Making Butter

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I tried to do a search for posts where making your own butter was discussed, but you can imagine how that went - every thread in this subforum came up! :gig

Those of ou who do it, can you pass along your methods? I have fresh cream in the fridge right now, I'd love to make my own butter, if only just this once....
 

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I've made butter using goat milk cream. It didn't turn out as well as I liked, but I bet it would work with your cow cream.

Basically you pour as much cold cream as you want into a jar, as long as there is some head room, and then shake. The cream should be cold, not too warm. The recipe I originally went by said 15-20 minutes, so it depends on the cream and the fat and protien amounts. Once about half of the 'butterfat' has become a solid drain the buttermilk off and knead the butter to get rid of any excess buttermilk.
 

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i think i had the same experience as blackbird - i spent a week getting enough cream from the goatsmilk! then i didnt like it
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but for cow's cream i just used the old - shake the jar method...which i've used before. i think its fun how all of a sudden it comes together. the hardest part for me is getting the milk out of it by rinsing. i once dropped a huge glob of it in the sink - where it went down the drain. drat!

dont forget to use the buttermilk!
 

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We did the same as BB in my DDs 1st grade class. Put cold cream into a jar and shook it. We also did this at Thanksgiving with the family, passing the jar around :)

As soon as the butter separates, you want to add some salt and give it a good stir through.

Of course this method is for small amounts but it is fun.
 

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I use my little food processor. It makes great butter in about 2 minutes.
 

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