Honey Barbecue Sauce (Simple)

This Honey BBQ Sauce is a five-ingredient winner of a sauce, and it will elevate your barbecue to delectable new heights. When coated in this delicious mixture, your barbecue will disappear quickly. Guests will find themselves eating every last bite of their barbecue and coming back for seconds - maybe even thirds. This barbecue sauce nearly steals the show. To make it, you'll need to scour your pantry for ketchup, honey, butter, Worcestershire sauce, and a lemon. Easy enough? The memorable taste of this Honey BBQ Sauce belies how easy it is - and how few ingredients you need - to make it. This recipe yields one and a half cups, so you'll probably want to make more, especially if you have guests arriving for a get-together. Add it to a table of tasty barbecue, delicious barbecue sides, and ice-cold beverages. At a picnic table under sunny summer skies, you'll have the makings of an afternoon to remember, thanks in no small part to this tasty barbecue sauce. (It's truly that good.)

1 cup ketchup
⅓ cup pure honey
¼ cup unsalted butter
2 Tbsp. lemon juice, freshly squeezed (from 1 lemon)
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 lemon slices

Bring ketchup, honey, butter, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce to a boil in a small saucepan over medium. Reduce heat to low and add lemon slices. Simmer 30 minutes.

Remove from heat; remove and discard lemon slices.

Cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.

Makes 1½ cups.