Homemade Cream Cheese
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4.8
24 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
5 mins
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Total Time
10 mins
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Servings
2 cups of cream cheese
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Calories
250 kcal
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Course
Breakfast, Condiments
Homemade Cream Cheese
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This Homemade Cream Cheese recipe is super easy. It's creamy, fluffy and tastes so much better than the store-bought version we're all used to.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups whole milk ultra-pasteurized is ok!
- 2 tablespoons buttermilk shaken
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 drops liquid vegetable or animal rennet dissolved into 2 tablespoons of water
Instructions
- In a large pot, combine heavy cream, whole milk, buttermilk and salt. Heat to 75 degrees F. (Warm to the touch.)
- Mix in rennet being sure it’s evenly distributed. Cover with clean kitchen towel and allow to stand in place that’s 75 degrees for 14 hours. Just a heads up, I tried this once during the day and once at night. No surprise that the batch that sat for 14 hours during the day was MUCH better. It was just warmer and was overall a better environment for the cream cheese.
- Line a fine-mesh strainer with a few layers of cheesecloth; and then nestle it over a large bowl. Pour the cream/milk mixture into the cheesecloth and allow it to strain, on its own (don’t work it through), for about 4 hours to 5 hours. When it's completely drained, the final product should be a creamier, smoother and lighter version of cream cheese that you're probably used to. It keeps in the fridge for 2 weeks.
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Notes
- What to Do With the Whey Leftovers:
- Put them in homemade biscuits (in place of the buttermilk)
- Put them in cinnamon roll dough (in place of the milk)
Nutrition Information
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Calories
250kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
12g
(4%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
94g
(145%)
Saturated Fat
32g
(160%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
23g
Cholesterol
32mg
(11%)
Sodium
22mg
(1%)
Potassium
44mg
(1%)
Sugar
19g
(38%)
Vitamin A
32IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
55mg
(6%)
Iron
0.3mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2cups of cream cheese
Amount Per Serving
Calories 250 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 250kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 94g | 145% |
| Saturated Fat | 32g | 160% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 23g | 115% |
| Cholesterol | 32mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 22mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 44mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 32IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 55mg | 6% |
| Iron | 0.3mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.8
24 reviews
Excellent
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