Lemon Filling

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 2½ tablespoons flour
• Grated rind 2 lemons
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon butter

Steps

1. Mix sugar and flour, add grated rind, lemon juice, and egg slightly beaten. Put butter in saucepan; when melted, add mixture, and stir constantly until boiling-point is reached. Care must be taken that mixture does not adhere to bottom of saucepan. Cool before spreading.

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From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910), now in the public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg.