Homemade Butter
Learn how to make butter at home with just two ingredients and a mixer using this easy homemade butter recipe. Makes a delicious gift!
Servings: 16
Cost: $5
Equipment
- 1 electric mixer
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Add the heavy whipping cream to a large mixing bowl and beat with a hand mixer on low until cream becomes thick. Will take about 3 minutes
- Increase the speed to medium speed and beat until whipped cream is formed. Will take about 2 minutes
- Beat on high speed until butter separates from buttermilk. Will take about 5 minutes
- Place a fine mesh strainer over a clean mixing bowl and dump the contents into the strainer, fully separating the butter from the buttermilk
- Set aside the buttermilk for future use
- Place the butter in a bowl full of cold water and gently massage to release any excess buttermilk that did not get strained out. Water should become cloudy
- Replace cold water and gently knead butter again. Repeat until water runs clear
- Place butter on a sheet of plastic wrap and add salt
- Mix in salt while shaping butter into the form of a stick
- Cover with plastic wrap or parchment paper and store in fridge until ready to serve
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Notes
You can use a stand mixer if you have one.
If you don't want to shape the butter, just place it into a small bowl and cover it.
You can use cheesecloth to strain the butter if you don't have a mesh strainer or to squeeze out as much buttermilk as possible.
Leave out the salt if you want unsalted butter. You can also add more salt, to taste.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tbsp | Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 81mg | Potassium: 28mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 437IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.03mg
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