Horehound Candy

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Fannie Merritt Farmer

Published 1896

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Ingredients

  • ¾ square inch pressed horehound.
  • 2 cups boiling water.
  • 3 cups

Method

Pour boiling water over horehound which has been separated in pieces; let stand one minute, then strain through double cheese cloth. Put into a granite kettle with remaining ingredients, and boil until, when tried in cold water, mixture will become brittle. Turn into a buttered pan, cool slightly, then mark in small squares. Small square packages of horehound may be bought for five cents.