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Butter has long since been a culinary delight. Its velvety consistency is an iconic kitchen staple in many households. It’s great to make soft cookies or fluffy biscuits. It’s also amazing on top of a fresh loaf of sourdough bread partnered with your favorite flavor of jam.
I’ve tried to be more ingredient conscious in products I buy now a days, and butter has been one that always seem to have surprising ingredients like inflammatory oils and preservatives.
Granted, here are definitely some clean butter options out there, but making it yourself when you can is a great alternative. It allows you to really see what is going into your food.
I originally learned how to make this yummy kitchen staple during my elementary years as a class activity. But, I had long since forgotten how simple it really is to create butter. All it takes is heavy whipping cream, salt, a mixer, cheese cloth, and a few minutes of time. (If you have a stand mixer, just a few seconds).
Detailed below are the steps for making a simple yummy whipped butter.
Ingredients:
Heavy Whipping Cream
Salt
Supplies:
Bowl
Storage Jar
Butter Making Steps
Take out your desired amount of heavy whipping cream and pour it into your mixing bowl to start your homemade butter process.
Using your stand mixer, beat the whipping cream until it starts to separate into curds. (This will take around 10 minutes depending on mixing speed)
Place your cheesecloth in a bowl big enough to hold the whipped mixture.
Pour the whipped butter mixture into the cheesecloth.
Forming a ball, squeeze as much moisture as you can out of the curd. It should just go through the cheesecloth pretty easily.
Place the squeezed butter in an ice bath to help remove excess buttermilk. Massage the butter under the water. When the water becomes cloudy, simply change it out for more clean ice water.
Repeat this bath process until the water remains clean. The ice bath allows the butter to keep for longer.
Add a pinch of salt to the butter if desired and knead in.
That’s it! Now you have a delicious, fresh batch of yummy, homemade butter. Place it in an airtight container and put it in your fridge. It will stay fresh for about two weeks.
Easy Homemade Butter
Equipment
- Stand Mixer or Mixing Bowl and Hand Mixer
- Cheese Cloth
- Bowl
- Storage Jar
Materials
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Salt (Optional)
Instructions
- Take out your desired amount of heavy whipping cream and pour it into your mixing bowl.
- Using your stand mixer, beat the whipping cream until it starts to separate into curds. (This will take around 10 minutes depending on mixing speed)
- Place your cheesecloth in a bowl big enough to hold the whipped mixture.
- Pour the whipped butter mixture into the cheesecloth.
- Forming a ball, squeeze as much moisture as you can out of the curd. It should just go through the cheesecloth pretty easily.
- Place the squeezed butter in an ice bath to help remove excess buttermilk. Massage the butter under the water. When the water becomes cloudy, simply change it out for more clean ice water.
- Repeat this bath process until the water remains clean. The ice bath allows the butter to keep for longer.
- Add a pinch of salt to the butter if desired and knead in.
- That’s it! Now you have a delicious, fresh batch of yummy, homemade butter. Place it in an airtight container and put it in your fridge. It will stay fresh for about two weeks.
