Deer tallow

We try to use every part of the animal when we hunt animals. This time while I was making bone broth from an elk my husband shot, I got beautiful tallow! After doing some research I found out ways to render tallow and finally got to experiment with a tallow soap recipe! This soap is extremely conditioning and my husband and I just love it! #homemadesoap #hunting #elktallow #renderingtallow #useeverypart

It's easy to learn how to render tallow using the crock pot method! There are a few tips to know to make sure the process is easy and the beef tallow turns out well.

If you have a supply of beef fat, you might consider rendering it into tallow. Here are sixteen uses for tallow in your kitchen and home.

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Making soap from rendered deer fat is easy!

So now that I've got the art of soapmaking down pat I wanted to see if I could take it the most logical next homesteading step...generating the fats needed to make the soap on the farm. My husband is a deer hunter and every year we have been lucky enough to have several deer to harvest. This year I asked him to save all the fat so I could render it. He got 4 deer this year which yielded enough fat to make 3 batches so far and enough left in the freezer to make 2 more. Deer tallow combined…

Deer Tallow Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nutrient dense, versatile… tallow is amazing stuff. This is my method for how to render and purify tallow so that it is odorless and white. This is the wet rendering method for making tallow, with some extra purification steps. It is the best method for how to render and purify tallow for soap, tallow balm, or candles. Or you can cook with it! It turns out so beautifully. Tallow balm made with tallow rendered using this method has no beef smell at all.

The practice of rendering deer fat into tallow candles has been around for hundreds of years. They are an easy DIY gift idea that use items you probably already have at home.

My uncle Charlie brought me some deer fat to soap when I saw him for Thanksgiving. Wahoo! I've been wanting to try my hand at rendering fat! Okay...so if my family is reading this...they're saying, "there is no way she's touching that. She won't even

I am the kind of person who loves to learn and to be the best steward of the resources I am given, that I can be. I find that the longer I have been on this rock the better I am able to do both of …

One of the greatest feelings after a successful hunting season is the satisfaction of providing for yourself and your loved ones. Anticipating all the...

making deer tallow soap.

The fats in tallow are so similar to the fats below our skin, making tallow balm the perfect nourishing salve and body butter.

Soap made from deer tallow or fat

DIY Whipped Tallow Balm Recipe ⬇️ Why buy a 2 oz jar of tallow balm for $40 when you can buy 3 lbs of beef fat locally for $9 and make it yourself?! 🙌🏼 I LOVE making my own tallow balm, and having...

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DIY Whipped Tallow Balm Recipe ⬇️ Why buy a 2 oz jar of tallow balm for $40 when you can buy 3 lbs of beef fat locally for $9 and make it yourself?! 🙌🏼 I LOVE making my own tallow balm, and having...