Homemade Horehound Candy

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 100
• 2 cups horehound leaves (packed)
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 4 cups dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 while infusion in cooling, butter a 9x13 pan.
• 3 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.
• 4 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).
• 5 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.
• 6 note: the infusion (liquid from the leaves) can be frozen to use later.