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homemade Butter

learn how to make butter from heavy cream
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Butter
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 /2 cup

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces of heavy cream chilled
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • In the bowl with a mixer add the heavy cream and mix on high.
  • Whip it with a whisk attachment until it turns to whipped cream, then keep mixing.
  • This will take about 3 minutes.
  • The cream will separate and look like scrambled eggs, then keep beating and then the water will separate from the butter and the liquid is actually buttermilk.
  • After the buttermilk forms, remove the bowl from the mixer and fill bowl with cold water.
  • With your hands, you will now squeeze the butter together to form a ball, keep forming it under cold running water, this will remove any tangy buttermilk.
  • When the water runs clear, place the butter into a glass dish or wrap it in parchment paper.