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  • Makes 3
  • 30 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 6 Ingredients

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When life gives you lemons … make lemon butter !


Ingredients (makes 3 cups)

  • 4 Eggs - Beaten
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup Lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 120 grams Butter
  • 2 teaspoons lemon rind - grated

Method

  1. Place beaten eggs and sugar in top of double saucepan. Stir until combined
  2. Gradually add lemon juice and water-stir
  3. Add Lemon rind and roughly chopped butter
  4. Place pan over simmering water
  5. Stir until mixture thickens.
  6. Pour into sterilized jars and seal

Notes

Delicious on toast or as a filling in cup cakes. Easy to make and keeps well in the pantry or the fridge once opened .

  • I’m sure delicious thankyou

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  • I would love to make this sweet spread thanks!!!

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  • Have been wondering where I got this from and now I know. The excess lemons are being used for this and other things.

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  • I’ve been lazy and buying it. Thanks for the recipe.

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  • this will make my cupcakes so good!!

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  • Lemon butter is so yummy.

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  • When you say keeps well how long will it keep? And shouldnt it be stored in the fridge only due to the butter and eggs?

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  • My mum use daily to make lemon curd, which I loved and have made myself. Not sure if lemon butter is the same tho

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  • Sounds simple – but so often the recipes that sound the simplest are the hardest to make.

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  • I love lemon butter,a great recipe!

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  • very good recipe idea. cheers for the share!

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  • Great recipe – will definitely file this one for future reference!

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  • Is it really that simple to make? I love lemon anything but always thought it was hard to make

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  • Have pinned this and will give it ago after Christmas.

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  • Yumm ..yes please and this one looks and sounds delicious. thanks for sharing.

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  • Big thanks for this recipe – lemon butter is an all time favourite and also a fete favourite.

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  • yum – love lemon butter – thank you for sharing this recipe :)

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  • Wonderful & delicious to eat, thanks.

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  • I put in my list of recipes to try in Internet. I love lemon butter but I always bought it.

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