How to Make Orange Peel Soap: This post originally appeared on the bMAKER blog as Orange Peel Soap

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How to Make Orange Peel Soap - This easy, Orange Peel Soap recipe is a "heat and pour" soap recipe. It is fragrant, and customizable with your favorite ingredients and essential oils if you choose. This Orange Peel Soap makes a great holiday or birthday gift; use it as a guest soap, or a "treat-yourself" spa soap. Give this fun and easy DIY soap recipe a try today!

How to Make Orange Peel Soap

Hi Everyone, are you looking for a fragrant, luxurious, and EASY "How to" soap recipe? Try this Orange Peel Soap! 

I used to be intimidated by soap recipes - it was something that I always wanted to try making but never did because it just seemed "hard." Well, guess what? It's really not, especially if you try a "heat and pour" soap-making method like this "How to Make Orange Peel Soap" recipe tutorial.

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We are using orange peel and soap bases (Shea butter and goat's milk) from bMAKER which you can get on Amazon.com; I linked to the orange peel that I I use in this "how to" recipe.

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As quoted from the packaging from the bMAKER dried orange peel package:

"Citrus sinensis, also known as sweet orange, is of the most popular and widely cultivated fruits of the world. The edible peel lends bright, tangy flavor to teas, mulled wines, baked goods and chutneys. Dried orange peel is also used to make scrubs, bath bags and potpourri blends.."

Ingredients for Orange Peel Soap

I made sure to add affiliate links to any ingredients and materials that I use for this "how to" tutorial in the recipe card below at the bottom of the post.

• 2 pounds bMAKER Shea butter or goats milk soap base - both are great!
• 1-2 tablespoons dried orange peel
• 5-10 drops rose or other essential oil

Helpful Kitchen Tools for Orange Peel Soap

• cutting board
• chef’s knife
• double boiler or a medium saucepan with a metal bowl
• wooden spoon for stirring
• measuring spoons and cups
• silicone soap molds
• rimmed sheet pan

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How to Make Orange Peel Soap

Yield: 4 soap bars

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 10 minutes

Additional Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Difficulty: medium

How to Make Orange Peel Soap – This easy, Orange Peel Soap recipe is a “heat and pour” soap recipe. It is fragrant, customizable with your favorite ingredients and essential oils, if you chose. This Orange Peel Soap makes a great holiday or birthday gift; use it as a guest soap or a “treat-yourself” spa soap. Give this fun and easy DIY soap recipe a try today!

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Materials

• 2 pounds Shea butter soap base (or goats milk soap base)
• 1-2 tablespoons dried orange peel
• 5-10 drops rose or other essential oil (optional)

Tools

• cutting board
• chef’s knife
• double boiler or a medium saucepan with a metal bowl
• wooden spoon for stirring
• measuring spoons and cups
• silicone soap molds
• rimmed sheet pan

Instructions

1. Gather the ingredients for this tutorial. Put the silicone mold(s) on a rimmed baking sheet for ease of movement and set aside.
2. In a medium saucepan (or double boiler), add about 1 inch of water, put a metal bowl to sit on top. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
3. While you bring the water to a boil, cut the soap base in squares.
4. Add the squares to the bowl of the double boiler. Melt the soap base squares completely, occasionally stirring with a wooden spoon.
5. When the soap base is completely melted, add the dried orange peel and optional rose or other essential oil. Stir to combine.
6. Carefully pour the liquid soap mixture into the soap molds.
7. Allow the soap to harden at room temperature or place in the refrigerator to harden at a faster rate. When the soap is completely hardened then remove the soap from the silicone molds. Enjoy!

Notes

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