Honey Soap
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the soap into thin shavings.
Melt the soap over low heat with just enough water to prevent burning.
Once melted, add the honey and stir until it boils.
Remove from heat and add the perfume.
Pour the mixture into a deep dish to cool.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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