Home   Handmade Soaps   Glycerine Soaps   Bath Salts   Bath Bombs   Lotions Bubble Bath   Body/Linen Spritzers   Supplies   Recipes   View Shopping Cart Soothing Scottish Oatmeal & Honey Oven Process Soap Ingredients: Canola Oil 8 ounces Coconut Oil 4 ounces Olive Oil 16 ounces Palm Kernel Oil 4 ounces Sodium Hydroxide 4.35 ounces Distilled Water 10-12 ounces 4 ounces honey 1 cup scottish oats Instructions: While wearing safety goggles and neoprene gloves, slowly stir the lye into the water, stirring well. Set aside and allow to cool (100° F to 125° F). In a stainless steel pot, combine oils and heat gently. Once the fats and oils are melted allow the temperature to drop to 100° F to 125° F. Pour lye solution slowly into the melted oils. Be careful not to splash while combining the mixtures. Stir with mixing stick until the mixture traces. Let the mixing stick cool for 5 minutes after each 5 minutes of mixing to prevent motor overheating. Tracing looks like a slightly thickened custard, not instant pudding but a cooked custard. It will support a drop, or your stir marks for several seconds. Once tracing occurs...add the honey and stir well and... Place the lid on the pot of soap. Place on the low rack in a 200 degree oven for approx 2 hours, stirring well for 15 seconds every 20 minutes. The soap will go through different stages, you will notice. For a while it will get harder to stir. When the soap is translucent, looks uniform throughout the soap, and very easy to stir, it is ready. Cook another 10 minutes to be sure. Add the scottish oats and stir well. Pour into lined molds and let sit overnight. Cut soap into bars and set the bars out to dry for a couple of weeks. You can use it now, but it will be harder in a couple of weeks. Olive oil recipes take longer to harden fully, but it is one of the best oils for dry skin. Care for soaps: Homemade soap, especially heavy with olive oil, needs to breathe. Do not store in plastic containers. If you lay the soap on its side after showering, the underside of the bar will become slimy and soft. This is normal, and can dry out over time, but can be prevented. It needs to drain properly after each use, preferably in a wooden soap dish designed to let it drain. This website created and maintained by Pumpkin Ridge Creations This website is best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer with monitor setting of 1024x768. All content on this web site are the sole property of Tammy Cannon & The Country Bath and may not be changed, copied, sold, redistributed in any way, or used without permission of Tammy Cannon & The Country Bath.