How to Make Butter

Step 7 Get Ready to Eat

Carefully, drain the liquid, leaving the butter in the blender.

Sometimes we rinse the butter, as it's supposed to make it last longer. Mostly though, it doesn't last long enough to spoil.

To rinse, add cold water to the blender, and pulse a second or two. Drain the water. Repeat until the water runs clear.

If the butter gets too warm and soft, put the blender in the frig or freezer for a few minutes, then pick up where you left off.

Comments

[ixovaldes]

This was the coolest thing! I needed unsalted butter for a cake mix. I only had salted butter, but my wife always keeps heavy whipping cream.......Bammmm! 10-11 mins later it was Butter. I would suggest you drain it as best you can. switch to a small tuperware and start squeezing with a large spoon and the liquid will ooze out and then keep draining.

[Texas Nana]

My Mom use to make butter with my kids (now 27 & 30) when they were little They used a mixer.One Christmas my son wanted to make it green, so my Mom added green food coloring. They made butter lots of other times , too but my kids, Dad and brother still talk about the green butter when we get together. My Dad always says "if you're making butter don't add food coloring! " My Mom's gone now. It's a good memory for all of us. : ) Here's making some butter and memories with the little one in your life.

[rsrwright]

I think you should mention that liquid that you drain off is buttermilk. I save mine for pancakes. Fresh butter is the best, thanks for the how to.

[Derin]

buttermilk is delicious

[Thoth]

Though this buttermilk (aka taditional buttermilk) is more akin to whey than buttermilk you buy from the market which is a cultured milk product similar to yogurt.