Butter... Let's Make Butter

Posted on Feb 1st 2016

Butter.....
Let's Make.... BUTTER

I have never made butter and I am a grandmother, never too late to try.

This turned out to be a fun recipe, great for kids and grandchildren with parent's help.
If your children have friends help them, can you imagine them telling their parents
they made.... BUTTER?

How fun is that?

This would be a great activity for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Brownies, Cub Scouts, Campfire Girls, YMCA and other youth groups, too.

Read the recipe out loud and let the kids get all the ingredients,
measuring spoons, strainer, bowl, jars.

You will need:
2-quart jars, refrigerated for at least 24 hours before you can start to make the butter.
Large Jar
Strainer
2 Bowls

Ingredients:
2 cups heavy whipping cream, well chilled
Extra heavy whipping cream, well chilled, to use as needed (1 to 2 cups)
1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Pour the heavy whipping cream into one chilled 2-quart jar, add a marble and attach the lid onto the jar very tightly.

Shake the jar up and down, sideways, every which way to blend the ingredients and to "churn" the butter to show the children what to do when it is their turn.

The children (and you, they will need help) continue to shake the jars until the butter forms and liquid separates (this is the buttermilk).

Place the strainer over the bowl and pour the contents of the jar into the strainer, saving the liquid buttermilk. Pour the buttermilk into the extra jar to keep for another recipe.

Rinse water over the butter in the strainer until the draining water runs clear. Using a clean bowl, put the drained butter chunks into it. Use a wooden spoon to stir and press the butter against the sides of the bowl to release and get out all of the liquid buttermilk. Pour the excess liquid into the extra jar with the other buttermilk for use later in another recipe.

Place the butter chunks into a bowl and stir in the salt, blending well.

Put the butter in a refrigerated for an hour or so althougth the butter can be used as soon as it is finished churning.

That's it, butter is done.

ENJOY....

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