Recipe for butter!!

[ishereal]

I bought some raw cream from a local farmer and wanted to make cream, any recipes u love?

[syd'smom]

Cream, kitchen aid, mix. Add a smidge of salt if you like. I can't believe how easy it is.

[sapphire_chan]

A food processor will work if you don't have a kitchen aid. Your kids, a jar, and a clean clothespin (and a LOT more time) will work if you don't have a food processor and/or want to entertain them (cream and clothespin in jar, close tightly, have kids roll jar back and forth until butter.)

[ishereal]

Originally Posted by sapphire_chan

A food processor will work if you don't have a kitchen aid. Your kids, a jar, and a clean clothespin (and a LOT more time) will work if you don't have a food processor and/or want to entertain them (cream and clothespin in jar, close tightly, have kids roll jar back and forth until butter.)

Yea, i don't have a food processor!! lol, what is the clothespin for?

[Phantaja]

I've even used a plain kitchen mixer. You know the kind with the beaters? Turns out great.

[sapphire_chan]

Originally Posted by ishereal

Yea, i don't have a food processor!! lol, what is the clothespin for?

It's to mix it faster. Just shaking will work, but with something in the jar it goes faster. More agitation gets the butterfat out faster.

You might want to wait a day or to so your cream can ferment a bit and get a more buttery flavor, but then you run into food safety stuff.

[sapphire_chan]

Originally Posted by Phantaja

I've even used a plain kitchen mixer. You know the kind with the beaters? Turns out great.

Yeah, thought of that as I was making mayonnaise today.

[witchygrrl]

Originally Posted by sapphire_chan

A food processor will work if you don't have a kitchen aid. Your kids, a jar, and a clean clothespin (and a LOT more time) will work if you don't have a food processor and/or want to entertain them (cream and clothespin in jar, close tightly, have kids roll jar back and forth until butter.)

I saw this on TV when I was a kid. Something that kids were learning how to do in 4-H!

[Holiztic]

An immersion blender would work, too, as anyone knows that looked away from whipping cream for a moment and ended up with butter! I assume even a blender would work.

You could also tie a jar of cream around your horse's neck and go out for a gallop!!

[Kelilah]

I let my cream sit out overnight to thicken and culture up a bit, then pour it into the food processor. Before I started using the FP, I used my electric hand mixer, but I found it splattered a bit more than I liked. Just beat it up until the butter separates and starts to clump up, then pour off the buttermilk (save it for baking! It's so good!) and press the butter solids into a fine sieve to squeeze out as much of the buttermilk as possible. Rinse repeatedly with ice water, mixing it around and pressing it up the sides of the bowl, until the water stays clear. At this point I like to add herbs and/or salt.

It's good stuff.

[The Amber Lily]

Sorry for the repetative question, but beating cream with a mixer will make butter?! How do I know when it's done?

Is making butter this easy??

[rhiandmoi]

You will know when it is done - there's no mistaking it. It will totally look like butter.

[The Amber Lily]

So, I learned how to make butter from whipping cream! It turned out great, and was such a neat thing to learn. Thanks!

[sarah_bella1050]

Don't forget to rinse the butter until the water runs clear afterward or it will go rancid quicker.

[_ktg_]

subbing! oh boy do i love butter!

[Llyra]

Originally Posted by The Amber Lily

Sorry for the repetative question, but beating cream with a mixer will make butter?! How do I know when it's done?

Is making butter this easy??

It really is that easy. DH and I did it accidentally the other night, while trying to make whipped cream and not paying close enough attention. Beat it through the whipped cream phase, and keep on beating, and you'll know when it's done-- you'll have butter, swimming in a bit of buttermilk.

Then all you do is salt it, if you want to, and there you go.

I find it happens more easily if the cream is very fresh, and has absolutely nothing added to it. So the standard whipping cream in grocery stores, which often has a few things added, won't make butter so well. And even with good cream if it's not that fresh it doesn't go to butter that well.