Teach Soap

One thing i will say about Anne's recipe is that it takes a long time and it is impossible to read the temp w/o stirring. If you hit an unmolested pot w/ you temp gun it will only read about 130 degrees but when you start stirring you see the temp at the bottom is between 160-190. After I had been cooking for 6 hours and didn't have a nice brown paste like Anne's @ 4 hours (maybe bc I was using avocado oil rather than olive?) i slowly turned the temp up a nudge every 15 min stir until i got to the 180-190 degree range and then i just stirred it more often keeping a lookout for black burned pieces but never had any problem with burning. Especially if you are doing a big batch don't be afraid to turn that temp up a little from the recommended 160 or you're going to be stirring all night.

I never did get as dark of a paste as Anne has at 4 hours but when i did the clear jar test it dissolved perfectly overnight so I guess its cool.