Lemon Curd

Ingredients:

• 4 TBS sweet butter
• ½ cup white granulated sugar
• ½ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 4 egg yolks from medium sized eggs
• 1 TBS lemon zest

Instructions:

• combine all ingredients except zest into sauce pan.
• Using wooden spoon (not metal) stir over very low heat. Do not allow mixture to boil
• Continue to heat until the back of the wooden spoon is coated with the mixture
• remove from heat and pour into a jar or serving bowl. Stir in lemon zest
• cool
• Serve over scones, biscuits or soda bread