Now I can’t take full credit for this idea, however I would like to also state that I find no shame in catching wind of this fun little activity off Facebook!
Myself and Rowan made BUTTER!!! We got out pilgrim women on and churned butter the old fashioned way! And it was actually super fun!
We tried two different ways- mason jar by hand and food processor! I’m sure you can guess with one took longer!
Here’s the directions for both!
Ingredients:
1 C Heavy Whipping Cream
1 t of salt (or to taste.. I like salt 😅)
(optional) additional flavors, such as honey and cinnamon or garlic and chive
Directions:
{Mason Jar Butter}
Step 1: Put both heavy whipping cream and salt into a mason jaw.
Step 2: SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE!!! Seriously for easily 30 mins.. seriously I had to get to work so I should my mason jar on the way in the car 😂
{Food Processor Butter}
Step 1: Double ingredients
Step 2: PROCESS PROCESS PROCESS!!!! This method only took about 10 mins.
Step 3: Once your fat has seized up, drain the buttermilk (or keep and store!) and then press the butter ringing it or of any leftover liquid. I would HIGHLY recommend using cheese clothe or even a tea towel to wring it out as much as possible! It doesn’t have to be perfect! I actually wrapped my in a paper towel like cheese clothe and rang it out!
Then you can store your homemade butter just like store bought butter!
Things I noticed for both..
There are two phases of separation. The first it will become thick and fluffy like curdly cool whip almost… if you keep shaking or processing it will feel like it goes liquidy again- THIS IS GOOD! What’s happening is it is separating from the fat and buttermilk. So fat with seize and the buttermilk will separate making it at first feel like it gets watery again. But keep going and you’ll see the butter form!
I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!!!
Add any ingredients such as garlic for garlic butter or honey cinnamon for cinnamon butter! 😍😍
Notes after use- it did mold fairly quickly since it doesn’t always efficiently get out all the milk, having not had a cheese clothe to wring it out efficiently! Also, def keep in refrigerated for longer use! 😬
Thanks for reading!
