Easy Lemon Curd

An Easy Homemade Lemon Curd recipe that’s perfect on lemon pies, pancakes or waffles, scones, on top of cakes and cookies. 

When life gives you lots of lemons you make lemon curd! Have you ever made your own lemon curd? It’s so easy and it’s so great to have on hand.

It could be used on so many things, such as cookies, spread it on toast or English muffins, filling tarts, pancakes or on cakes. Possibilities are endless.

One bite is all you need to fall in love with this lemon curd. It’s so tasty, sweet, tart, refreshing and oh so lemony.

Any lemons would work here, Meyer lemons are also great because they’re a bit sweeter and they have lower acidity but regular lemons will work just as well.

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Easy Lemon Curd

An Easy Homemade Lemon Curd recipe that's perfect on lemon pies, pancakes or waffles, scones, on top of cakes and cookies. 

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: homemade, lemon curd

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 18

Calories: 107kcal

Author: Joanna Cismaru

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar, granulated
• 1/2 cup butter, unsalted, at room temperature
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup lemon zest
• 3/4 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed, about 4 large lemons
• 1/8 tsp salt

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Instructions

• In a small saucepan (2 qt), add all the ingredients together and whisk.
• Cook over medium-low heat, whisking constantly until the mixture is thick enough to hold marks from the whisk. Continue cooking for about 5 minutes or until the mixture begins to bubble.
• Remove from heat and set aside to cool, stirring occasionally as it cools. Once cooked, spoon the lemon curd into sterilized jars and seal.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.

Notes

This should yield 2 small 9 oz jars.

 

This will last 1 to 2 weeks in the fridge.

 

Nutrition

Serving: 1oz | Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 69mg | Potassium: 22mg | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 225IU | Vitamin C: 5.7mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.2mg

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