You can make your own butter in 20 minutes? What the crap?

Facebook containing the wealth of knowledge

 that it does, has inspired me

many times through recipes, how-tos, 

did-you-knows.  This experiment

has to be one of my favorites though!

There was a blog that popped up on how to

make your own butter just by using 

whipping cream.  

I was immediately intrigued.

So of course on the way home, I picked 

up a half pint of whipping cream. 

The instructions were pretty simple.

You just need a jar with a tight lid and just

enough of the whipping cream to fill it 

a little less than half way.  It needs to be able to shake

well.

Then simply shake it for 20 minutes.  To be honest, the first 5 went pretty fast, but the next 15, not so much.   I took the lid off to look after 10, and 

it had turned into something resembling

marshmallow fluff.  It seemed

harder to shake while it was in this

state because it was not moving, but I kept 

shaking.  If your mind is slightly in the gutter,

like mine tends to stay, it will also be 

an entertaining 20 minutes.

My boyfriend helped by

shaking for a couple of minutes to give me a

break in between, which helped. ha:)

After 15 minutes, I could tell it was separating

into buttermilk and butter.  I took the lid

off and amazingly it smelled just like buttermilk.

I am still just in awe of how it goes through 

this transforming process.  Even if you only

do this once, you gotta try it.  

After 20 minutes I poured off the buttermilk into

a small glass, and scooped the butter into a dish.  

The instructions I had read said to rinse the

butter in cold water to make it keep longer.

It seemed a little weird to rinse the butter, but do your best to get the residual buttermilk out of

it.  If you don't get the buttermilk out, I read that

it will go sour in a week.  Whereas, if you 

rinse it thoroughly through a sieve, it will 

keep 2-3 weeks.  I didn't have a sieve, so I will

make sure and eat mine within a week. 

I tend to like salt, so I normally buy salted

butter.  I added a heavy dash of salt to my fresh butter, and it turned out good.  Well, at least my dad said so.  I brought him some 

to eat with the toast 

that he sometimes eats for breakfast.  I plan

on eating mine tonight with some biscuits

as a breakfast for supper night.  The 

buttermilk will probably make great

buttermilk pancakes too!

I also think this will make the BOMB flavored

butter.  Just add some of your favorite jam to it and mix it up a little, spread it on a hot

roll....oh my:)

Love what you eat and eat what you love! :)