Making your own butter

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Yesterday while I was buying my shoes, there was a butter churn on display, I love them. It is the same as the one my Mum used when I was little to show us how to make it. It was made of wood, a box with a handle.

Here is a picture of the ones you use there, and mentioned in Little House on the Prairie books.

waltonfeed.com/old/butter.html

There is a kind of wooden one here but ours is not on a stand and very pretty I think.

www.amishacres.com/aa_seasonal_and_special_events/spring_farm_days/spring_farm_days.htm

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In Little House, Ma used a strawberry mould for her butter.

Here is one, cgi.ebay.com/1700s-OLD-STRAWBERRY-Wood-Wooden-Butter-Mold-Stamp-NICE_W0QQitemZ7308643406QQcategoryZ1217QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

if the page changes here is some more from the seller to look at:

stores.ebay.com/Anderson-Antiques-and-Woodworking_Butter-Springerle-molds_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm

The Prairie Primer homeschool material has lessons on making butter for the kids.

I was tempted to buy a butter churn from the shop, thought they would be gone by now, so must investigate further. Our grocery has been taken over, we used to be able to buy real cream with no thickeners, so that makes it a bit more of a challenge. The Prairie Primer has thought of that though.

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Here is a more modern solution, making butter in a food processor. Lovely site:

webexhibits.org/butter/doityourself.html


www.pioneerthinking.com/cgi-bin/cookbook.cgi?display:952477786-31964.txt

[ellise]

I would love to make my own butter but trying to get the fresh milk from the farmer's now is like pulling teeth in this area.

[Deed]

BR hopefully Denise will jump in here as somewhere I read where you can make butter in just a jar. I looooooove butter, and would like to try my hand at making it too.

And don't forget candy molds like this for fancy butter pats for a special dinner or even every day. www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=ch0220

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Found some lovely instructions and they also sell churns.

www.wayzata-homestead-harvest.com/butter-making.html

[lynn]

We made butter in a jar one year.....seems like we poured heavy cream or maybe half and half into jelly jars and shook and shook and shook........was lots of fun for the kids.

[Admin]

Yep Lynn is right. Heavy cream into a small jar, like a baby food jar, and keep shaking!!! Kids love it and then you can add a bit of herbs to it also.

Have fun!

[Admin]

Here is a recipe I found online.


Ingredients:
1 empty quart jar with tight-fitting lid
1 pint heavy whipping cream
Pinch of salt (optional)



Directions:
Pour cream into jar, leaving a space at the top to allow for shaking.

Shake jar until chunks of butter start to form, about 15 minutes you'll feel and hear the "clumps."

Pour chunks and liquid into a strainer positioned over a bowl.

Sprinkle butter chunks with salt if desired.

Candy molds can be filled with butter to create festive pats of butter for the tea party.

Put the filled molds into refrigerator, pop out when hard.

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www.goodbyecitylife.com/home/making-butter.htm

Modern butter making.