Use this luscious easy-to-prepare filling for pastries, cakes and tarts.
Lemon Filling
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 drops yellow food color, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in water. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute longer; remove from heat.
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Step2Stir in butter and lemon peel until butter is melted. Gradually stir in lemon juice and food color. Press plastic wrap on filling to prevent a tough layer from forming on top. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until set.
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Step3Leftover filling can be tightly covered and refrigerated up to 5 days; do not freeze. Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature to soften; stir before using. Store cakes or pastries filled with Lemon Filling covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
70
Calories
1g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
15g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 70
- Calories from Fat
- 10
- Total Fat
- 1g
- 2%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 5mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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