DIY Liquid Soap in a Slow Cooker

By Alicia Grosso
Published on February 28, 2018
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Handmade liquid soap is similar to the soap you would buy in a store, except you can customize the colors and smells to fit your home.
Handmade liquid soap is similar to the soap you would buy in a store, except you can customize the colors and smells to fit your home.
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“DIY Artisanal Soaps” by Alicia Grosso guides you step-by-step through the home soapmaking process, from basic recipes to packaging and selling your creations.
“DIY Artisanal Soaps” by Alicia Grosso guides you step-by-step through the home soapmaking process, from basic recipes to packaging and selling your creations.

DIY Artisanal Soaps (Adams Media, 2016), by Alicia Grosso equips readers with everything they need to begin making their own beautiful soaps right at home. Grosso lists the main ingredients needed, plus recipes on how to personalize your soaps to be perfect for your home. In this excerpt, she gives her recipe for making liquid soap in a slow cooker.

For this recipe, use a 3 1/2-quart slow cooker. If you use too small a slow cooker for the batch, you increase the chances of overheating, overflowing, and the “volcano” action of the cooking soap. You can make liquid soap in a double boiler or with the oven hot-process techniques, too.

This recipe yields about 3 pounds of paste, which will dilute to about 6 pounds of liquid soap.

Ingredients:

• 22 ounces coconut oil
• 4 ounces castor oil

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