Lemon Sauce(Sauce For Dessert) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
nutmeg
salt
2 Tbsp. butter
1 c. boiling water

Preparation

Mix the sugar and cornstarch; add the boiling water and a pinch of salt and boil until thick and clear.
Continue cooking over hot water for twenty minutes.
Beat in the butter, the lemon juice and nutmeg.
A grating of lemon rind may be added.
Great over Gingerbread Cake.