Grammy's Kitchen · Banana Bread · Whole Wheat Healthy Banana Bread
One of 35 banana bread recipes we measured
from sallysbakingaddiction.com
It ranks #35 of 35 for browning depth among the banana bread recipes we compared. 115 cooks on sallysbakingaddiction.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 | 0% | 47% |
| total sugar | 61% | 77% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 100% | 0% |
| egg | 45% | 45% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 37% | 0% |
| fruit | 172% | 169% |
| mix-ins | 30% | 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.
| 288 g | 1 and 1/4 cups (288g) mashed bananas (about 3 medium or 2 large ripe bananas) |
| 90 g | 6 Tablespoons (90g) unsweetened applesauce* |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 85 g | 1/4 cup (85g) honey* |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup (50g) packed light or dark brown sugar* |
| 81 g | 1/3 cup (80ml) milk* |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract |
| 220 g | 1 and 3/4 cups (220g) whole wheat flour (spooned & leveled) |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 67 g | 2/3 cup (67g) chopped walnuts |
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 found this recipe because I had bananas and whole wheat flour, and I am so glad I did. I needed something for my breakfast meals for the week and this banana bread is perfect. I do have to admit I got into making the recipe only to realize I had no vanilla, ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Sooo moist and delicious. Every recipe I try from you is so good and bakes beautifully, which is saying something because I am NOT a good baker. I subbed the applesauce with apple mango carrot pouch from Costco because that's what we had on hand worked just” — a cook, 5.0★