Simple Goat Milk Soap Recipe

Equipment Needed:
Lg. stainless steel bowl or pot(large enough to hold ingrdients)
Lg. stainless steel or wooden spoon
2 thermometers, one for lye and one for the lard
Rubber gloves(for safety in stirring)
Soap molds to hold 6-8lbs. You can use a cardboard box or plastic container, etc.
Newspapers or old blankets to insulate the soap during soaponification process.

Supplies needed:
3 cups distilled water
2 cups of goat milk
1-1/4 cups(12ozs.) Lye( Sodium Hydroxide) Do not use drain cleaner!
10 cups lard
2 cups coconut oil
4 ozs. fragrace oil(if desired)

Directions:
1.Have prepared moldings ready before you begin.
2.Place the water into a large stainless steel bowl or pot. Carefully stir the lye into the water. Be careful it will get very hot. Hold your face away from the bowl and do not breath the fumes. If you can do this part outside, it would be best, if not make sure you do it in a well ventilated area. Keep white vinegar handy in case you splash lye on your skin. It will deactivate lye.
3.Allow water/lye mixture to cool to 85 degrees. This can take an hour or so.
When the mixture is cool, add the cold milk, stir. It will heat up alittle again, but not as hot. Let it cool to 80 degrees again. While it is cooling, prepare the fat and oil.
4. Warm the lard and coconut oil together to 90 degrees. Placing the pot into the sink of hot water can help you maintain the right temperature until used. You can add cool or hot water as need.
5. When the lye mixture is 80 degrees and the fat mixture is 90 degrees you can mix them together.
6.Slowly pour the warm fat mixture into the lye mixture, stirring all the while. Make sure you pour the fat. It is important to pour fat into a small steady stream, while stirring constantly.
7. Stir until mixture reaches the consistency of honey. This can take 25-45 minutes, if you do it by hand. (if you have a stick blender it will only take a few minutes). At this point, if you want to add fragrance, slowly stir in thoughly just before you pour into mold.
8. Pour the soap mixture into prepared molds, cover with a layer of plastic wrap. Then lay some newspapers and a blanket on top to hold the heat. The soap will get warm and harden. It is important to hold the heat for awhile. After 24 to 48 hours the soap can be removed from the mold.
9. Remove the soap from the molds, cut into bars, lay them or stack them in a way that air can circulate around them. Store them in an out of the way place to age for 4-6 weeks Turn a couple of times during the aging process do they dry evenly.
10. After 4-6 weeks the soap is ready to use and can be packed into storage containers.