I bought the liquid lecithin at my local health food store. I really don't know how important it is to the recipe. I know that many bakers advocate adding it to baked goods. According to Pleasant Hill Grain.com, "As a 100% natural emulsifier, lecithin improves moisture tolerance and uniform suspension of ingredients and shortens mixing times. Bread texture and elasticity are improved, and crusts are more tender. Fats and oils are stabilized, reducing rancidity and prolonging freshness." I've also included a link to the Bob's Red Mill fact sheet about lecithin. I wanted to experiment with adding it to my homemade breads, but never got around to purchasing it. When I saw it listed as an ingredient in the Laurel's Kitchen recipe, I finally decided to break down and visit the health food store. I'm assuming that the dry milk powder adds some body to the butter spread and the lecithin helps emulsify & stabilize the spread a bit. Here is a link that might be useful: Bob's Red Mill Facts about Lecithin

I have just revised the amount of laundry soap I can use per load. On another board I have learned some important facts on using soap, as opposed to detergent, in the laundry. A preferrably hot or at least a warm wash is essential to rinisng out soaps. Cold water contracts the fibers, and can trap soap in the wash. Vinegar, in laundry speak a sour, aids in the rinsing out of soaps. Too much sour is worse than none at all. Sours counteract the harshness of alkaline soaps (and remember that the washing soda is very alkaline). Too much sour will "will cause textile fibres to shut down tightly and trap any remaining soap/detergent and other muck." (Thanks to Laundress at the other board for this infomation.) Armed with this new knowledge, I looked at the cycles on my Affinity, and have revised how I wash. I always used the hot cycle for whites. My new machine only offers a cold rinse on the hot cycle. So last time I washed, I changed my usual routine. Instead of hot wash/cold rinse I changed to warm wash/warm rinse. I used 1/4 cup of the soap powder, instead of my usual three tablespoons plus my usual scoop of Sun Oxy Wash. In the softener compartment I put in 2 tablespoons of vinegar, I usually use none. The results impressed me. The clothes were still soft and fluffy as usual. Even with the increased ammount of laundry powder, they seem to have rinsed out more thoroughly. I have less of a scent on the clothes than before, and the clothes were cleaner. From now on I will be using a warm rinse whenever possible, and two tablespoons of vinegar in the softener department.

I think they're better, although I like the store bought ones too, so I can't be sure. Tobyt, do you remember how much fruit puree you used? Did it affect stickiness at all? I've made the plain ones, but I'd be interested to try fruity ones too.

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