Almond Flour Banana Bread

wellplated.com · 2023 · 10 slices (1 9x5-inch loaf)

Against 708 banana bread recipes

Less sugar than 92% of recipes and less fat than 89%.

How it compares

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

Less sugar than 92% of recipes: 35% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%, about half as much.
Less fat than 89% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 45%, about half as much.
More egg than 90% of recipes: 63% 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 ripe banana (about 4 medium or 3 extra large)≈ 338 g
3 eggs (large)≈ 150 g
1/4 cup pure maple syrup or honey≈ 85 g
3 tablespoons canola oil (or melted and cooled coconut oil or melted unsalted butter)≈ 41 g
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
Pinch ground nutmeg (optional)≈ 0.4 g
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
2 1/2 cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)≈ 240 g
1/3 cup ground flaxseed meal (or an additional 1/3 cup almond flour, do not use whole flaxseeds)≈ 79 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 240 gbatter 951 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.