Dandelion soap

regansoap · Apr 18, 2015

Hi everybody hope everyone well.

I just wondered if anybody has ever made dandelion soap with infused oo and a tea of dandelion. It turns into a solidified mess hot process made two batches both turned into egg custard and seemed to be gelling on bottom and not at the edges gravitating inwards - so weird one a creamy colour and the other darker- same recipe.

Dahila · Apr 18, 2015

I make dandelion soap with cocoa butter and it is my best soap. I use dandelion infused OO and powdered dandelion

I do not use dandelion tea, I do not believe it will survive the temps. I also do not believe it caused your problem , rather the FO you used. Would you post your recipe, so people would give you some advice?

regansoap · Apr 18, 2015

Thank you dahlia I also added 2 oz cocoa butter and added the fragrance orange after the cook. It's the nerdy far wife recipe ill dig it out.

Susie · Apr 21, 2015

Please tell me you ran that through a lye calculator for yourself...

regansoap · Apr 22, 2015

Susie I did but did think it was unusual but just thought it was HP so added after cook. The fo did not hold up well mind.

tbeck3579 · Apr 27, 2015

regansoap said:
Thank you dahlia I also added 2 oz cocoa butter and added the fragrance orange after the cook. It's the nerdy far wife recipe ill dig it out.

I used the nerdy farm wife recipe, but changed the oils up -- cocoa butter was in there. Made one batch with infused OO and one with infused OO + Crisco -- the latter is much creamier! That was my first Crisco batch, but not my last! I thought the original nerdy recipe was CP with honey at trace??? I used infused OO and tea with honey at trace in both.

Both turned out very nice, but like most recipes, I changed it. I rarely follow any recipe to the "T", be it soap or food. I like to run with someone's idea and put my own spin on it -- or use the ingredients I have on hand -- making many substitutions. When I first started cooking I got so frustrated with cooks who raved about a recipe they had not followed. Now, many years later, I'm one of those frustrated cooks that aggravates people

I wrote my recipe down and if you are interested I will give it to you. Still, honey & EO at trace may not be for everyone.