A Butterscotch Candle and Other Small Joys
Candle-making has become one of my little homemaking tricks — truly embarrassing how easy it is. This week I melted down some wax, grabbed an old bone broth jar I’d heroically saved years ago for a time such as this, and stirred in a splash of butterscotch extract I found hiding in my pantry. Then I whipped up a batch of scones using the most shocking ingredient — genuinely, you won’t guess it, and when you do, you’ll question everything you’ve ever known about baking. And once the house smelled like a bakery, I cozied up under a good blanket with a good book. Nothing better.
The coziest blanket that you’ll pass down for generations
My favorite measuring cups (its the little things, ya know?)
everything I use for candle making:
Homemade Candle
Candle-making has become one of my little homemaking tricks — truly embarrassing how easy it is. This week I melted down some wax, grabbed an old bone broth jar I’d heroically saved years ago for a time such as this, and stirred in a splash of butterscotch extract I found hiding in the pantry.
Ingredients
Method
- use either a hot glue gun to secure the candle wick to the bottom of the jar (or do what I did and just use a bit of wax). To keep the wicks centered, you can wrap them around skewers, that you lay across the top of the jar.
- using a double broiler, melt the beeswax pellets and coconut oil until completely melted.
- turn off heat and add extract (can use any flavor, or essential oil you'd like)
- pour the melted wax concoction into your jar (I used a funnel so I didn't spill)
- If the wax hardens too quickly, melt again over the double broiler.
- Cut the wick as needed
