I've seen this recipe around the blogosphere for a while now so we finally tried it yesterday.
It was a success! And lots of fun.
Homemade Butter
- pint of whipping cream
- empty jar
- salt
Directions: Pour the whipping cream into jar. Close tightly. Put on some good music and shake that jar like crazy. Get your groove on. When your arm gets tired, pass the jar to your kids.
Shake until you have a lumpy mass and some thin liquid sloshing around in the jar. You've made butter!
Set a bowl under a sieve and pour out the jar's contents. Push the butter around with a spoon to get rid of any trapped water, which will make your butter sour faster.
The liquid in the bowl is buttermilk and can be saved and used later for baking biscuits, or whatever else you can think of.
Scoop out the butter into a container and mix in salt to your taste (approx. 1/2 tsp) Refrigerate the butter to firm it up, then enjoy. Fresh Butter! (You could also mix in honey, cinnamon, fresh herbs, garlic, etc)
I am going to make these Buttermilk Biscuits later on today. I'm dreaming of warm biscuits slathered in fresh butter and homemade three-citrus marmalade. Yummmmmm.
