Make Your Own Petroleum {FREE} Jelly

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Homemade Non-Petroleum Jelly (aka DIY “Vaseline”)

Ingredients

1/8 cup grated beeswax (about 1 ounce) I used beeswax pellets that I had ordered off Amazon a while ago.
1/2 cup cold pressed olive oil

Method
Combine beeswax and oil in a small saucepan. Melt over very low heat or in the top of a double boiler. Pour into a jar to cool.

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Beeswax pellets I bought in bulk off of Amazon.com

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I used cold pressed extra virgin olive oil that I use for everyday cooking.

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I didn’t use a double boiler….but I melted the beeswax into the olive oil at a VERY LOW TEMPERATURE.

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Even at that LOW temp….it melted together VERY quickly!

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Then I poured it into a 1/2 pint mason jar and set it on the window ledge in the kitchen with the window cracked open. It hardened up within 30 minutes.

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