Lemon Butter - Real Recipes from Mums

A delicious home made lemon butter, perfect for your morning toast or for children’s sandwiches.

Ingredients (makes 4 Small jars)

8 Eggs
1 cup Lemon juice
2teaspoons Grated lemon rind
1 1/2 cups White sugar
250grams Butter cubed

Method

Put the eggs and sugar in a heat proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Add the lemon juice and rind, then the butter in cubes whisking for about 20 minutes until the mixture is smooth and thick. (Don't allow the mixture to boil).
When the butter coats the back of a spoon without running off, it's ready.
Pour the lemon butter into warm sterilised jars and seal straight away, then refrigerate.

Notes

To correctly sterilise jars, preheat oven to 150 degrees celcius and put the jars in for 15 minutes. Once canned the lemon butter will last up to 3 months in the fridge.

139 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 02 Jan 2023
    11:40 am
Oh wow! I’ve always loved lemon butter but I had no idea how to make it. Thanks for sharing

- - Frankiielot said
  - 16 Jun 2022
    8:26 pm
Oh my goodness, this sounds divine!
I’d make it secretly for myself lol. I love lemon flavoured things.

- - MrsA said
  - 30 Mar 2019
    5:42 pm
I have never heard of this before.

- - kjgarner said
  - 03 Jul 2018
    12:48 pm
I used to have this all the time when I was younger on my warm toast in the morning

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 26 Jan 2017
    4:59 pm
My Mum would love me for ever if I made this for her x

- - mom112217 said
  - 13 Aug 2016
    6:20 pm
Mum use to make lemon butter,love it!

- - dannsbuild said
  - 24 Sep 2015
    11:33 pm
Just great! This looks really good! A nice recipe!

- - vanyadhanya said
  - 20 Jul 2015
    10:08 pm
That would be delicious especially with a piece of grilled fish

- - mom109229 said
  - 28 Jun 2015
    10:18 pm
I love lemon butter so much but I must admit that I’ll probably continue to buy it from the shops.

- - Kell said
  - 27 Jun 2015
    5:37 pm
yummy and a great gift idea!

- - mom103920 said
  - 09 Jun 2015
    9:33 am
The double saucepan definitely helps. I always curdle the egg through the mixture if I don’t use one.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    11:44 pm
I have always wanted this recipe. thanks.

- - crystalangela said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    11:18 pm
I need some of this. I adore lemon butter tarts.

- - mom113055 said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    4:59 pm
great to read all these here

- - mom90758 said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    12:26 pm
Lemon butter is so delicious!! I never tried making it myself.

- - kymichelle said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    11:18 am
Homemade lemon butter is the best. I need to find someone with a lemon tree and lemons to give away!

- - mom107723 said
  - 30 Apr 2015
    10:47 pm
I didn’t realise how simple lemon butter was to make, bring on Saturday, my cooking day).

- - Cynthea Jenke said
  - 24 Apr 2015
    8:46 pm
Ive made this

- - mom93821 said
  - 19 Dec 2014
    6:19 am
Thanks again for sharing; made and successful.

- - mom94125 said
  - 10 Nov 2014
    11:31 pm
thanks a lot for posting this