I'm Julie, and I live with my husband and three young daughters in New South Wales suburbia, Australia. This is the online journal I kept until recently, of how we are trying to live more simply & sustainably in suburbia.
This blog is on indefinite hiatus but please feel free to look around my archives for some inspiration in your own journey to living more lightly and sustainably.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Almost good enough to eat...
Rebatched wheat germ & sunflower oil soap: pure soap, grated, mixed with wheat germ & sunflower oil and enough boiling water to just combine, rolled into balls and dried for 48 hours before use.
Firstly, I would post the recipe - if I had one! The soap flakes came out of an old kit and I winged it with the wheat germ and oil - sorry. The very rough quantities would have been around 2 tbs sunflower oil & a large handful of wheat germ to maybe 3 cups of *very* fine soap flakes, and say, 1 cup of boiling water mixed in to make a thick 'dough'. Then rolled by hand into balls before it hardened up again. The last ones I did are a bit crumbly so you need to work fast - or add less wheat germ.
Maybe Googling might turn up a more specific recipe? Sorry guys.
11 comments:
They do look pretty.
I first thought you were doing fruit balls or something.
Kind Regards
Belinda
Very noice indeed.
They do look lovely :o)
What ratio do you make them in? I have all those ingredients, I'd love to give it a try!
Christine
Oh MY!!! They look like pecan sandies(or what most Texans call a Mexican Wedding Cookie) before the sugaring. YUM!! I bet they scrub wonderfully too!
Molly
http://www.joyofbaking.com/Mexican%20Wedding%20Cakes.html
oh, you must post more specific instructions! These would be great wrapped up cute as Christmas gifts!!
I couldn't scroll down the page quick enough to find out what type of biscuts they were!
Hmm must be afternoon tea time! But please can you share the recipe with us....
Yum :)
i was thinking, "those would be yummy with a glass of milk," until i read your entire post!!! i'm off to read more of your interesting blog. yay!
I thought they were bickies until I read your post. They would look so pretty in a basket on a bathroom shelf.
I would love more details on the recipe too.
Emma
Hello everyone :-)
Firstly, I would post the recipe - if I had one! The soap flakes came out of an old kit and I winged it with the wheat germ and oil - sorry. The very rough quantities would have been around 2 tbs sunflower oil & a large handful of wheat germ to maybe 3 cups of *very* fine soap flakes, and say, 1 cup of boiling water mixed in to make a thick 'dough'. Then rolled by hand into balls before it hardened up again. The last ones I did are a bit crumbly so you need to work fast - or add less wheat germ.
Maybe Googling might turn up a more specific recipe? Sorry guys.
Cheers, Julie
Wow....when I first saw the photos I totally wanted to eat them!
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