Vanilla Soap

[hoegarden]

Try vanillin crystals? Alternately, The Scent Works' Vaniglia de Madagascar is pretty good, as FOs go.

Does it works the same way as methol crystal?

 

[Kansas Farm Girl]

Could I take vanilla beans that I have on hand and zip them through a blender to make powder? Would that be the same vanilla powder that you can purchase? I've never heard of buying it for cooking.

 

[hoegarden]

I have tried blending vanilla beans before. But it doesn't get to the super powdery stage despite I tried to do so for couple of longer minutes. I even toast the bean before to get rid of extra moisture so that the blending can be finer. Still, I never get to the powder stage. Perhaps a super powerful blender is needed.

Same for my lavender flower. :lolno:

I think the powder for cooking is call vanillin or something along that line. But it is in powder form and rich in vanilla scent. So not sure it they are the same as the vanilla powder mentioned.

 

[2lilboots]

I wonder if you put the vanilla beans in a food dehydrator and then put them in the food processor if you can turn them into a powder.

 

[hoegarden]

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I was looking at some youtube videos on vanilla bean. I wonder if the vanilla paste can help in creating the vanilla smell and at the same time, the sugar use to the make the paste give the soap a nice lather? Sound like something that can be explored.

 

[AngelMomma]

https://www.thesage.com/catalog/products/Fiber-Vanilla-Beans--Ground-.html

This is ground whole vanilla beans from the sage that can be used in soap. I bet it takes some hefty equipment and alot of work to get a consistent small grind. I don't think using a whole ground vanilla bean in food would be good at all though! Usually people just scoop out the seeds from inside and/or steep the vanilla bean in a liquid. The powdered vanilla used in food is a processed powder that does not contain the pod.


This is an example of vanilla powder used for food purposes, it is sucrose based with vanilla extractives.

http://www.starwest-botanicals.com/..._medium=feed&gclid=CI3IhvSwsrUCFUiRPAodRx0AmQ

 

[2lilboots]

dry them, chop in smaller pieces then throw them in a coffee grinder. Those suckers will grind anything to dust.

 

[hoegarden]

Errrrrrrr... I don't have a coffee grinder... :cry:

 

[2lilboots]

You can get them for under $20.

 

[hoegarden]

Not at my country. We seldom drink grind coffee beans. We take instant coffee. So seldom people buy that and thus, nobody selling. LOL.

 

[lizflowers42]

Not at my country. We seldom drink grind coffee beans. We take instant coffee. So seldom people buy that and thus, nobody selling. LOL.

I feel for you! Sanka is no substitute for coffee!! I bought some once for my office thinking it would be great for those days when the pot was empty...I was sadly mistaken!

Can you order one online though? I have a Kitchen Aide grinder and I paid $30 for it...works beautifully for all kinds of spices too!

 

[judymoody]

For a variety of reasons, I need to avoid any synthetic fragrances, but I would like to a hint of vanilla to various recipes. Is there any reason that I couldn't take vanilla beans and instead of putting it into a bottle of vodka (like I do to make extract) put them into a bottle of oil and either hot process or let it steep for a while?

This would be a terrible waste of good vanilla beans. Very little will survive the lye monster.

 

[hoegarden]

I feel for you! Sanka is no substitute for coffee!! I bought some once for my office thinking it would be great for those days when the pot was empty...I was sadly mistaken!

Can you order one online though? I have a Kitchen Aide grinder and I paid $30 for it...works beautifully for all kinds of spices too!

I cannot imagine the shipping now. But I will invest in one when I get my own house next time. You never know when you will need it. But it will be 5 years later though at least.

I know instant coffee is never better than brew coffee. My mum will buy coffee powder (older generation) but they are already grind when she bought it. we use very traditional way to brew coffee using hot water and muslin strain.

anyway back to the vanilla soap. I may try out using the paste method and see if it works but not so fast. If i even did one, i will tell everybody about the results.

 

[layserbrat]

Is that the only place selling the powder? Is the powder edible? I am thinking if the vanilla powder that we use for baking can be use in the same context.

Not sure if NGs is food grade, but what I bought at the bulk foods store was in with the extracts and flavorings. It works super for the vanilla fragrance....I made a Lemon Poppy Seed soap with Lemon EO and the Vanilla powder. it was a HP soap and added it at the end. I also used Orris Root powder as a fixatives so it was a little off white, but not anywhere near tan or brown.

 

[hoegarden]

I was shopping around for vanilla pods and need some advice. A bakery supplies store was selling the pods but kept them in fridge. Base on alot of reading done, vanilla pods should never be kept in fridge..

Does that means these vanilla pods once open and use need to be place back in fridge?? So confuse now.

 

[AngelMomma]

http://www.vanillaproductsusa.com/servlet/StoreFront

This is where I buy my vanilla beans. I like the Bourbon Vanilla beans the best. They are so fresh, supple and big compared the the anemic looking ones in the stores. Anyway they recommend that you double bag them and remove the excess air and store in the pantry. I have done that and they have kept great! I think it would be fun to scrape out the little tiny seeds and put them in a soap. Even if the scent didn't survive they could be a gentle exfoliant.