Help with Purees?

[squigglz]

I found some adorable bunny silicone molds and I would like to make some carrot puree novelty soaps for the holiday along with a log mold of it for the rest of the year.


1. Do I just subtract the water from the puree? (Meaning, if the recipe calls for 16oz of water and I use 3oz of puree, do I make it 13oz water 3oz puree?)
2. When to add it? I do hot process. I know CP you add at trace, but should I add before or after cooking for HP?
3. Anything else I should know about working with purees?

Thanks!

 

[CaliChan]

Carrot makes a yellow color with cp. Idk much about HP. But you do need to do a water discount but idk how it would work with hp

 

[squigglz]

Thank you! I'm okay with a yellow color since these are spring-y soaps anyway For reference, I can use the exact same recipes with HP that you can with CP, the difference is saponification happens before molding, not during ^^ So I'm assuming it's okay to add at trace. I hope. lol.

 

[new12soap]

Miss Brenda did a soap w a carrot puree swirl (I will try to find the link and post it), but I don't think she used quite that much! Yes, for HP you would use a full water amount, subtract the amount of puree you want to use from the water amount, but I would add the puree after the cook and thoroughly incorporate it right before you mold.

 

[squigglz]

Miss Brenda did a soap w a carrot puree swirl (I will try to find the link and post it), but I don't think she used quite that much! Yes, for HP you would use a full water amount, subtract the amount of puree you want to use from the water amount, but I would add the puree after the cook and thoroughly incorporate it right before you mold.

Isn't it better to cook it, though, so it doesn't go bad quite as fast?

 

[CaliChan]

I don't think it makes a difference considering you have to cook carrots before you puree them.

 

[hoegarden]

I think to cook the carrots is to soften it up so that you will not get lumpy puree. Carrot is hard before cooking. I remember a discussion somewhere. LOL.

Show us your cute rabbits once done.

 

[whitetulips]

Can you add shredded, uncooked carrot to a recipe..CP or HP? What about ripe, mashed bananas? Can that be added to CP or will it not be cooked enough during the process and make the soap go bad?

 

[hoegarden]

Can you add shredded, uncooked carrot to a recipe..CP or HP? What about ripe, mashed bananas? Can that be added to CP or will it not be cooked enough during the process and make the soap go bad?

I am not that sure. But I think it can be done. If fresh herbs can be used in soaping, I believe fresh vegetables can too.

There are already people adding mash bananas into soap recipes. Maybe some of the fellow soapies here did. See if they can advise you more.

 

[gratia]

I make a carrot facial bar and just subtract the amount of carrot you want o use from your water amount. I oven hot process so I just mix lye/milk and then add the carrot, combine the oils/lye mixture to trace and toss in the oven. I cannot keep these bars on my shelf.

 

[new12soap]

Nope, don't need to cook it with the soap, just use jarred baby food pureed carrots and it will be fine.

 

[Genny]

1. Do I just subtract the water from the puree? (Meaning, if the recipe calls for 16oz of water and I use 3oz of puree, do I make it 13oz water 3oz puree?)
2. When to add it? I do hot process. I know CP you add at trace, but should I add before or after cooking for HP?
3. Anything else I should know about working with purees?

1) Yes. If you're going to add that much puree, it's best to subtract some of your water.
2) With HP, I always add it before cooking so the lye can react with the puree.
3) Make sure your puree is fully pureed & contain no large chunks. So if you're using a hard vegetabe/fruit, it's easiest if you cook them first to be able to puree it thin enough.