Classic Banana Bread
Emma Christensen · thekitchn.com · 2011 · 1 (8-inch) loaf
Against 708 banana bread recipes
Less leavening than 76% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 76% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%.
Ingredients (10)
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter≈ 114 g
- 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 1/4 cup milk≈ 61 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 3 medium bananas, very ripe≈ 354 g
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 1 g
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts or chocolate chips (optional)≈ 85 g
flour 250 gbatter 1175 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.
- Banana142% · 43rd percentile · median 148%
- Sugar80% · 57th percentile · median 78%
- Fat45% · 55th percentile · median 45%
- Egg40% · 42nd percentile · median 40%
- Dairy24% · 57th percentile · median 15%
- Leavening2.4% · 19th percentile · median 3.5%
- Salt0.4% · 31st percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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