horehound cough drops

How To Make horehound cough drops

• 1

  Boil the horehound leaves in the 2 cups water for 10 minutes. Discard the leaves.
• 2

  Add twice as much honey as the remaining liquid and stir until smooth.
• 3

  Blend 2 cups of sugar with 1/8 tsp. of cream tar-tar in a sauce pan and add the horehound honey mixture.
• 4

  Stir over medium heat until sugar melts
• 5

  Lower the flame and continue stirring till a dollop of the candy forms a hard ball when dropped in cold water
• 6

  At that point, pour syrup onto a buttered baking dish and cut into small squares, As candy begins to harden.
• 7

  Finally, roll in confectioners. sugar and granulated sugar. And store in airtight container
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