Lemon Curd

Homemade Lemon Curd is way easier than you think! And by making it with coconut oil and raw sugar, it’s slightly healthier too. Use it to top your favorite cookies, ice cream, yogurt, oatmeal or even just your spoon! It’s a summertime favorite in my house. 

I have been on a MAJOR movie marathon. Like, total binge.

My mom and I started by watching The Hunting Ground on Netflix…and that snowballed into Room, The Big Short, Spotlight, Carol, Bridge of Spies…

Clearly I’m finally watching the Oscar nominated movies. Finally.

These movies have made me feel like a total activist for a few hours too. I mean, have you seen The Hunting Ground?! After you watch it, you’ll want to run up to any college-bound girl and spew out some stats, some warnings and then beg her to watch it with her parents.

And The Big Short?! You’ll totally stare at your mortgage book with wide eyes, wondering what’s behind it.

And Spotlight??? I knew it all (I even went to Catholic school growing up), but having it all right in front of my face and in such a compelling story…just blows your mind.

Anyways. After I watched all of these movies, my friend texted me, freshly home from a project in Belize, ensuring 150 families get cheaper, clean drinking water.

Me? I…made lemon curd.

She assured me that making sweet treats to make the world a happier place is important too. Well, I don’t know about that, but it made me feel better.

I’m not past eating my lemon curd by the spoonful while looking up the .org sites associated with those movies though.

Ok, so what’s different about my lemon curd? Why am I asking you to make something that seems so complicated? Because it’s NOT complicated! I promise!! And my lemon curd is made with coconut oil, not butter; and raw sugar, not white sugar.

The coconut oil gives a slightly tropical undertone to the lemon curd, and keeps it dairy free. I don’t mind butter, don’t get me wrong, but the health benefits of coconut oil are undeniable and I love adding it to everything!

Read the recipe, start to finish. Really, it’s quite simple. The ingredients are limited and you can have it popped in the fridge to cool in just 15 minutes!

Use homemade lemon curd to top pancakes, yogurt, oatmeal, cookies, ice cream…everything! It just screams summer and you’ll love it, I promise.

Lemon Curd

2016-03-29 15:23:43

Homemade Lemon Curd is way easier than you think! And by making it with coconut oil and raw sugar, it's slightly healthier too. Use it to top your favorite cookies, ice cream, yogurt, oatmeal or even just your spoon! It's a summertime favorite in my house. (makes 2 small jars, appx 2 1/2 pint jars)

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Ingredients

1. ½ cup coconut oil
2. 1 cup raw sugar
3. 3 eggs
4. Zest from 2 lemons
5. Juice from 3 lemons

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl, combine the coconut oil, lemon zest and raw sugar. Beat with a hand mixer on medium (or your stand mixer) for 2 minutes, until fluffy. Then, add the eggs one at a time, mixing until fully combined until adding the next one. When they’re all combined, drizzle in the lemon juice. The mixture may separate or look “curdled” once the lemon juice is added.
2. Pour the entire lemon curd batter into a saucepan on the stovetop. Over low heat, stir the mixture as it thickens (don’t let it come to a bubble). After 10 minutes, the curd should be cooked and thickened (when you bring your silicone spatula or wooden spoon out of the curd and swipe your finger down the spoon, the curd stays separated where you made the line).
3. Pour the finished curd through a strainer (this is optional, but it makes it so much smoother) and into a bowl for it to cool. Place a piece of plastic wrap over the curd (I like to press the plastic wrap down, touching the top of the curd so it doesn’t create a film as it cools) and place in the fridge until cold.
4. Once the curd is cooled, you can eat it, use it in a recipe, or put it in jars! Enjoy!

Notes

1. Keep finished lemon curd in an air-tight jar in the fridge for 1-2 weeks. Freeze excess in a jar if you won’t use it soon enough.

By Melissa @ Treats With a Twist

Treats With a Twist https://www.treatswithatwist.com/