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Homemade Butter

If you’ve never tasted homemade butter before, give this recipe a try. You’ll be amazed at the rich, creamy spread that you create. Adding kefir milk or sour cream to the recipe enhances the flavor of this delicious butter, giving it more complexity.
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Recipe by Marcia Stanley, MS, RDN Culinary Dietitian
Servings:
17
Prep Time:
25 min.
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups cream, heavy
  • 1/4 cup sour cream, kefir milk (optional)
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt, table, kosher or sea salt
  • Cheesecloth

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1 tablespoon
Calories: 49
Carbohydrate: 0g (0%)
Protein: 0g (0%)
Total Fat: 5g (8%)
Saturated Fat: 3g (15%)
Trans Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 19mg (6%)
Sodium: 22mg (1%)
Dietary Fiber: 0g (0%)
Calcium: 0%

*These values are approximate. Per serving, based on a 2,000 Calorie diet.

Instructions

Line fine mesh strainer with double thickness of cheesecloth. Place over large bowl. Set aside.

Place cream and kefir milk or sour cream (if desired) in large food processor bowl. Cover and process about 10 minutes or until the butter separates, stopping to scrape down the processor bowl sides and push down the processor blade, as needed. (The cream will first turn into whipped cream. Continue processing and the liquid will separate, leaving butter.)

Pour mixture into prepared strainer. Drain liquid off butter, reserving liquid. (The liquid is buttermilk and may be used for drinking or cooking.)

Gather cheesecloth around butter. Rinse well in cold water to remove any buttermilk from surface. Continue rinsing in cold water while slightly kneading butter in cheesecloth to remove buttermilk.

Remove butter from cheesecloth. Stir in salt. Serve or place in covered container and refrigerate.

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