How to Make How to Make Homemade Butter - A Step-by-Step Guide

Butter is a versatile and beloved ingredient in many culinary traditions around the world. Whether it's spread on toast, used to sauté vegetables, or incorporated into baked goods, butter adds a rich and creamy flavor to dishes that is hard to replicate with any other ingredient. While it's convenient to grab a stick of butter from the store, making homemade butter can be a fun and rewarding process that allows you to customize the flavor to your liking.

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Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup cold heavy whipping cream
  • 1 1-cup canning jar with lid and ring

Information

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 15 mins
  • Servings: 4
  • Yield: 1/4 cup

  • Pour cream into the jar and screw on the lid. Shake the jar until butter forms a soft lump, 15 to 20 minutes. Continue to shake until buttermilk separates out of the lump and the jar contains a solid lump of butter and liquid buttermilk.
  • Pour the contents of the jar into a fine-mesh strainer and strain out the buttermilk, leaving the solid butter. Remove the lump of butter and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until needed.
  • Nutrition

    137 cal.

    • Total Fat: 15g
    • Saturated Fat: 9g
    • Cholesterol: 54mg
    • Sodium: 15mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 1g
    • Protein: 1g
    • Vitamin C: 0mg
    • Calcium: 26mg
    • Potassium: 30mg