Stir Soap

Old time soap that they cleaned with and did laundry with. No amount given so I am guessing . The directions is the exact way recipe reads.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 12 bars

Ingredients

• 2  cups  lye
• 1  cup  borax
• 12  cups water, warm
• 18  cups  lard, lukewarm
• 1⁄2 cup  ammonia

Directions

1. Dissolve 2 cans lye and 1 cup borax in 12 cups warm water.
2. Let stand 1 hour until lukewarm.
3. Pour 18 cups grease melted to lukewarm.
4. Pour lard into lye solution slowly, stirring constantly.
5. Add 1/2 cup ammonia.
6. Stir until thoroughly mixed.
7. Let stand; cut while hard.