Laundry Soap Recipe

Yes, this is a cooking blog, but I just had to share this recipe for laundry soap with you all since we all must wash clothes! I actually got this from the Duggar family website. Above are the only three ingredients you will need. The yellow color is from the bar of Fels-Naptha soap grated up. I had a little trouble finding these in the laundry aisle at Kroger, so I thought a picture would be helpful. The only time consuming thing was grating the bar of soap. But it only took about 10 minutes. The bars were only $1.19 each at Kroger. I thought it was worth it to save so much money! The Duggars say that each batch of laundry soap is only around $2.00!

If you prefer liquid detergent or you have a front loading machine, their site has another recipe listed.

Powdered Laundry Detergent - Top load machine

1 Fels-Naptha soap bar, grated
1 Cup - Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda*
½ Cup Borax

-Grate soap or break into pieces and process in a food processor until powdered. Mix all ingredients. For light load, use 1 Tablespoon. For heavy or heavily soiled load, use 2 Tablespoons. Yields: 3 Cups detergent. (Approx. 40 loads)

*Arm & Hammer "Super Washing Soda" - Baking Soda will not work, nor will Arm & Hammer Detergent - It must be sodium carbonate!!