Horehound Candy

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups water
• 2 cups fresh horehound leaves or 1 cup dried horehound
• 4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup

Instructions

1. Put the water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil.
2. Reduce the heat, add the horehound, cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture stand for 1 hour to infuse.
4. Train the liquid and discard the horehound.
5. Add the sugar and the corn syrup to the liquid, and boil it to the hard-crack stage 300 degrees F on a candy thermometer.
6. Pour the syrup into a buttered 12 x 8 inch pan.
7. When the candy begins to set, mark it into squares with the tip of a sharp knife.
8. Cut the candy into pieces when cold.