MAKIN' SOME GOAT MILK SOAP - TRIES TO POISON HUSBAND IN THE PROCESS

Made some soap years back, was never happy with the results.  But i found a new recipe and i think this may be it.  Well it better because this is what most people are getting this year for gifts.  Oh, wait!  Shouldn't have said that, should I? Now everyone knows what their present is!  Darn!  Oh well, only the ones reading this post will really know for sure.


Here goes:


Step one:  Gather all the ingredients.
12 ounces partially frozen goats' milk (today was the perfect day for it - I set the bowl in the snow and it was pretty well frozen in 5 minutes)
3 ounces lye
4 1/4 ounces extra-virgin olive oil
5 ounces coconut oil
12 ounces soy or vegetable shortening (I used lard)

Step two: place milk into large bowl and slowly add lye. Stir until the mixture is smooth and without lumps. The lye will interact with the fat molecules in the milk and should bring the mixture to between 95 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step three:  Melt the olive oil, coconut oil, and shortening together in one pot and bring to 115 degrees. (I accidentally heated it to 165 degrees - so again, the snow came in handy)

Step four: Add the oil mixture to the milk and lye and use a hand blender to combine until the mixture demonstrates "tracing" (drips from the blender leave a noticeable path in the mixture). This will take 2 to 5 minutes. 

(I decided it would be a good idea to use the old blender that we had - you can see it in the 1st picture - ancient - well i should've checked it because it had a hole in it, slowly the soap mixture was oozing from the bottom of the blender pitcher. So instead of stopping what I was doing and thinking about it, i grabbed my husband's blender that he uses for smoothies. Well, i promised him i would buy him a new one.  Don't feel right about eating anything out of it after i put poison [lye] inside of it.)

Step five:  Using a spatula, fold the mixture to remove bubbles. Transfer to a pitcher and pour the mixture into soap molds.

Step six:  After 24 hours, turn the soaps out of the molds onto cookie racks. Allow to cure for 2 weeks.

So if they don't turn out in two weeks which is exactly Christmas time, I guess no one will receive a present.  Sorry.     : )