Goat Milk and Honey Soap

Goat Milk and Honey with Clover Flower Scent.  Hmmmhh!

A new batch of soap.

This is the same recipe as the old goat milk and honey soap with oatmeal.  I left out the oatmeal this time, since it's been settling out in the last few batches.

I was surprised to see that I had not previously listed the recipe for this goat milk soap on Sweet Leaf Notebook, so here it is :

Goat Milk Soap - The KEEPER Recipe

21 oz olive oil

14 oz coconut oil

9 oz palm oil

6 oz Red Devil Lye

16.5 oz Goat Milk (or buttermilk), frozen *

1/2 cup ground oatmeal (optional)

2 T. raw honey

Carefully mix the milk and lye in a glass or plastic container. Allow to cool to 92 degrees (It may smell like ammonia if the milk was not frozen.)

Stir in the refined oatmeal and honey.

Mix well.

Warm fats to 92 degrees and slowly add to milk mixture.

Mix for 15 minutes, or until thick like honey; Pour into prepared molds.

Let set for 24-48 hours.

Cut into bars and air cure for 4 - 6 weeks.

Note : The finished soap has a sweet caramelly sweet smell.  Wonderful and worth braving the ammonia smell in the making. 

*  Freeze the goat milk in a zip-lock bag--flat.  When frozen, break it into chunks and put in a lye-proof container.  Immediately add lye.  It will totally melt in about 10 minutes -- WITHOUT smelling like ammonia and burning the milk.