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Mamaw Maddox's Lye Soap Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
6 lbs. Melted fat
1 Can Lye
2.5 Pints of hot water
Directions:
Directions:
Dissolve lye in hot water. Let cool.

Pour lye mixture in slow, steady stream into fat, stirring constantly.

Stir until cool. Pour into boxes that have been dipped into cold water.

Allow to cool and set. Cut into desired sizes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This was Mamaw Maddox's recipe, passed down to her daughter Ova Lee and further to her daughter Modell.

 

 

 

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