How to Make Homemade Butter
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How to Make Homemade Butter
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Learn how to make butter the old fashioned way using simple kitchen tools, no butter churn required. Includes brief butter history.
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Ingredients
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- large bowl of ice water
- Salt to taste (optional)
- Stand mixer, hand mixer or blender, or a jar with a tight fitting lid
Instructions
- Pour a pint of heavy cream or whipping cream into your device or into a jar with a tight-fitting lid. If using a machine, turn on low speed, then raise to medium speed. If you're using a jar, start shaking (you'll need some serious elbow grease if doing it by hand). First, the cream will turn into whipped cream with soft, then stiff peaks. Keep going until the cream breaks. If you’re shaking the cream by hand, you’ll hear a sloshing, then you’ll begin to feel something more solid hit the sides of the jar. If you’re using a stand mixer, you’ll see the butter clinging to the beater. This usually takes anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes -- by hand may take longer. In this process, you are separating the butterfat from the liquid.
- Once the butter has solidified, pour off the buttermilk and save it for baking (or drink it!). Scoop the butter into a bowl. Rinse the butter by pouring ice water over it and pressing the remaining buttermilk out with a small spatula or a spoon. Pour off the water and repeat the process. Keep rinsing and squishing the butter with the ice water until the water runs clear. Then add some salt if you like and work that through the butter.
- There you have it-- old-fashioned butter, no churn required! Spread on toast, corn on the cob, a baked potato, or whatever you like and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
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Calories
204kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
21g
(32%)
Saturated Fat
13g
(65%)
Cholesterol
81mg
(27%)
Sodium
22mg
(1%)
Potassium
44mg
(1%)
Vitamin A
870IU
(17%)
Vitamin C
0.3mg
(0%)
Calcium
38mg
(4%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8ounces
Amount Per Serving
Calories 204 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 204kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 21g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Cholesterol | 81mg | 27% |
| Sodium | 22mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 44mg | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 870IU | 17% |
| Vitamin C | 0.3mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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