Homemade Butter Recipe | Homemade Buttermilk Recipe

This is not a recipe that I inherited from my grandma but is more of a neat trick that I learned and it is a fun and easy way to make delicious butter at home! Another plus from this recipe is that a by-product of making butter is the buttermilk that it created when heavy whipping cream is whipped! This Homemade Butter recipe is very simple, (not your shaking a jar for 10 minutes as we did in elementary school) and the butter is delicious and way cheaper than buying butter from the store! You can even get creative and add herbs and spices and make your own herb butter, the possibilities are endless! This homemade butter recipe is sure to be a new favorite, and the homemade buttermilk goes great in my Buttermilk Honey Bread recipe!

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How to make homemade butter & buttermilk

Some of the keys for this recipe are

1. Having a Kitchen Aid mixer, or some kind of stand mixer. This makes whipping butter take no time at all, typically under 5 minutes!
2. Using the whisk attachment– makes whipping even faster! The whisk is designed to bring air into things, creating the light and fluffy effect!
3. Room temperature heavy whipping cream- this is not mandatory, but it makes the process go faster!
4. Blotting the butter- Blotting the butter with a paper towel ensures that all the excess liquid is out. If there is leftover liquid, the butter will mold and go bad sooner.

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Homemade Butter & Buttermilk

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Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

This recipe breaksdown how easy it is to make yoir own butter! The butter can be customozed with herbs and spices to make your own favorite flavor! Making butter has never been easier!

Equipment

• Kitchenaid Mixer

Ingredients

• 1 carton Heavy Whipping Cream (room temperature)
• Ice water

Instructions 

• Add the heavy whipping cream to your mixer, and mix on high speed. After 3-5 minutes, you should notice that the mixture will start have a "curd" like texture. This is where the butter fat is starting to seperate from the buttermilk liquid.
• Drain the buttermilk liquid into a container, and save if you wantto use it for other recipes, like Buttermilk Honey Bread.
• Keep the butter fat in the mixer, and add ice water, making sure no ice cubes get added. Mix the butter fat and ice water for about a minute.
• Drain the water, and move the butter fat to a papertowl, and blot the butter well, making sure to get all the eftover liquid out of the butter. Add salt, or other herbs and spices!
• Store the butter in an airtight container. It will stay good in the fridge for about 3 weeks!

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: buttercream, buttermilk, homemade butter

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