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Homemade Butter

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Made with just two ingredients (one being a pinch of salt) and an afternoon of fun, this homemade butter is unprocessed, natural, and as real as it gets! So fun to make with little ones!

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces, fluid Organic Heavy Whipping Cream, Very Cold
  • ⅛ teaspoons Sea Salt (or More To Taste)

Preparation

Makes about 5 ounces.

1. In a large jar with a tight fitting lid, add cold cream and salt. I used a quart-sized mason jar. You want your jar to be big enough for the cream to move around loosely.

2. Tighten lid securely and get ready to shake your brains out. I mean, really shake that sucker. This is a great time to get your cardio and arm workout done. Or grab a friend and take turns shaking until you can shake no longer. You will want to shake your jar for a total of 25 minutes.

3. At about 4 or so minutes in, you will definitely hear a difference in your cream. It will take on a deep thick sound. At about 8 1/2 minutes in it will be almost too thick to shake anymore. If you take a peek, you’ll see that you’ve made whipped cream. Keep going!

4. At about 14 1/2 minutes you will definitely see a separation. Keep shaking that baby! 20 minutes in and your butter will separate completely. You’ll hear a sort of “plop” sound!

You’re looking for the butterfat to become solid (i.e. the butter!) and completely separate from the liquid (i.e. the buttermilk)! Cool, huh? Give your jar another 2-5 minutes of shaking at this point, just to really release all the solids from the liquid.

5. Once your butter has formed, get out a bowl and place a fine mesh strainer on top. Pour out all the contents from your jar. Save that liquid/buttermilk! Use it in cereals, granola, smoothies, or just drink as is.

6. Gently press out any remaining liquid from the butter as best you can and then add butter to a container with a tight fitting lid. Store in the fridge for up to a week and use it exactly as you would butter from the store.

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Christina Main (Sweet Lavender Bake Shoppe) on 10.17.2014

I’m sure you totally could! :) Some people don’t have a mixer, so I opted to show the directions in a way everyone could do :)

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marymc1952 on 10.2.2014

Just wondering why you can’t do this with a mixer… would be a lot quicker.

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Christina Main (Sweet Lavender Bake Shoppe) on 7.12.2014

Hey Sue Z. Oh you’re so welcome! There really is nothing like homemade butter! And yes, a pinch of salt really does help bring out the flavors ;) I’m glad you appreciate a good pinch of salt, like I do! This recipe makes about 5 ounces, so like a little over 1 stick of store bought butter. About a stick and 2 tablespoons- ish.

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Sue Z. on 7.9.2014

In comparison to butter bought at the store, how much would you say this makes?
2-3 sticks worth?
And thank you for adding that pinch of salt. I know…sounds so silly but every other recipe I have seen on making butter has foo-foo’d the whole idea of adding salt.
In my honest opinion, it truly does give butter a better flavor – more outstanding then butter already is.
That one tiny lil pinch isn’t going to cause a train wreck to one’s health.
That said…thank you for sharing this!

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