Tallow Soap Recipe
Learn how to make nourishing, long-lasting tallow soap at home with this simple recipe—perfect for natural skincare, sensitive skin, and GAPS living.
Equipment
- immersion blender
- thermometer
- crock pot (or stock pot)
- soap molds (rectangles or shapes)
Ingredients
- 30 oz tallow
- 3.88 oz lye
- 11 oz water (distilled or filtered is best)
- 1.5 oz essential oils (note: citrus oils do not hold their smell well in soap - we love peppermint!)
Instructions
- Heat tallow until it reaches about 100 degrees.
- In a well-ventilated area, wearing safety goggles and gloves, pour lye into water and stir. NEVER pour water into lye. Your lye and water solution will become very hot and cloudy during the reaction.
- Allow your lye mixture to cool for 10 minutes, or until it reaches about 100 degrees. The solution will become clear again.
- Pour lye mixture into tallow. Blend with an immersion blender until the mixture reaches "trace", or the texture of pudding.
- If adding essential oils, blend in after trace is reached.
- Pour mixture into soap molds. After 24 hours, cut it then let it cure for 4-6 weeks in a dry, airy place.
Notes
- I have re-used my soap making supplies (kitchen pot, thermometer, etc) as regular kitchen use items after they have been sprayed with vinegar, washed, and rinsed. If you feel more comfortable, or make soap often, you can use separate supplies.