Simple Homemade Butter

In March, I gave myself a month long challenge of ridding my house of nasty chemicals and high priced products that I can make myself. Here are a few of the things that I was able to replace around the house that you’d find at your supermarket in the beauty and cleaning aisles:
Recipe for Facial Moisturizer
Cheap, Organic Face Wash
DIY Household Green Cleaners
DIY Organic Eye Makeup Remover
Simple, Organic Lip Balm

 

Then, I got crazy in May and June replacing anything in the kitchen that comes in a package. Here are a few things that I’ve replaced that you’d find at your supermarket in the food aisles:
Simple, Healthy Salad Dressing
How to Freeze Beans and Avoid BPA
Homemade Crockpot Yogurt
Simple, Tasty Granola
Skinny Orange Julius
Sweet Iced Coffee-No Calorie

 


Today, I wanted to share with you a simple recipe to replace the store bought margarine or butter you have in the fridge. Here’s all that you’ll need to make your very own Simple, Homemade Butter:

2 Cups Heavy Cream
1/4 Cup Sour Cream
1/2 Cup Plain Yogurt (see recipe above)

 


First, prepare a water bath by filling a large bowl with water and ice cubes. Pour 2 Cups of Heavy Cream into the bowl of a standing mixer. Turn the mixer speed to medium.

 


Gradually add the sour cream and the plain yogurt.

 


After a few minutes, the mixture will begin to look frothy.

 


After 5-10 more minutes, the mixture will begin to resemble butter.

 


During this process, I usually cover the mixer with a towel to avoid splattering my entire kitchen.

 


The butter will start to form a clump in the center of the bowl and will give off the byproduct of buttermilk.

 


Once the clump is the right consistency, remove from the bowl and place on a clean, lint-free tea towel.

 


Dip the butter several times into the ice bath, removing all the excess buttermilk.

 


Save the buttermilk that was left in your mixing bowl for other recipes. It’s great for pancakes, let me tell you!

 


For later use, form the butter into a block and wrap tightly in saran wrap and place it in the freezer.

I usually cut the butter in half, placing half in the freezer and half in the fridge. If you are going to use the butter immediately, don’t worry about saran wrapping it. Store the butter preferably in a glass dish and leave in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

 


Slather your Simple, Homemade Butter on your favorite piece of toast and enjoy your buttery awesomeness.

 

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35 Responses to "Simple Homemade Butter"

  1. gail says:

    whoa! Rebekah! that’s dedication. 🙂 I rarely cook anything…
    I use to make homemade butter in a jar with heavy cream with the kiddos when I taught pre-k. This reminds me of those fun times.

    gail

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    • Rebekah says:

      Gail-
      Once we decided to stay at home (quit touring with Bicep’s band, etc), I wanted to tackle my long list of things I had been dying to try on my own. This was one of them! I was nervous it would be too much work for very little reward. But, the butter tasted amazing and it was worth it. The one thing I didn’t see coming was the shelf life is only about 2 weeks in the fridge, but more if you freeze it. Without preservatives, that milk wants to do it’s own thing! Also, we use so very little butter, I only have to make this once, maybe twice a month!

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  2. Carole says:

    Great post. I think I am too lazy to make it myself – but the buttermilk would be great to have.
    I found this via Simple Living with Diane Balch. I linked in an attempt at meatballs. Have a super week.

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    • Rebekah says:

      Carole-
      I’m going to come and check out your attempt at meatballs. I love the way you said that. Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. Kara says:

    I would love to taste this compared to what I buy in the store … I bet yours is way better!!

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  4. Lisa Lynn says:

    Sounds wonderful! I have made my own butter with just cream, but I bet it is better for you with the yogurt and sour cream…maybe less fat?

    Thanks for sharing! I found this on the Seasonal Celebration Sunday Linky party 🙂

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  5. Toodie says:

    Great recipe and this looks fairly simple. Might just try this tomorrow since I have an extra day off!

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  6. Tiffany @ DontWastetheCrumbs says:

    Visiting from Carolyn’s Homework… I hadn’t heard of adding sour cream and yogurt to make butter before. How is the taste compared to traditional butter?

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  7. Lisa @ Flour Me With Love says:

    This is so neat! I’m sure the kids would find this very interesting…thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂

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  8. Jill says:

    Wow! I’m impressed – making your own butter! Sounds pretty straightforward too!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  9. Missy@SomedayCrafts says:

    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Someday Crafts! I will be featuring your project tomorrow morning on our blog. Thanks for the inspiration and be sure to stop back and grab a Featured at Someday Crafts Button for your blog!

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  10. Kimberly {allons-y kimberly} says:

    Wow! I had no idea you could make your own butter so easily! Thanks for sharing! And you have so many recipes for replacing other products with homemade versions – I can’t wait to look through them all!

    xo-Kimberly {allons-y kimberly}

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    still gotta try this. look so yummm!

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  15. Georgene says:

    I wondered if you had ‘cost’ this out? What does it end up costing to make a pound of homemade butter.

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  18. emanda says:

    everything u have a recipe for i have tried and am very pleased. thank you for helping on my path to making own things and cleaning out the yucky out of my house . I started this because of allergies and also needed to save money. i kind of started a tornado after finding some websites but so far like yours and one others the best. keep rubber side down and stay safe one driver family to another.

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    • Rebekah says:

      Emanda-
      Glad you’ve enjoyed the recipes! And it took me awhile to understand the last line of your comment. Once my brain wrapped around it, I laughed out loud. Literally!

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  19. Bobbey M. says:

    This looks wonderful. How much butter does it make?

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    • Dee Hunter says:

      I can’t wait to try this ! I has to be much healthier than store bought margerine and withouth all the additives . The fact that you can freeze it is wonderful because that extends the shelf life . Just only keep out a small amt to use right away . Lovely recipe .This is the way butter was made before the comercial store bought kind came down the pike .

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