JaimeAnn's Lemon Filling

JaimeAnn’s Lemon filling

JaimeAnn’s Lemon Filling

Ingredients

  • 1&1/2 cups sugar

  • 1/3 cup plus 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1&1/2 cups water
  • 3 egg yolks slightly beaten
  • 3 Tablespoons Butter
  • 3 teaspoons lemon rind
  • 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Mix sugar & cornstarch in medium saucepan, gradually stir in water
  2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly till mixture comes to a full boil.
  3. Boil & stir 1-2 minutes. Gradually stir at least half of hot mixture into egg yolks.
  4. Blend it back into the pan. Boil & stir 2-3 minutes. ( if you don’t your filling
  5. will taste eggy). Remove from heat add butter lemon rind and lemon juice, mix well. Cool before using as cake filling , if using as pie filling you can pour it into a baked pie crust immediately.