Horehound Candy Recipe

Ingredients for Horehound Candy

• ¾ square inch pressed horehound
• 2 cups boiling water
• 3 cups sugar
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar

Instructions

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