Soap Making Recipes
Crystal’s Simple Soap Recipe
Crystal Miller
16 oz. lard
8 oz. coconut oil
6.4 oz. olive oil
1.6 oz. canola oil
12 oz water
4.54 oz. lye
.3 to .4oz fragrance oil
Temperature for lye and oil: 100 to 105
Makes 2 lbs of soap (measurement of oils only)
This recipe traces easily and the oils are typically easy to find oils, in fact
most of them can probably be found in a grocery store (coconut oil is the only
one that may not be found. But many more grocery stores are carrying it. Look
also in health food stores if you are having trouble locating it).
Notes: Makes a nice hard bar of soap.
Crystals
Simple Soap #2 (vegetable oils only)
Crystal Miller
12.8 oz olive oil
6.4 oz coconut oil
6.4 oz palm oil
6.4 oz shortening (Crisco Only)
12 oz water
4.45 oz lye
.8 oz scent oil (approx.)
Temperature for lye and oils: 100 to 110 degrees
Follow basic soap making instructions. This recipe makes 2 lbs soap.
Oatmeal
Milk and Honey
Crystal Miller
40 oz lard
20 oz coconut oil
16 oz olive oil
4 oz canola oil
18 oz. water
11.35 oz lye
1 – 12oz can goats milk
¾ cup ground up oats
¼ cup honey
2 oz Oatmeal, Milk & Honey fragrance oil
Add lye to cold water and let it cool to 95-100 degrees. While cooling measure
and add all oils to a 6qt pan. Have oats, honey and fragrance oil measured and
waiting. When lye is just about cool enough, heat oils until melted and allow to
cool to 100. When oils are at the right temp, add water/lye mixture to the oils
and stir by hand or with a stick blender. At a very light trace add the can of
goat’s milk and continue stirring. When mixed in well, add oats, honey and
fragrance oil and stir until it traces. Pour into molds. Let sit in molds for 24
hours or until firm. Take out of mold, cut into bars and let it cure for 4 to 6
weeks.
**This recipe makes 5lbs of soap**
Crystal’s Lard Soap for Laundry
I make this soap to use in my
homemade laundry soap.
1- 4lb bucket lard (bought from the grocery store)
8.4 oz. lye
20oz. water
2 oz. of fragrance oil, optional
***If you want to add
fragrance you can add or an essential oil such as orange or lavender or add a
fragrance oil. My favorite one to add is Tide Fragrance Oil that I purchase from
Sweetcakes Soapmaking Supplies (http://www.sweetcakes.com/
)
I let both the water/lye and the oil cool to about 110 degrees. Mix lye/water
into melted lard and stir until at a light trace. Add fragrance oil.
Pour into mold. Since this soap will be grated to be used in laundry no special
mold is needed. Typically I use a cardboard box that I line with a plastic
garbage bag.
The soap should be covered and left to sit for 24 hours. After that remove from
mold and cut into chunks appropriate for grating. I grate my soap about 1 week
later and lay it out to dry and the store it in a box in my laundry room.
This makes a fairly low sudsing soap.
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