Homemade Soap - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (1 lb.) can Lewis lye
1 qt. water
5 lb. clear rendered mutton tallow
4 oz. glycerin
1/2 oz. lavender
2 Tbsp. ammonia

Preparation

Dissolve the can of lye in the water, stirring to cool it. The tallow should be neither warm nor hard.
Very slowly pour the lye into the tallow in a thin steady stream, stirring it all continuously.
Then without stopping, add the glycerin, lavender and ammonia.
Beat until creamy and smooth.
Pour into small forms.
When hard, it is ready to use.