Lemon Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Bread
    3 large bananas (very ripe)
    1/4 cup light margarine
    1/2 cup unbleached cane sugar
    1/2 cup light brown sugar
    1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    6 tablespoons egg whites, well beaten
    1 lemon, zest of, grated
    Sauce
    1/2 lemon, juice of
    1/4 cup sugar
    1/4 cup pecans, chopped
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
    Spray loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray & dust with flour.
    Grate lemon & set aside.
    In mixing bowl, mash bananas with a fork.
    In separate bowl cream together margarine & 1 cup sugar.
    In a another bowl, beat eggs.
    Combine bananas, margarine mixture, & eggs & beat another 60 seconds.
    Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
    Gradually add banana mixture to flour and mix well.
    Add grated lemon peel and mix well.
    Bake 50-60 minutes.
    Remove from oven, leave in pan, and poke holes in top of loaf with fork.
    In small saucepan, squeeze juice from 1/2 lemon. Mix in sugar & heat on medium high until syrupy.
    Spoon over loaf & sprinkle with pecans. Cool completely before removing from pan.

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