Horehound Candy A Cough Cure That Works Old School Recipes

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HOMEMADE HOREHOUND CANDY



Homemade Horehound Candy image

This recipe is from fresh horehound leaves. My mom grew up with this (my grandpa would buy it all the time) and she hated it. We had horehound bush growing in the herb garden, and we wanted to try it. We found this recipe and tried it. It was not too bad. My DH seemed to like it, even though my mom hated it. So try it and see if you like it or not. NOTE: Horehound candy was also used as a medicinal remedy for coughs way back several years ago.

Provided by skymonkey

Categories     Candy

Time 2h

Yield 100 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 cups horehound leaves (packed)
1 1/4 cups water
4 cups dark brown sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup

Steps:

  • Wash horehound leaves and put in saucepan. Add water and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, mashing occasionally with fork. Remove from heat; cover and let cool (needs to stand at least 1/2 hour to infuse.
  • While infusion in cooling, butter a 9x13 pan.
  • Drain horehound leaves into measuring cup (I use a coffee filter to strain it). Be sure to squeeze all the liquid from the leaves. Make sure you have at least 1 cup of liquid. Discard leaves.
  • Pour liquid into a 4 quart saucepan. Add brown sugar and syrup. Bring to a boil and cook to 300 degrees on a candy thermometer (hard crack stage).
  • Pour into prepared pan and let cool. Just before it sets up, score into squares with a knife to make it easier to break apart. When cool and set, break into pieces and store in airtight container.
  • Note: The infusion (liquid from the leaves) can be frozen to use later.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 35.6, Sodium 4, Carbohydrate 9.2, Sugar 8.7

HOREHOUND CANDY



Horehound Candy image

Horehound is an herb that was most oftenly used for medicinal purposed way back in the pioneer days. Sometimes this so-called "candy" was used as cough drops.

Provided by MrsNestleroad

Categories     Candy

Time 2h

Yield 15 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup dried horehound leaves
1 quart water
3 cups brown sugar
1 cup dark cane syrup
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Steps:

  • Simmer the dried horehound leaves in the quart of water for approximately 30 minutes.
  • Cover and let steep for 20 minutes.
  • Strain the liquid and discard the leaves.
  • Add sugar, syrup, and butter.
  • Cook mixture until it reaches hard crack stage (300 degrees F).
  • Pour into a greased pan and let cool.
  • Cut into small drop-like pieces.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 231.6, Fat 0.8, SaturatedFat 0.5, Cholesterol 2, Sodium 45.8, Carbohydrate 57.5, Sugar 56.6

OLD FASHIONED HOREHOUND COUGH DROPS



Old Fashioned Horehound Cough Drops image

Want to make your own cough drops? I thought ya'll might like this. I like to use herbs and wild edibles.

Provided by Sharon123

Categories     < 60 Mins

Time 55m

Yield 20 small squares

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/4 cup horehound leaves
2 cups water
honey
2 cups sugar
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Boil the horehound leaves in the 2 cups water for 10 minutes; discard leaves.
  • Add twice as much honey as the remaining liquid and stir the mixture smooth.
  • Then blend 2 cups of sugar with 1/8 tsp.
  • of cream of tartar in a saucepan, and add the honey-horehound mixture.
  • Stir over medium heat until sugar melts.
  • Then lower flame and continue stirring till a dollop of the candy forms a hard ball when dropped in cold water.
  • At that point, pour syrup into buttered baking dish and cut into small squares as candy begins to harden.
  • Finally, roll in confectioners sugar and then granulated sugar and store in airtight containers.

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