Click for Cookbook LOGIN
"There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie."--Craig Claiborne

Lye Soap Recipe

  Tried it? Rate this Recipe:
 

 

This recipe for Lye Soap is from Cooking With The Cousins, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
lye
5 c. cold water

9 c. rendered hog fat, lukewarm

1 Tbsp. Borax
1 tsp. sugar
Directions:
Directions:
First dissolve lye in water, using an enamel pan or iron kettle. Add borax and sugar.

Pour lye solution into fat in large iron kettle very slowly. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring constantly with a wooden paddle or a strong stick. Let the pan of soap mixture stand 24 hours. Cover with a cloth until it's hard and ready to cut into bars and use.


Our Mother made this soap which we used for bathing and laundry. Later we bought soap for bathing but she continued to make it for laundry until the late nineteen fifties.

 

 

 

Learn more about the process to create a cookbook -- or
Start your own personal family cookbook right now!  Here's to good eating!

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!

 

 

 

553W  

Cookbooks are great for Holiday Gifts, Wedding Gifts, Bridal Shower ideas and Family Reunions!

*Recipes and photos entered into the Family Cookbook Project are provided by the submitting contributors. All rights are retained by the contributor. Please contact us if you believe copyright violations have occurred.

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!