horehound cough drops

How To Make horehound cough drops

• Step 1
  Boil the horehound leaves in the 2 cups water for 10 minutes. Discard the leaves.
• Step 2
  Add twice as much honey as the remaining liquid and stir until smooth.
• Step 3
  Blend 2 cups of sugar with 1/8 tsp. of cream tar-tar in a sauce pan and add the horehound honey mixture.
• Step 4
  Stir over medium heat until sugar melts
• Step 5
  Lower the flame and continue stirring till a dollop of the candy forms a hard ball when dropped in cold water
• Step 6
  At that point, pour syrup onto a buttered baking dish and cut into small squares, As candy begins to harden.
• Step 7
  Finally, roll in confectioners. sugar and granulated sugar. And store in airtight container
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