Homesteader Honey

"This is a great homemade honey. I personally use different herbs so I can not only get the great tastes of them, but the wonderful properties they have. Change the herbs to your liking."
 
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Ready In:
3hrs 20mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
7 8 oz jars
Serves:
7
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ingredients

  • 10 cups white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon alum
  • 3 cups water
  • 2 12 cups red clover blossoms (a blood purifier)
  • 13 cup dried chamomile (very calming and great for the stomach)
  • 13 cup dried lavender (has many calming properties-too many to list)
  • 13 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)
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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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when i cook i like to to turn out like the picture. i don't get much of a chance to trial and error anymore because i have 3 young children. my youngest turns 2 aug 22 and i have a 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old. any cookbook i can get my hands on will have sometghing i just HAVE to try. my husband works on a cattle ranch so we get a lot of beef so i'm always looking for a new beef recipe, especially ground beef.
 
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