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Wooden spoons and tin of beeswax wood butter image.

Beeswax Spoon Butter Recipe

Charlotte Anderson @ Carolina Honeybees, LLC
Step by step instructions for making homemade spoon butter for wooden spoons, cutting boards and more.
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Tools

Supplies
 

  • 4 tablespoons beeswax (2 oz net wt)
  • 8 ounces coconut oil (fluid ounces) (7.69 oz net wt)
  • 3` drops vitamin E oil (Few Drops or 2 capsules)
  • 1 piece small wide-mouth container

Instructions
 

  • Melt beeswax
    The safest way to melt beeswax is using the double boiler method. I use a small boiler insert to melt wax. It is inexpensive and easy to use for all my wax projects.
    Measure your beeswax and add it to the double boiler pot. Slow and steady is the pace. Do not heat the water in the bottom pot to a boil – just a good simmer.
    Small bars of beeswax melting in pot for spoon butter image.
  • Add coconut oil.
    Once most of the beeswax is melted, add your measured coconut oil. This oil will melt very quickly. Slowly and continuously stir to combine the beeswax and oil.
    Adding liquid coconut oil to melted beeswax image.
  • Add Vitamin E Oil (Optional)
    Remove the pot from heat and add 1 capsule of vitamin e oil or 3 drops of liquid vitamin e oil. This is optional but it will help keep the oils in your recipe from going rancid for a longer time. Stir.
    Using dropper to put vitamin e oil in wooden spoon butter recipe image.
  • Pour into containers.
    Before your mix starts to cool, pour into small containers to be used or given as gifts. Be sure to choose a container with a wide mouth to make getting the wooden spoon butter out easier.
    Pouring recipe for beeswax spoon butter into small jars image.
  • Set aside to cool.
    Let your homemade spoon butter cool and then seal the container. Even for home use, adding some type of label is a good idea. Your spoon butter should last 6 mos to a year.
    Containers of homemade spoon butter cooling on table image.
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