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Anna Posth's Citrus gone Nuts Soap Recipe
Citrus gone Nuts Soap by Anna Posth
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Dear Soap Makers,
My recipe for a soap that is Good enough to eat is called Citrus gone Nuts. The Citrus Soap cubes are entrapped in the Nutty Soap. You will salivate as soon as you read the ingredients. Making of this soap was a two day process. Part 1 was completed on July 24, 2006. Part 2 and final mix was completed on July 25. The second batch was made on August 13th and 14th respectively because about a third of my cut soaps from the first batch lost too much weight. I've made a lot of soap before but I always used ornamental moulds and this was my first attempt at cutting it to size. On top of smelling good-enough-to-eat, this soap also has exfoliating qualities. I hope you will enjoy using my soap as much as I enjoyed making it.
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.
Anna Posth
Ingredients [*]
Part 1: Citrus Soap 7%
- 400g olive oil
- 250g coconut oil
- 150g grapeseed oil
- 100g corn oil
- 100g canola oil
- 300g distilled water
- 134g lye crystals
- 1T honey
- 1T powdered milk
- half t of each: lemon, orange blossom, pink grapefruit E.O.
- freshly grated peel of 1 of each: orange, lemon, lime, clementine
Combine grated peels with essential oils and set aside. Add honey to water and mix well. Add lye and mix well. Cool off to 100°F. Combine milk powder with 1-2T of oil and set aside. Heat up the rest of the oils to 100°F. Add milk mixture and blend well. Slowly add lye/honey solution. Use a stick blender to reach trace (a few minutes). At trace add peels/E.O.s. Pour the raw soap into a large container or leave in your pot. Insulate with a blanket overnight. The following day cut it into cubes approximately three quarters of an inch. Set aside.
Part 2: Nutty Soap 10%
- 400g olive oil
- 200g coconut oil
- 100g of each oil: grapeseed, corn, canola, macadamia
- 300g distilled water
- 128g lye crystals
- 1T honey
- Spice Mix:
- 64g coarsely ground almonds
- 2T oatmeal (grind into flour)
- 2T Polish cake seasoning Przyprawa Korzenna from Dr. Oetker which includes the following ground items: sugar, allspice, cloves, caraway seed, coriander, herbal pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon.
- 1T powdered milk
- 1t cinnamon leaf E.O.
- half t clove bud E.O.
- half t cocoa powder (Dutch processed)
- one quarter t ground cinnamon
Combine all items in Spice mix. Add all of the macadamia oil and mix well. Set aside for about an hour. Add honey to water and mix well. Add lye and mix well. Cool off to 100°F. Heat up the rest of the oils to 100°F. Slowly add lye/honey solution. Use a stick blender to reach trace (a few minutes). At trace add Spice mix. Blend a few more minutes to make it thick enough to sustain the cubes of Citrus Soap. Once it is thick add the cubes and mix with a spoon. Scoop the soap mixture into your moulds. Insulate with a blanket overnight. Wait for 1-3 days before cutting it.
More recipes can be found in the Soap Naturally book and in other soap recipe pages on this Website.
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Special thanks to Roger McPherson [Diamond M Small Business Support and M & M Soapworks], Leanne Chevallier [Aroma Nature (France)], and Anna Posth.
Contributor: Anna Posth
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