Bourbon Banana Bread

Ingredients (16)

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature )≈ 114 g
• 1 cup sugar≈ 200 g
• 2 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 100 g
• 1 Tbsp bourbon≈ 15 g
• 1 Tbsp vanilla bean paste≈ 13 g
• 1/2 cup sour cream≈ 115 g
• 2 ripe bananas (mashed, about 1 cup)≈ 236 g
• 1 1/2 cups flour≈ 188 g
• 1 tsp baking soda≈ 6 g
• 1/2 tsp baking powder≈ 2.3 g
• 1/2 tsp cardamom≈ 1.3 g
• 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 1 cup confectioner's sugar≈ 200 g
• 4 tsp bourbon (more or less, to taste)≈ 20 g
• 1 Tbsp milk (or more as necessary to thin the glaze)≈ 15 g
• 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract≈ 2.1 g

flour 188 gbatter 992 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.

• Banana126% · 31st percentile · median 148%
• Sugar107% · 86th percentile · median 78%
• Fat61% · 85th percentile · median 45%
• Egg53% · 81st percentile · median 40%
• Dairy61% · 88th percentile · median 15%
• Leavening4.4% · 71st percentile · median 3.5%
• Salt1.6% · 81st percentile · median 1%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

50 minutes

median 55 minutes