Let me reassure you that this is not an argument in the favor of butter. You already stated that you made your choice. Good for you. However, for those who have also done their research and have found butter to be their desired choice, it is an affordable alternative if you “make your own”.
It is very, very simple and quite cheap, not to mention tasty. When whipping cream or table cream go on sale at the store or maybe a gift of some comes your way, get out your mixer and whip the cream as you would for whipped topping. Only keep whipping just a tad further and you will have butter along with the buttermilk. Drain off the buttermilk and reserve in the fridge for other uses. Squeeze the butter by hand or with a wooden spatula until no more liquid comes out. Then rinse with cold water and give a quick squeeze again. You may add any flavorings, herbs, or salt at this time. Mold or just stick in a clean plastic container and use. Store unused portions in the fridge. By watching sales and checking around to see if someone would be willing to trade fresh milk and cream for something you have to offer, butter can be affordable, no matter how small a person’s budget. Often it can be free. Believe me, I know. Oh yes, children love to watch and assist in this process. So there is the added bonus of a hands on lesson for school that day too. For added fun, place the cream in a sealed coffee container and allow the children to roll it back and forth between them or place in a lidded glass jar and have them shake it. They can actually see the process and get a work out at the same time. Multi-tasking and frugality are a necessity for a ranching, homeschooling, mother of six like me.
With appreciation for the work God has led you to,
Rebecca W
awesomeness I can’t wait to try it!!
thank you for all your fine work–a great help in need! Jim Bob
Can you use a Kitchen Aid to make butter?
Can I use heavy cream to make homemade butter?
Yes, you sure can.
I can’t wait to try this method for making butter. I do not care for the taste of store bought salted butter. This sounds like a wonderful alternative. Thank you so much.
Hi Rabecca, how are you? Thank you so much for the part about making butter. I am so glad to have the information. It was hard to read though with the blue stripe running down the middle of the words in the beginning of the paragraph. Any way to fix that?
Sincerely, Michelle
Michelle, I’m sorry for the difficulty reading the paragraph. I don’t have a blue line going through mine so I don’t know how to help out with this. I wish I knew what to do to help out with this. Have a great day, Becky
In answer to another question posted earlier, yes, a Kitchen Aid Mixer can be used. It works great.
Thank you!
I highly recommend this! Look at the labels of the items on your store shelves….chemicals, chemicals, chemicals. If I can’t pronounce, I am not going to eat it. And, yes I use my Kitchen Aid but you can also use a food processor.
This makes great honey butter, too.
This is so cool, and appreciated!! I will be making my own butter today!! Thank you for posting this.
You can also just use a blender to make faster butter.
Can I bake with this homemade butter? Does work ok to replace in recipes that call for either butter or margarine?
I’ve never seen cream go on sale in my store. I’ve never seen any milk products go on sale now that I think about it. You would think they would mark them down the last day they are “sold by” or something.
I’m anxious to try this. Sounds fabulous. We got honeybees in April for the first time and now we have honey. Sounds like a yummy combination I’m going to have to try out.
Thanks for posting.
Butter is butter – it’s the same as what your Granny used to bake with, so go for it!
I just started making my own butter from our own cow. How long can I let the fresh milk sit before making butter before it goes bad and then how long will the butter last after it is made since it will could be say 4 days old .
When I was a kid, we made butter in school by shaking cream in jars. This is a great idea.
I regularly make butter with cream I skim off milk I get from the Amish. I have found a product called piima that you use to culture your cream like yogurt or kefir. I believe I get more butter from my cream that way, it makes butter faster and the leftover buttermilk is better than the thin stuff I was getting.
Thank you for this wonderful website! I’m trying out some recipes to save money and we may need in emergency situations. Does anyone know if you could make butter from the packaged ‘Dream Whip’? It’s powdered and upon adding milk and vanilla for flavoring, it makes whipped cream.