How to Make Homemade Butter

Name: How to Make Homemade Butter
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 0.66666668653488 cup cold heavy whipping cream; 1 1-cup canning jar with lid and ring

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Learn how to make butter, using just cold, heavy cream. It's done with no heavy equipment at all, just good old-fashioned arm power. It's the original elbow grease!

Recipe by Chef John

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Prep Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

15 mins

Servings:

4

Yield:

1/4 cup

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Ingredients

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

Directions

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.

Chef John's Homemade Butter. Linda T

Chef's Note:

You can do this in a food processor much faster, but I wanted to go old-school.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

137	Calories
15g	Fat
1g	Carbs
1g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 4
Calories 137
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 15g	19%
Saturated Fat 9g	46%
Cholesterol 54mg	18%
Sodium 15mg	1%
Total Carbohydrate 1g	0%
Protein 1g
Vitamin C 0mg	1%
Calcium 26mg	2%
Potassium 30mg	1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.