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Horehound Candy

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Horehound Candy

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil horehound in water until the juice is fully extracted.

  2. Boil sugar until it reaches the feather stage.

  3. Add the horehound juice to the syrup and boil until it reaches the same height.

  4. Stir with a spoon against the sides of the sugar pan.

  5. When it thickens, pour into a paper case dusted with fine sugar and cut into squares.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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