The pleasant aroma of cinnamon & citrus soap is filling our home today! My cousins were visiting and happily assisted me in mixing up a batch of soap. Thanks to Jerusha for taking the pictures and Jeremy for running the stick blender!
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| We began with partially thawed goat milk. |
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| Next we carefully weighed the lye and slowly added it to the milk.
CAUTION: Lye can cause significant burning & is fatal if
swallowed. Always wear rubber gloves, mask & goggles when handling
lye & work in a well ventilated room. |
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| The chemical reaction that occurs when lye is mixed with a liquid
creates heat. See those ice packs? They help to keep the lye from
heating the milk too hot and burning it. |
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| Meanwhile the oils, which I had melted earlier, were cooling. |
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| When both the oils and the milk & lye mixture had cooled to 90 degrees F, we added the oils to the milk & lye mixture. |
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| We mixed with a stick blender. |
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| When it came to a trace we added grapefruit seed extract and the essential oils - cinnamon, orange & tangerine. |
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After
filling the molds & covering with saran wrap we placed them in the
freezer. In several days the logs will be ready to cut into bars and
cure. You can find out more about our Cinnamon & Citrus soap and
how to purchase it here!
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