goat milk powder

[bookworm42]

oh no...peanut butter soap is a thing? SMH!!!

Now I'm interested... I have powdered peanut butter in my cupboard.
This requires research!
@Ekuzo why the peanut butter hate? Just curious

 

[ewhitake]

That's the thing. No one is bothered by the nut butters, but the nut milks (except coconut apparently [which also has cream]) are things

Edit: I missed a word. I was thinking about having some red wine and whoops pair butter soap?! Ewwww

Good luck with that glass of wine. I could actually use one right now!
But going back to peanut butter soap, I just can’t erase the vision in my head from the Anne Margaret scene in the movie Tommy where she’s covered with all kinds of food products in a bathtub.

 

[Ekuzo]

Now I'm interested... I have powdered peanut butter in my cupboard.
This requires research!

I know some people add it to soap, but can't say if it benefits from it in any way.

why the peanut butter hate? Just curious

Don't tell me you like that stuff???

 

[bookworm42]

Don't tell me you like that stuff???

I love it! We go through a container of it once a month. I love mixing it with yogurt and granola for breakfast. Or making peanut butter brownies!

 

[Ekuzo]

I love it! We go through a container of it once a month. I love mixing it with yogurt and granola for breakfast. Or making peanut butter brownies!

Maybe it's not bad in brownies, I can picture that. But yogurt Pass it plain, please

 

[Katsbe]

I use GMP exclusively and love it! I will never go back to using liquid goat milk. I do not soap with vinegar - have had no problems with incorporating powdered goat milk into my oils.

I’ve been using the regular goat milk. Do you think switching to goat milk powder is more sufficient?

 

[missbipbip]

If powder came out of my goats, I'd definitely use that. But every single time I milk my goats, it comes out liquid! So that's what I use. Maybe someday I'll have a freeze dryer and then I can make my own goat milk powder.

I love it!! You are a hoot!! That sounds just like something I would say. Thanks for making me smile. And one day, you never know, those little goats might surprise you, and give you some beautiful, fluffy powder!

I've started adding powdered goats milk directly to the oils. I mix it very very well using my stick blender, then I add in the lye water. Seems less likely to overheat. I found adding it to water first makes it less likely to break up in the oils so you get spots where there's a clump of goats milk rather than having it spread over the whole bar. It's also not as dark in color. But people do things differently. I didn't like the ice method.

This is what I do as well. It works beautifully for me. I used to use the ice method, but I don't feel a huge difference in the soap when I use it, and it takes too long. I am not patient enough!!

 

[2lilboots]

@ackosel it takes several hours in the oven. You need to make parchment paper trays to sit inside of metal trays. If your tray holds 1 cup of liquid milk, you have to measure/weigh the dried ingredients once it is dehydrated. Once you have that weight, you will know that amount will make 1 liquid cup. So you would add distilled water with it to equal one cup. So then in the future you just measure out that amount. My oven has 3 racks and I can fit 6 quarter sheet pans. This is also the method I use to dehydrate eggs.

I divide my liquids. I use distilled water to dissolve my lye. I add powdered gm to liquid gm so that the total liquid will equal a full gm and stick blend that with my oils.

 

[ackosel]

Thank you, @2lilboots. That is very helpful. Do you set the oven to its lowest temperature (170° on mine)? Sounds like it would be more successful than trying to train my goats to give powdered milk!

 

[2lilboots]

130 - 135 degrees F is best. 170 could burn it. You will have to keep an eye on it at that temp. I use 140 F

 

[ackosel]

130 - 135 degrees F is best. 170 could burn it. You will have to keep an eye on it at that temp. I use 140 F

Thank you. Do you keep the oven door cracked to let moisture out? I wonder if I could find trays to go in my nice dehydrator... Better yet, I'll put a freeze dryer on my Christmas list!

 

[GracieRose]

I also use gmp and add it to the oils. I use coconut milk powder the same way.

 

[2lilboots]

@ackosel yes the door must be held open a bit