How To Make Butter (and Buttermilk)

Step 5 Home-made Butter in use

I spreaded my butter on a soft tasty piece of bread, to go with my spaghetti and corn :D

This butter tastes much better than store bought because there are much less preservatives (only what was in the cream) and contains no extra oils or salts, and actually tastes good to eat plain. Hope you like your new home-made butter :)

Comments

[reddnekk]

Store bought buttermilk is fabricated, and is NOT from butter making. When you make your own butter, any milk left over is skim milk--all the butterfat has been removed. It tastes just like regular skim (no-fat) milk because that's what it is. Do NOT make butter expecting to get buttermilk similar to store-bought.

[spacebase1]

I lost all my buttermilk also. Did I over shake? I wanted the buttermilk (not the butter), can I strain it out with cheese cloth or something?

[kirkat]

From my experience, if you lost your buttermilk, you didn't shake long enough. It takes me 18 minutes of vigorous shaking. I add 8oz of whipping cream to a pint jar with a little salt. For the first 16 minutes or so, the inside of the jar is coated white. then it just separates and becomes easier to shake. This leaves me with one lump of yellowish butter and the buttermilk.. The buttermilk actually taste like whole milk to me. I'm using store brand heavy whipping cream. Hope this helps out.

[jokerhorse]

I tried this with a very small jar, and I ended up with nothing but butter.....did I do something wrong?

[xgzan]

READ THIS- VERY IMPORTANT
Butter will spoil faster when there is some butter milk in it, so it is important to remove as much as possible. After you have poured off the butter milk, put the butter in a bowl and work it with a spoon,with the bowl on an angle and drain off as much as you can. Now add some ice cold water and work it into the butter and this will draw out the remaining butter milk. Drain off water and you are done.

[seeksanctuary]

I remember making this with my mom when I was little. We used Jello molds to shape the pats into stars and hearts and whatever. This really brings back the memories... what a great instructable =)

[GMer56]

Om nom nom! I can't wait to make some! (made this once in foods class utilizing an electric mixer,we knew we had butter when the mixer started making loud clunking noises)

[rbbrown1000]

This is AWESOME! Thanks!!!!