An Idea for holiday soap??

[Wiltim]

I was just making a batch if Springerlie cookies and it came to me that they look like little bars of soap. They would be really cute and guest sized too.

My questions are:

Has anyone used a Sprinerlie board or roller to "stamp" CP soap?

How would anise seeds do in a recipe as both an additive and a fragrance?

I suppose I could just use the EO from anise but I'd really like to use the whole seeds just like in the cookies if I could.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springerle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anise

 

[Deda]

Oh! Martha Stewart had some beautiful Springerle cookies in the last issue, what a great idea for soap.

I don't know about anise seeds, but Star Anise looks lovely pressed into the top of soap.