Homemade Honey Cough Drops
Homemade honey cough drops taste great, are all-natural, and work to calm coughs.
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Ingredients
- 1 Lemon sliced
- 2 Tea Bags - I used Ginger Tea
- 1 cup Orange Blossom Honey or any good quality honey
- Powdered Sugar for dusting molds
Instructions
- Prepare molds by sprinkling them with powdered sugar.
- Slice the lemon.
- Add to 2 cups of cold water in a saucepan along with two tea bags. Bring to
a boil and simmer 30 minutes. - Remove the lemon and tea bags.
- Measure out 1 cup of the lemon and ginger tea water (you can discard the
rest). - Return the saved cup of lemon ginger tea water back to the pot.
- Add one cup honey.
- Using a candy thermometer cook to 260 to 280 degrees. You need to be
patient with this step. It takes about 20 minutes and you need to stir
the mixture constantly being careful not to let the honey mixture burn. - Once you reach the proper temperature work quickly to fill candy molds.
- Allow to harden for 2 to 3 hours.
Notes
Wrap candies in waxed paper.
Yields 48 cough drops. Store in refrigerator to keep from getting
overly sticky!
overly sticky!
As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 15kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Sugar: 4g
Servings: 48
Calories: 15kcal