Old-Fashioned Horehound Hard Candy
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.
Ingredients
- strong horehound tea (prepared from dried horehound)
- granulated sugar
- light corn syrup
- butter (for greasing pan, optional)
- powdered sugar (for dusting, optional)
Instructions
- Brew a strong horehound tea and strain.
- 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.
- Pour onto a lightly greased pan or a surface dusted with powdered sugar. Cool slightly and score, or cool completely and break into pieces.
- Store in an airtight container.
