4.8 from 24 votes
Homemade Cream Cheese
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.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings:
2
cups of cream cheese
Calories:
250 kcal
Course:
Breakfast, Condiments
Cuisine:
American, Israeli
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups milk ultra-pasteurized is ok!, whole
- 2 tablespoons buttermilk shaken
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 liquid vegetable rennet dissolved into 2 tablespoons of water, or animal rennet
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
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%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2 cups of cream cheese
Amount Per Serving
Calories 250
% 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.