Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Ferret's first attempt

This is supposed to be a vanilla and honey oatmeal bar. We shall see...

Oils:
200g TJ's olive oil (50%)
100g Whole Food 365 virgin coconut oil (25%)
100g Crisco (25%)

Lye:
56g NaOH
152g 1% milk

Texture:
40g oatmeal

Scent:
40g clover honey
4g TJ's bourbon vanilla extract

- brought both solutions to 40C
- for the first 45min, used robot mixer, then switched to hand
- added texture and scent ingredients after it thickened, but before trace
- cast into saran wrap lined boxes

Soapcalc sheet:


After casting:


After 5 days of curing:


Cut: