Drying Rose Petals

I sold a Rose Petal Soap on my web site last week

I did not have any rose petals on hand to make the soap with

After panicking for 15 mins I called everyone I knew 

I found red roses

I first tried the microwave 

I nuked them for 1 min and they turned black

 I came up with a way to dry and keep them red

 The trick to doing is

Place you roses in a brown paper bag

put in the oven at 250 for 1 min

fluff them and put back in the oven. Keep checking until they are crisp dried and red

These came out really soft
 not like the dried petals I buy that are hard and crispy 

So i might have to plant some red roses

 Rose petal soap

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