Creole Lemon Dessert Sauce

Name: Creole Lemon Dessert Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 7/8 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg, well beaten; 3 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh is best; 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon peel, grated; 3 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg

Submitted by Molly53

"Try this sauce hot on your gingerbread, too. From the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947. Cooking time is approximate."

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 1 1/2 cups

ingredients

⁷⁄₈ cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg, well beaten
3 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh is best
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons lemon peel, grated
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg

directions

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy; add egg.
Add lemon juice and rind; mix well and beat in water, 1 teaspoon at a time, beating hard between additions.
Heat over boiling water until very hot, stirring constantly.
Add nutmeg.