Hot Process Recipes

Apple Spice Soap Recipe

Oven Hot Process

Ingredients:

18 oz canola oil 

8 oz coconut oil 

18 oz olive oil 

12oz distilled water 

6oz lye 

1Tbsp apple pie spice 

1Tbsp Tumeric 

2Tbsp Apple FO 

Make sure you know the safety precautions before making any soap. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Add lye to water and cool to 100 degrees. Melt oils. I melt my oils in the same pot that I later put in the oven. Cool to 100 degrees. Mix oils and lye water together using a stick blender. At light trace add spices then FO. Cover with a lid and put it in the oven for 1 1/2 hours. Scoop into the mold. After 24 hrs I remove it from the mold and cut. I allow it several days to harden, then package. This recipe was modified from Kathy Miller's web site.

Milk-based Shea Butter Soap Recipe

Very moisturizing soap that is difficult to make, but heaven to use!

Ingredients:

8.6 ounces Canola Oil

8.6 ounces Coconut Oil

13.4 ounces Olive Oil

11.5 ounces Safflower Oil

5.8 ounces Shea Butter

47.0 ounces Vegetable Shortening

13.1 ounces Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH/Lye)

34.1 ounces Whole Milk

4.2 ounces Essential/Fragrance Oil

Milk based soaps are difficult to produce, mostly because the lye heats up the milk, and you must maintain a fairly narrow temperature range to make sure it neither scorches or becomes too cool.

• In a double heater, melt the vegetable shortening, shea butter, and all the oils. Do not allow the oils to become too hot! Set the melted oils aside.
• Place a large pot of previously frozen, then thawed milk (this process stabilizes the milk) in a sink filled with cool water and ice.
• Pour the lye carefully (use goggles and rubber gloves) and very, very slowly, into the milk, while stirring. Allow about 15 minutes to pour all of the lye. Try to maintain a temperature of around 85 degrees F.
• When the lye is poured, re-heat the oil mixture to 120 degrees F over low heat. This will not take long.
• Wearing protective clothing, carefully pour the milk/lye mixture into the oils and stir. Using a stick blender, mix the oils and milk/lye well. Add the fragrances to the soap mixture while blending.
• When blended fully, pour into the mold(s) of your choice, and allow to set up for at least 24 hours, but no more than 48 hours. Allow to cure for 6 weeks.

Stefanie's Favorite Recipe

Emu Oil Soap

Ingredients:

16.8 oz. Olive Oil (28%)

12 oz. Coconut Oil (20%)

9 oz. Palm Oil (15%)

7.2 oz. Emu Oil (12%)

3.6 oz. Castor Oil (6%)

3 oz. Avocado Oil (5%)

2.4 oz. Cocoa Butter (4%)

2.4 oz. Shea Butter (4%)

1.2 oz. Jojoba (2%)

1.2 oz. Sweet Almond Oil (2%)

23 oz. Distilled Water

8.14 oz. Lye (6% excess fat)

Fragrance and color optional

Instructions:

OBSERVE ALL STANDARD SAFETY PROCEDURES. 1. Weigh lye and water. Mix and set aside. 2. Weigh and melt hard oils in microwave. Add to pre-warmed crock. 3. Weigh and add liquid oils to crock. 4. Add lye/water to crock oils while stirring gently. 5. Bring to trace alternating between whisk and stick blender. 6. Cover and cook until done. Glop into mold. 7. Unmold and cut when cool.