Lemon Banana Bread

Instead of regular old banana bread, show up to your next get together with this. I guarantee you it won't last!

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 12

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

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Spray loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray & dust with flour.
3. Grate lemon & set aside.
4. In mixing bowl, mash bananas with a fork.
5. In separate bowl cream together margarine & 1 cup sugar.
6. In a another bowl, beat eggs.
7. Combine bananas, margarine mixture, & eggs & beat another 60 seconds.
8. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
9. Gradually add banana mixture to flour and mix well.
10. Add grated lemon peel and mix well.
11. Bake 50-60 minutes.
12. Remove from oven, leave in pan, and poke holes in top of loaf with fork.
13. In small saucepan, squeeze juice from 1/2 lemon. Mix in sugar & heat on medium high until syrupy.
14. Spoon over loaf & sprinkle with pecans. Cool completely before removing from pan.