Homesteader Honey
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
7 8 oz jars
- Serves:
- 7
ingredients
- 10 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon alum
- 3 cups water
- 2 1⁄2 cups red clover blossoms (a blood purifier)
- 1⁄3 cup dried chamomile (very calming and great for the stomach)
- 1⁄3 cup dried lavender (has many calming properties-too many to list)
- 1⁄3 cup dried red raspberry leaf (promotes womens health-especially during menses and childbirth)
- 2 tablespoons dried hibiscus flowers (can help high blood pressure and as an aphrodisiac)
directions
- Put water, sugar and alum together in a large pan and boil for ten minutes stirring constantly. Watch for any attempted boil overs.
- Take off the heat.
- Stir in your herbs and let steep for at least 3 hours.
- Strain through a cheese cloth, throwing away herbs when done.
- Reheat the honey to a boil and put in your jars.
- all the herbs listed above have several other health promoting properties, I have just listed a couple.
- Enjoy!
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