Old-Fashioned Horehound Hard Candy

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Classic hard candy made by simmering a strong horehound infusion with sugar and corn syrup, cooking to hard-crack stage, then cooling and breaking into pieces.

RECIPE CATEGORY: Simple Ideas
HERB: Horehound

Ingredients

  

  • strong horehound tea (prepared from dried horehound)
  • granulated sugar
  • light corn syrup
  • butter (for greasing pan, optional)
  • powdered sugar (for dusting, optional)

Instructions

 

  1. Brew a strong horehound tea and strain.
  2. Combine horehound tea, sugar, and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves, then cook without stirring to hard-crack stage.
  3. Pour onto a lightly greased pan or a surface dusted with powdered sugar. Cool slightly and score, or cool completely and break into pieces.
  4. Store in an airtight container.

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