Comments on: Homemade Butter

By: missingminnesota

missingminnesota — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:16:34 +0000

also, the commercial butter I buy doesn’t have preservatives, and I have never had it go bad even when left on the counter for days….

By: missingminnesota

missingminnesota — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:13:33 +0000

what is the reason you can’t use ultra-pasteurized cream?

By: mamasandy1

mamasandy1 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:06:40 +0000

I’ve been using this homemade butter recipe for some time now. Because there are no preservatives in the homemade butter, I worried about it going bad. So I use small containers (1/2 cup or 1 cup) and keep only one container in the ‘fridge. I date and freeze the other containers, taking them from the freezer only as I need them. The refrigerated butter also gets quite hard. For soft butter, I put some in a butter keeper and let it sit on the kitchen counter, making sure I change the water every other day. It gets used up fast enough that it doesn’t go bad.

By: lovejoy229

lovejoy229 — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:18:24 +0000

This was so fun! I used half for regular butter and seasoned the other half for garlic bread! Yummy!

By: aeillill

aeillill — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:00:37 +0000

Made this today, I just poured the cream into my Kitchenaid and walked away, checking periodically to make sure everything was getting mixed up and nothing was clinging to the sides of the bowl. After I had strained out all the buttermilk I blended some honey into half of the butter & some roasted garlic into the other half for some specialty butters. Can’t wait to have it with my biscuits tonight for dinner.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:38:22 +0000

hee hee

made butter once – didn’t mean to, got interrupted while whipping cream.

yup.

I didn’t know about the adding water till it runs clear part.

thanks.

By: Jerseycook

Jerseycook — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:51:42 +0000

thewrights2007 – I’m so happy that it was a bonding activity for both of you! I was also amazed at the entire process the first time I made it!

jimgina23 – From what I read online, it seems that people suggest storing up to a week. Personally, though, I’ve made large batches and kept them in the fridge for up to a month and it didn’t go bad or anything. I say just keep it until it starts to smell “off.”

By: jimgina23

jimgina23 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:57 +0000

Does anyone know how long can this be stored in the fridge?

By: thewrights2007

thewrights2007 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:57:22 +0000

Thank you so much for this recipe. My daughter and I made it together, and it was so easy, and I feel like it was a learning activity for the two of us!

By: judyj

judyj — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:40:24 +0000

even easier-do it in a food processor in about 2 minutes.