Simply Soap Bar Recipe

Submitted By:

Theda of Millport, AL

Summary:

Gentle soap, great lather

Ingredients:

42 oz Olive Oil
30 oz Vegetable Shortening
6 oz Cocoa Butter
3 oz Castor
14 oz Lye
41 oz Distilled Water

Instructions:

Follow basic cold process soap procedures and combine oils & lye solution at 95-98º. Slow to trace, mechanical stir 30-35 minutes. Trace hard to recognize, but small amount of mixture dropped on cool surface should hold shape and not run. Insulate 24 hrs, unmold, cut & cure 3-4 weeks.

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