Homemade Butter

Homemade Butter

 

You Will Need:

1 carton (any size) of heavy whipping cream

(photo shown below)

 

Pour carton of heavy cream into large mixing bowl

 

With a hand mixer (or stand mixer if you have one) begin to beat the cream on medium speed. After beating for approximately 6 or 8 minutes the cream will start to "separate". This is normal. (photo shown below, about halfway through the process)

 

Continue to beat until mixture has separated and the solid portion becomes thick. (This can get a little messy. It splatters once the liquid starts to accumulate.)

 

Once you finish beating, scoop out the solid portion and strain through a mesh strainer to insure you remove as much liquid as possible. The solid part is your pure, fresh homemade butter! You can season it any way you like such as salt. This is what your butter will look like.

 

Store your fresh butter in a container in the refrigerator.

The liquid portion that is leftover is fresh buttermilk! You can freeze the fresh buttermilk and use in numerous recipes such as biscuits or pancakes!

This is what your buttermilk will look like. If you are not planning to use it right away you can freeze it for later use.

 

And there you have it! Homemade fresh butter and buttermilk!

 

Enjoy!