Grammy's Kitchen · Banana Bread · Best Banana Bread
One of 35 banana bread recipes we measured
from cafedelites.com
It ranks #3 of 35 for sweetness perceived among the banana bread recipes we compared. 71 cooks on cafedelites.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 35.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 54% | 47% |
| total sugar | 97% | 77% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 26% | 0% |
| egg | 48% | 45% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| fruit | 238% | 169% |
| mix-ins | 81% | 25% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 210 g | 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup granulated white sugar |
| 53 g | 1/4 cup brown sugar |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
| 500 g | 3 medium ripe bananas (about 1 pound or 500g) |
| 100 g | 2 eggs (large, lightly beaten) |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup unsalted butter (melted and cooled, or cooking oil) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract |
| 170 g | 1 cup chocolate chips (or roughly chopped nuts of your choice) |
Method: 6 steps, published by cafedelites.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Simply the best recipe and best banana bread. I love making this, so easy and so delicious. I currently have half a loaf staring at me and it’s taking every bit of strength to not have it all for dinner! I swap out the butter for oil (reduce it to 100g as I’m ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Thank you for this recipe. I actually didn't taste it, because I made it for a neighborhood family whose father had recently had major surgery, and his wife said that was the only thing she could get him to eat. You can be sure we will be making it again, so ” — a cook, 5.0★