Thread: Homemade Butter

We usually buy our butter from the Amish in Ethridge Tn. But it's a pretty good drive for us, especially with the price of gas right now.
I may have to try this just to see how it compares, plus have buttermilk too.

If you want to make a bigger amount you can also make butter with a mixer (stand or hand) and in a food processor. Not as fun but it gets the job done. Salt is not necessary, unsalted or salted fresh butter usually will keep in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks. Hope this helps. Thanks; Virginia

Originally Posted by MrsPaws

We usually buy our butter from the Amish in Ethridge Tn. But it's a pretty good drive for us, especially with the price of gas right now.
I may have to try this just to see how it compares, plus have buttermilk too.

A 16 oz container of heavy cream/whipping cream at Walmart is $2.28. That's 2 cups of cream, so you could make about 2 cups of butter which is 1 pound and 2 cups of buttermilk. I think a pound of butter is around $2.50. Plus you get buttermilk for free. So if you use all the cream to make butter you'd be making butter for .57 per 1/2 cup. And you get some great arm exercise.

Virginia thank you for the tip on how to make a bigger batch. That will really come in handy during the holidays when I use a lot of butter.

Don't forget you can freeze butter.
Every trip we've taken to the Amish netted around 8-10 lbs butter. I could never use that much before it would go bad, so I freeze it. Should be good for at least 6 months, but I've actually used it, with no ill effects, after 8. Just remember to date it when freezing.

Thanks both of you for the tips!