Lemon Sauce

Original Recipe

One cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butter, one egg beaten light, one lemon, juice and grated rind, half a cupful of boiling water; put in a tin basin and thicken over steam.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful of sugar
  • 1 cupful of butter
  • 1 egg beaten light
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 cupful of boiling water
  • 1 tin basin and thicken over steam

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Instructions

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    One cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butter, one egg beaten light, one lemon, juice and grated rind, half a cupful of boiling water; put in a tin basin and thicken over steam.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)