Lemon Bar Tallow soap -

Lemon Bar Tallow soap

Weigh the water in a heat-safe container.
weigh the lye separately.
In a well vented room or outdoors, wearing gloves and safety goggles, carefully and slowly pour the lye into the water. Stir gently.
Once the lye water has turned from cloudy to clear, leave it to cool until the temperature is 96 degrees.
Weigh tallow and coconut oil out and put into a pot to melt. Then add the olive oil. Check the temperature of the oils. You want it to be 96 degrees F. Let cool if necessary.
Carefully pour the lye water into the oil mixture
Use an immersion blender to mix the soap. After a few minutes, it will get creamy, and start to thicken. Mix until it has reached trace, the light pudding consistency.
Add the essential oils and blend again to incorporate.
Pour soap into molds, top with wax paper, and wrap molds in towels.
After 24 hours, remove soap from the mold and slice it into bars. Let cure in an area with good airflow for 4 weeks.

To help keep fumes down place your lye water container in a metal bowl of ice.

Essential oil total weight 1.75 oz.