈ 27 g
2 tablespoons vegetable oil≈ 27 g
2 teaspoons black or white sesame seeds≈ 10 g

flour 229 gbatter 782 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.