Wood Butter – A Recipe for Your Utensils!

Wood butter is a terrific homemade product to use for all of your wood kitchen products from wooden spoons to cutting boards.

Course All Recipes

Keyword mineral oil, spoon oil, wood butter

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 35

Total Time 45

Calories

Author Barb

Ingredients

4 ounces pure beeswax I used pellets
16 ounces food grade mineral oil typically packaged with 16 liquid ounces per container

Instructions

Bring a large saucepan filled with water to a gentle boil.
Place your beeswax inside a 2 quart glass measuring cup or a 1 quart glass jar; set the glass into the gently boiling water.
Place the container of mineral oil inside another medium saucepan filled with water and heat to low.The mineral oil just needs to be warmed to mix with the beeswax; no need for a rolling boil.
Once all the wax has melted, turn off the stove and carefully add the warmed mineral oil to the beeswax;stirring with a spoon to combine.
Using a towel around the handle of the measuring cup, carefully pour the liquid into each jar fit with the canning funnel; filling them almost to the top.
Finish filling all jars and wait for the wax to cool and firm up before using.

Notes

This post has had several people feel compelled to advise against the use of mineral oil as an ingredient as it is a by product of petroleum, however, it has been deemed safe by the FDA for use as a laxative so I see no need for the scare tactics. See the comments from a reader named Bob…he speaks the truth!