January 30, 2010

Making Butter

We made butter.
Butter
1 pint of heavy whipping cream
glass jar with lid
pinch of salt

Shake (or blend on low speed) until it becomes butter. Really it's that easy.
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Joshua wanted to try his hand at blending.
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Whether in the jar or in a bowl the butter will look like this:
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Pour off the buttermilk and wash the butter in cold water until the water runs clear. Most sites recommend a cheese cloth. I didn't have one. I just mashed it around in the bowl with the spatula.

For $1.70, I got just over 6.5oz of butter and 1 cup of butter milk.
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2 comments:

  1. Fun! It's a little rebel tradition to make butter with daddy for our Thanksgiving meal. This year was our sixth year I think. We've never tried blending it, maybe I'll do that route the next time.

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