Making my own butter! (merged)

rubytuesday

Double cream half price at the co-op at the moment.

leonie_2

rubytuesday wrote:

Double cream half price at the co-op at the moment.

Are you sure that its not Elmlea that you are thinking of? this wont work as its not really cream :-)

BWZN93

Will my stick blender work or will it ruin the cream? Im tempted to have ago but shaking a jar for 20mins seems like a bit too much work for tired old me!

Jo xx

rubytuesday

[QUOTE= Im tempted to have ago but shaking a jar for 20mins seems like a bit too much work for tired old me!

Jo xx[/QUOTE]
Oh my God shaking a jar for a few minutes is proving to much for me, now what can I get to go with well shaken cream!!

halloweenqueen_2

I think the stick blender wouldn't be able to cope when it turns to butter.

Ruby_Pudding

jw1096 wrote:

Will my stick blender work or will it ruin the cream? Im tempted to have ago but shaking a jar for 20mins seems like a bit too much work for tired old me!

I agree, I don't think a stick blender will cope at all with it. But, it only took me approx 10 mins of shaking a jar for my cream to turn into butter so it's not too bad

bootman

Best to use a hand held mixer, use it on the slowest speed for the best results.

leonie_2

Well i've started giving mine to the neighbours/family etc, everyone loves it! Next time i'll not buy quite so much cream

I wont buy butter or spreads again, thats for sure. Just good ole homemade butter and olive oil for me!

angchris

i am so pleased with myself, today i made my very first batch of butter and it was sooo easy and it tastes gorgeous it hadnt even entered my head before that i could do it and have been happily buying full price butter from the shops but this is all going to stop as of now as i have just discovered how easy it is! :j
following the instructions from another thread on here i cant remember whose it was now but i must thank them :beer:
i had 2 pots of room temperature double cream reduced down to 10p each and i put them in a jar added a pinch of salt and shook it for about 10 minutes first of all it got thicker then it started to separate into buttermilk and butter then i had 1 big lump of butter sloshing around in the buttermilk yayyy :j i unscrewed the jar discarded the buttermilk and promply placed my newly made butter in a dish and then into the fridge ready for my homemade bread/toast in the morning, neither me or my oh could wait to taste it so we had it on hot cross buns for supper and it was lovely even if i do say so myself! i`d advise anyone to give it a go i guess its only worthwhile moneywise if you get the cream cheap in the first place though,i would imagine this would be great to show your kids how its made i found it very interesting, happy butter making to you all

Penny-Pincher!!

Well done Hun, may try to attempt this over the summer when Im a little better health wise.
PP
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