Grammy's Kitchen · Banana Bread · My Favorite Banana Bread
One of 35 banana bread recipes we measured
from sallysbakingaddiction.com
It ranks #5 of 35 for rise among the banana bread recipes we compared. 1,783 cooks on sallysbakingaddiction.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 35.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 45% | 47% |
| total sugar | 60% | 77% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 100% | 0% |
| egg | 40% | 45% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 32% | 0% |
| fruit | 138% | 169% |
| mix-ins | 36% | 25% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 250 g | 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled) |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 113 g | 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup (150g) packed light or dark brown sugar |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs, at room temperature |
| 345 g | 1 and 1/2 cups (345g) mashed bananas (about 3–4 ripe bananas) |
| 80 g | 1/3 cup (80g) plain Greek yogurt or full-fat sour cream, at room temperature |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
| 90 g | optional: 3/4 cup (90g) chopped pecans or walnuts, or 1 cup (180g) semi-sweet chocolate chips |
Method: 6 steps, published by sallysbakingaddiction.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I bake often but stay away from breads because I’ve never been good at them. But this recipe was easy to read and follow and I kinda knocked it outta the park I added extra cinnamon then nutmeg and ginger. Topped it heavily with sugar and it came out with the” — a cook, 5.0★
“This is without a doubt, the best banana bread recipe I've ever tried. Moist, not too sweet, and with the addition of chopped walnuts, it has some real depth of flavour (yes, I'm Canadian). Sally's is my go-to baking recipe site!” — a cook, 5.0★