Classic Lemon Filling Recipe: Simple & Delicious

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter, cut in small pieces 1/4 cup lemon juice Grated peel of 1 lemon 2 eggs

PREPARATION:

1. Combine sugar, butter, lemon juice and lemon peel in heavy saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until butter melts.
2. Beat eggs in small bowl. Add lemon mixture and continue beating. Place in same heavy saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 15 minutes or until mixture becomes smooth and thick. Remove from heat; pour into medium bowl. Chill 1 hour.

This recipe appears in: Spiders On A Log  /  Frosting & Icing