Homemade Butter

Marwendholt · 11-22-2013, 07:34 AM

I got bored last night and was playing around on the net, and found a site talking about making butter in a jar. Well I naturally had to try it, and it turned out awesome. My 3 year old stepson and I filled a mason jar halfway with heavy whipping cream and started shaking, and shaking, and shaking. When it turned to whipped cream i added a little salt and some powdered sugar, then shook it til it turned to butter. If anyone loves little simple projects like me or have to try to make everything at home like me, this is a fun one to do with kiddos.

Next time I'm skipping the sugar and I'm going to cold smoke it and see how it turns out.

sliding_billy · 11-22-2013, 07:38 AM

Sounds like a fun test.

dport7 · 11-22-2013, 07:43 AM

I had done that with my daughter years back to show her how butter was made.
It was fun then, I'll have to do it again with the grankiddies.

Big George's BBQ · 11-22-2013, 07:47 AM

Interesting Thank You

popeye · 11-22-2013, 08:21 AM

yep i'm going to try it

Smoking Pill Doc · 11-22-2013, 08:25 AM

Sweet! I was just thinking of making some chipotle lime butter. I wonder if I could add the chipolte and lime at the time of the salt/sugar and get the same effect.

Thoughts?

Marwendholt · 11-22-2013, 09:27 AM

I would think it would work out just fine, as long as the acid from the lime doesn't affect the butter formation.

Bludawg · 11-22-2013, 11:00 AM

I make all my Butter, to easy in the KA and way better than store bought. It's a twofer as you get 3/4 pint of REAL buttermilk too as a by-product per 32 oz of cream and 1 1/2 lb butter

MS2SB · 11-22-2013, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Bludawg

I make all my Butter, to easy in the KA and way better than store bought. It's a twofer as you get 3/4 pint of REAL buttermilk too as a by-product per 32 oz of cream and 1 1/2 lb butter

Do you use whole milk for this or heavy cream?

deguerre · 11-22-2013, 11:24 AM

Pardon my ignorance here, but what's a "KA"?

cowgirl · 11-22-2013, 11:34 AM

Great project! Homemade butter is hard to beat. I trade my fresh eggs to a friend for fresh cream from his milk cows. It's soooooo tasty.

Bludawg · 11-22-2013, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by deguerre

Pardon my ignorance here, but what's a "KA"?

K itchen A ide Stand Mixer. I know it's early have another cup o joe

Bludawg · 11-22-2013, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by MS2SB

Do you use whole milk for this or heavy cream?

Heavy Whippin Cream. Whole milk is is the first cutt after the cream is removed from the stuff what come out the teat.

deguerre · 11-22-2013, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bludawg

KItchen Aide Stand Mixer. I know it's early have another cup o joe

Yeah yeah yeah...never had one so it took me a few minutes after posting when I had my morning D'oh nut.

southpaw_1979 · 11-22-2013, 03:35 PM

We did this with the youngest scouts. We didn't add sugar, but we did add the salt. We washed it though to seperate the buttermilk from the butter. The kids ate it on their dinner rolls at supper time. A craft I can get behind. The leader in charge of this activity (my wife) did it during a story time, talked first about the butter making, then read a story and the kids took turns shaking the jar and when they got tired they passed it to the next person.

11-22-2013, 07:34 AM	#1
Marwendholt On the road to being a farker Join Date: 06-14-12 Location: Ferdinand, Indiana	Homemade Butter I got bored last night and was playing around on the net, and found a site talking about making butter in a jar. Well I naturally had to try it, and it turned out awesome. My 3 year old stepson and I filled a mason jar halfway with heavy whipping cream and started shaking, and shaking, and shaking. When it turned to whipped cream i added a little salt and some powdered sugar, then shook it til it turned to butter. If anyone loves little simple projects like me or have to try to make everything at home like me, this is a fun one to do with kiddos. Next time I'm skipping the sugar and I'm going to cold smoke it and see how it turns out. __________________ 3 Green Mountain Grills Daniel Boones, Asmoke pellet grill, Masterbuilt 44"
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11-22-2013, 07:43 AM	#3
dport7 is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 10-08-13 Location: North East Georgia.	I had done that with my daughter years back to show her how butter was made. It was fun then, I'll have to do it again with the grankiddies. __________________ If it turns out good, eat it, if it turns out bad, eat it anyway! Finish Strong!

11-22-2013, 07:47 AM	#4
Big George's BBQ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 02-07-08 Location: Framingham, MA Name/Nickname : George	Interesting Thank You __________________ Large BIG Green EGG- Hatched 8/17/09 Backwoods Extented Party- sold Weber Genesis Gasser Mid Atlantic BBQ Association KCBS Back Porch BBQ Competition BBQ Team Proud Member of the Zero Club When all else fails ask yourself WWGALD

11-22-2013, 08:25 AM	#6
Smoking Pill Doc Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 11-07-13 Location: Middletown, CT	Sweet! I was just thinking of making some chipotle lime butter. I wonder if I could add the chipolte and lime at the time of the salt/sugar and get the same effect. Thoughts? __________________ Team Meat BBQ - Stump's Baby XL - Bayou Classic Cypress (ugly stepchild to BGE) - Weber Q Gasser

11-22-2013, 09:27 AM	#7
Marwendholt On the road to being a farker Join Date: 06-14-12 Location: Ferdinand, Indiana	I would think it would work out just fine, as long as the acid from the lime doesn't affect the butter formation. __________________ 3 Green Mountain Grills Daniel Boones, Asmoke pellet grill, Masterbuilt 44"

11-22-2013, 07:38 AM	#2
sliding_billy somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-27-13 Location: Princeton, TX Name/Nickname : )	Sounds like a fun test.

11-22-2013, 08:21 AM	#5
popeye is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-08-13 Location: michigan	*yep i'm going to try it*

11-22-2013, 11:00 AM	#8
Bludawg somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-04-09 Location: Jonesboro,Tx	I make all my Butter, to easy in the KA and way better than store bought. It's a twofer as you get 3/4 pint of REAL buttermilk too as a by-product per 32 oz of cream and 1 1/2 lb butter __________________ I'm a Proxy Vegetarian> Cows eat grass & I eat cows.

11-22-2013, 11:24 AM	#10
deguerre somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-15-09 Location: Memphis, TN...Formerly of Decatur, AL	Pardon my ignorance here, but what's a "KA"? __________________ Guerry [FONT=Book Antiqua]Pit Beeatch for Team Munchkin[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua][B]Avatar by Northwest BBQ [/B][/FONT]"...In nature, there are predators. I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder..." Werner Herzog

11-22-2013, 11:34 AM	#11
cowgirl somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-18-07 Location: Oklahoma Name/Nickname : jeanie	Great project! Homemade butter is hard to beat. I trade my fresh eggs to a friend for fresh cream from his milk cows. It's soooooo tasty. __________________ jeanie Lifetime member of the Society for the Preservation of Authentic Royal Magical Rare Kaskaskian Peppers (Thanks Ash :)) RIP Ash, you are missed http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/

11-22-2013, 03:35 PM	#15
southpaw_1979 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-18-13 Location: Thornton, Ontario	We did this with the youngest scouts. We didn't add sugar, but we did add the salt. We washed it though to seperate the buttermilk from the butter. The kids ate it on their dinner rolls at supper time. A craft I can get behind. The leader in charge of this activity (my wife) did it during a story time, talked first about the butter making, then read a story and the kids took turns shaking the jar and when they got tired they passed it to the next person. __________________ Horizon 16" Classic, Kenmore gas grill, Lodge Dutch Ovens