Sugar Cookie Hand & Body Scrub

So, sometimes for nothing more than my own entertainment, I gotta change things up a bit! This week that meant making up a big batch of Sugar Cookie Hand & Body Scrub as a fun little takeaway for class attendees and to just keep on hand for little thank-you's. And I must say, this stuff is dope. Light and airy and creamy with the perfect amount of grit. And ya know how I love grit. ;) It holds it's lovely texture too and doesn't separate into a greasy mess like a lot of scrubs. The smell is heavenly. You likely have most of the ingredients on hand or could easily modify using things you already have. I'll tell you how I made this but it really is not an exact science. Experiment as you please!

 

Ingredients:

6 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups Organic coconut oil (be sure it is cool enough to be at a solid)

1/2 cup Almond oil (I used the kind specifically for skin but food grade works too)

1 Tb. pure almond extract (organic would be ideal but I used what I had)

1 Tb. real vanilla extract

1/2 tsp. Nemat Vanilla Musk fragrance, optional (I am obsessed with these natural fragrance oils at Whole Foods and other natural stores)

Yields: 18 four ounce Mason jars

I do think the key to it's light, whippy texture is whipping the oils and sugar. I added the sugar and firm coconut oil to my mixing bowl and let it go on medium for a couple of minutes. Then I streamed in the almond oil as it was mixing and finally the extracts. Easy peasy. The scent at this point is very mild. Good but mild. If you're not big on fragrance, you could leave it as is or add more extracts. I happened to have some natural vanilla oil parfum and a 1/2 tsp did the trick. This stuff is super potent so go easy. You might be ok with 1/4 tsp. If you have vanilla essential oil, that would work well too! If you are concerned about strong scents transferring to your mixing bowl, you might consider pouring your whipped ingredients into another container before adding the fragrance oil. Then just hand stir in the fragrance. I have 3 mixing bowls, using one for non-cookie recipes so I wasn't too concerned about this. And the fragrance is natural and non-toxic and I can tell you that I cannot smell it since I've washed the bowl. But it's definitely something to keep in mind!

Next, I used a cupcake scoop to easily place the scrub into 4 oz. mason jars. 1 1/2 scoops was about perfect. The recipe was enough to fill 18 mason jars. I used my 2 1/2 inch round logo sticker to top the lids and finished them off with a ribbon. This was a super easy project and I think my guests will be thrilled! If I decide to make these on a regular basis, I may print a product specific sticker disclosing that this is a body scrub and is not edible. Ya know, just to cover your hiney (I probably wouldn't put it there either).

I am super pleased with how these turned out! My costs including the jars came to about $1.50 each. Whip some up with your own flare for an easy little boost to your brand!