Making Butter
I use heavy whipping cream in many recipes especially in my omelets. The eggs come out so fluffy and delicious. I also have a pound cake recipe using it that is so delicious. I had about a cup of heavy cream leftover after baking and I didn’t want it to go to waste so I decided to try my hand at making butter.
I added the whipping cream to my mixer and used the whisk attachment on high until the cream turned solid. The next step was to put the solid butter in a cheese cloth bag and squeeze the liquid out. The recipes show lots of buttermilk squeezed out but I didn’t get much liquid.
My butter turned out delicious but I decided to get creative with it and try other flavors.
I divided the butter in four sections, one I added cinnamon to it make delicious cinnamon butter! It’s great on toast or biscuits! I received a bag of Red Hill Nutritional Yeast to review (I love getting free products to review). It’s a vegetarian product with a good source of Vitamin B and has a cheese taste. I used this on biscuits and potatoes and it was so good! The other two sections I left plain and used on my oatmeal and for baking. Making butter was fun and a great way to use up extra heavy whipping cream before it gets outdated!
After writing my making butter blog I decided to add a few other interesting recipe tips.
Making Whipping Cream
Sometime I have extra heavy whipping cream but what happens if you don’t have any when it’s called for in a recipe? I got that figured out too! To make 1 cup of heavy cream, melt 1/4 cup of butter and slowly whisk in 3/4 cup milk. This works for most baking or cooking recipes that require heavy cream but it will not whisk into stiff peaks. It’s perfect for my omelets or cakes if I’m out of heavy cream! So either way, if I have too much or none, I get recipes to use for either dilemma!
Making Buttermilk
Another ingredient I hardly ever have is buttermilk but there are times I need it for recipes. I don’t want to buy a quart since I only need a cup (okay so I’m cheap…..or is it frugal?) so I make my own! There are a few different ingredients you can use with milk to turn it into buttermilk but I go for the quickest and easiest. The easiest way to make your own buttermilk is to pour one tablespoon of white or cider vinegar into a one cup measuring cup and then fill the rest of the cup with milk up to the one cup line. Gently stir the mixture and let it sit for about 5 minutes. You can also substitute the vinegar with lemon juice or 1 3/4 teaspoon of cream of tarter with the one cup of milk. I’ve also read where you can use 1 cup of plain yogurt as a substitute to buttermilk but I’ve never tried this option. Like I mentioned, I go for the quick and easy method since I always have vinegar or lemon juice handy.
So these are my baking tips for today… butter from whipping cream, whipping cream from butter and milk and the last is buttermilk with milk and vinegar. Ingredients that most have in their pantry!
I enjoyed reading about your adventure with making butter. Did it taste better than the butter you buy at the market?
It tasted great Kate and the fun part is adding different flavoring and spices to it.
i enjoyed reading about adventure with butter, Did it taste batter than the butter you buy at the market?
It tasted better Kate especially by added the different flavors to it.
I appreciate you sharing this informative blog post about making butter, including making whip cream and buttermilk. 🙂
Hi Martha, I never knew how to make butter or buttermilk. Thank you for sharing your quick and easy recipes with ingredients you have on hand. I might just have to try creating my own butter flavors, garlic is my favorite! Sending love.
That’s what’s great about making your own butter Jaime, you can add any flavor you want!
Martha, I love your tips! I knew about making butter from whipped cream– and couldn’t you use the butter-water in a soup– but I never thought of making cream from butter. Great formula! And to make buttermilk with add-ins– I only previously knew about adding a little vinegar– so these are super tips. As always, thank you amazing Martha! <3
Glad you enjoyed the tips Kebba. I’m always looking for new ways to make things work.
That looked fun.
And it was delicious Amanda!
I knew the buttermilk tip but who would have thought it was that easy to make butter? I just remember when I was in early elementary and we got to make butter the real old fashioned way – in an old churn! Too much work for me!
When I was young, I remember my grandmother churning butter! If you have left over whipping cream, try using the mixer, it will be easier for sure!
David has wanted to use Buttermilk at times but like you I don’t want to purchase a container and my grandmother isn’t here to drink the leftover Buttermilk so I will have him use your recipe when making Chicken or Chicken Fried Steak.