Homemade Butter

Step 1: Sprinkle salt into whipping cream. Pour into a clean dry glass jar or a container that has a tight-fitting lid (the jar or container must have some space to allow for shaking. Cover with the lid.

Step 2: Shake jar vigorously for 8-20 minutes depending on the size of the jar. The larger the jar the more time it will need to be shaken. When the mixture is thick like thick whipped cream and you are no longer able to shake it finish mixing vigorously with a wooden spoon.

Step 3: When it’s ready, the butter will have hardened and separated from the liquid, it will look like curdled milk. Strain the mixture in a strainer over a bowl, the butter will stay in the strainer and the buttermilk with drain into the bowl. Gather the butter up with your hands then rinse the butter in cold water. Keep the buttermilk to make pancakes or other desserts.

Step 4: After you are all done you should have about 3/4 cup butter. Place the butter into a bowl and refrigerate until hardened. Enjoy! you are in for a real treat.