Name: Homemade cough lozenges recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 1 cup lemon and ginger herbal tea; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1/2 cup white sugar; 3/4 cup honey (preferably local, raw honey if available); 2 teaspoons coconut oil

by Serina Bird Last updated on 03/18/2020

Soothe sore throats with these homemade lozenges that use staple ingredients with natural healing properties. - Serina Bird

Ingredients

1 cup lemon and ginger herbal tea
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup honey (preferably local, raw honey if available)
2 teaspoons coconut oil

Method

Step 1

Place all ingredients into a heavy-based saucepan and stir over a high heat until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer.
Step 2

Allow to boil on a gentle heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture reaches the hard ball stage. The mixture could boil over if the heat is too high, so keep it on a steady simmer. If you have a candy thermometer, aim to reach around 140 degrees Celsius. Alternatively, test the mixture by dropping a few droplets into a glass of ice water. When it is ready, it will be hard and chewy. Once the mixture starts boiling, it takes me roughly 26 minutes to reach this stage.
Step 3

Gently pour the mixture into small moulds. I used small ice tray moulds before discovering that I could make perfectly round, flat lozenges by using a silicone mat.
Step 4

Allow the lozenges to cool and set. When hard, remove from their moulds or trays and wrap in wax paper or cellophane. Alternatively, dust in icing sugar and store in a tin.