Yes, you can buy butter at the store, but making your own is a fun and rewarding experience. Not to mention that freshly made butter has an unparalleled creamy texture, which glides beautifully onto your homemade bread or muffins. And it’s a lot quicker and easier than you might think. Here are the steps to make your own fresh butter:
- Pour heavy cream into a mixing bowl. (You can use any amount you wish, but keep in mind the more you use, the longer it will take to make butter. Holly Housewife usually does 1 cup at a time.)
- Whip the cream using a hand mixer. After a minute or two, it will get thick like whipped cream.
- Don’t stop here, or you will have whipped cream. Keep whipping, and your cream will take on a slightly powdery appearance. At this point, you’re almost there.
- Keep whipping, and all of a sudden your powdery-looking cream will turn wet. This is the buttermilk separating from the butterfat.
- Now you can stop whipping. Press the butter together with the back of a spoon, and pour off the buttermilk. (Don’t throw it out, you can use it in another recipe!)
- Make sure to get out as much of the buttermilk as you can, as the butter will keep longer when the buttermilk is separated from it.
Now you have your own homemade butter! It tastes delicious when it’s freshly made, and the texture will be soft enough for you to mix in some additional seasonings if you desire.
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