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Wood Utensils Oil

A clean, two ingredients, simple wood oil recipe for conditioning your kitchen's wooden items like spoons, spatulas, and cutting boards to maintain them for a longer time.
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Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp bee’s wax
  • 3 tbsp organic coconut oil

Equipment

  • 1 double broiler DIY option in post
  • 1 grater or knife for grating or shaving bee's wax

Method
 

  1. Grate or shave the bee’s wax if it comes in a bar.
  2. Add bee’s wax and coconut oil to a double broiler or if needed, add a glass bowl that fits well into a sauce pot with water to create steam. Use only an inch of water and make sure the water does not touch the glass bowl or it could get too hot.
  3. Allow the oil and bee’s wax to melt. Stir the two together well.
  4. In a sterilized jelly jar, pour the conditioner into the jar and allow it to cool down and solidify.
  5. Once the conditioner is solid, you can now use an old, clean rag to rub on the wood conditioner to your wooden utensils and cutting board.

Notes

I did not think to look up how to DIY a double broiler before I started with this recipe so I melted oil and wax real low and slow in a pot. The clean up is not fun so a double broiler or a homemade one with a glass bowl is better.
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