How to Make Butter

How do you make your own butter? Here's the scoop on whipping up homemade butter.

I believe there are few things in life that are more comforting than butter, unless of course you mix butter with sugar, flour, eggs and chocolate for a batch of cookies. When I was a child I can remember my mother making an occasional batch of butter, but the kitchen is not a friendly place for me and I have never attempted to do make butter on my own. However, the folks at Positron.org have given a very descriptive step-by-step instructional on how to make your own batch of butter.

The directions state that a butter churn is the best way to make butter, but as mentioned on our sister site, Slashfood by Sarah Gim, few of us have one of those kicking around the kitchen. A jar or decent sized container will work for the churning process, but a food processor is thought to be too rough on the butter. Another recipe that does not require a churn sounds like it might be better for entry level butter makers. This one sounds more like the way I remember my mother making butter. I suspect that the first method might overwhelm a beginning butter make, but if you have a hankering to make butter the second method just might be the way.

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