Grammy's Kitchen · Banana Bread · Healthy Banana Bread
One of 35 banana bread recipes we measured
from cookieandkate.com
It ranks #35 of 35 for sweetness perceived among the banana bread recipes we compared. 3,140 cooks on cookieandkate.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 35.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 34% | 47% |
| total sugar | 76% | 77% |
| egg | 45% | 45% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 25% | 0% |
| fruit | 102% | 169% |
| mix-ins | 0% | 25% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 75 g | ⅓ cup (75 grams) melted coconut oil or extra-virgin olive oil or high quality vegetable oil* |
| 168 g | ½ cup honey (168 grams) or maple syrup (155 grams) |
| 100 g | 2 eggs |
| 225 g | 1 cup (225 grams) mashed ripe bananas (about 2 ½ medium or 2 large bananas) |
| 56 g | ¼ cup (56 grams) milk of choice or water |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda (NOT baking powder; they aren’t the same!) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| ½ teaspoon salt | |
| ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more to swirl on top | |
| 220 g | 1 ¾ cups (220 grams) white whole wheat flour or regular whole wheat flour** |
| Totally optional: ½ cup mix-ins like chopped walnuts or pecans, chocolate chips, raisins, chopped dried fruit, fresh banana slices… |
Method: 5 steps, published by cookieandkate.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I started mixing away before reading your notes or previous comments. My brain said “baking powder” until I was in the instructions and saw soda. I substituted a tablespoon of baking powder for the soda and did in fact use melted butter because I ran out of ou” — a cook, 5.0★
“I have remade this recipe so many times. It's been really light and sensitive on my stomach. I was so happy when I found out I could eat it. Last year I got so sick for 4-5 months not being able to keep anything down was living off of rice cakes and dino nugge” — a cook, 5.0★