Hello all. I am Kallee from Creative Southern Home and I am so excited to be writing my first post as a contributor for Jaime. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, so I thought I would share one of our family traditions and recipes with you. Homemade butter.
You will need:
1 quart jar
1 pint of Heavy whipping cream
1/2 tsp salt
Pour your cream & salt into a clean quart jar, with a tight lid. Start Shaking. This whole process will take about 30 minutes. We pass around the jar and take turns when we get tired of shaking. We also sing a little chant we found from years ago when families really did have to churn their own butter. It goes:
Come butter come
Come butter come
Kallee’s (insert your name) waiting at the gate, waiting for a butter cake
come butter come
come butter come
We chant this as we shake. You will notice that your cream will start to get thick and sticky. This means you are well on your way, but don’t stop. Keep shaking.
After shaking for a while longer you will notice some sloshing. This means the butter is separating from the buttermilk.
You should have turned your cream into a big lump of butter surrounded by fresh buttermilk. Pour out the buttermilk. Save it to use in pancakes, or another recipe.
In a strainer, wash off the butter with cold water. Now it is ready to serve. It is perfectly soft and ready to grace your table.
It is perfect for rolls or homemade bread.
My kids have so much fun making this every Thanksgiving. We often shake it while watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade. It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without it, or without our pumpkin delight, sweet potato casserole and homemade rolls.
Homemade Butter
Ingredients
- 1 pint whipping cream
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Pour whipping cream into a quart jar with a tight lid
- Shake for about 30 minutes, until the butter separates from the buttermilk
- Place butter in a strainer and rinse with cold water. (save the buttermilk for another use)
- serve with your favorite bread
I can’t wait to try this!
Oh my! I love that you posted this.
When I was a kid, every year before Thanksgiving, my mother would come to my classroom and bring jars and heavy cream for us kids to shake and make butter. I remember all the little boys would roll their eyes, saying “who cares.” But they would inevitably get into it and take over the shaking once our arms got tired and everyone would squeal as the butter formed.
Then we’d eat the fresh butter spread on fresh baguettes. The kids all thought my mom was a genius. Lol.
Thanks for bringing back the memories. I’m going to bring some heavy cream in a mason jar to my mother’s for turkey day this year and try to re-start the tradition!
I am so glad you are going to “re-start” the tradition! It is such a fun one. Have a great Thanksgiving.
Kallee
That’s such a sweet memory! I love hearing about memories that food & recipes bring up! My grandparents still have their old butter churn that has the long stick going into it to make the butter. I used to love to play with that when I was a kid!
Is this REALLY all it takes?!?! I’ve been buying butter all these years and could have made my own at home. Definitely trying this!
I know Deauna!! I had no idea it was so easy either!! I can’t wait to give this a try!! 🙂
What a great idea and my grand kids would love to do this! Next time they are over we are going to try it. Stopping by from the Create It or Bake It Party!
I hope y’all have so much fun making butter! 🙂
Need to try this. Maybe I’ll add some flavors too. I was thinking of garlic and dill.
Adding flavors is a great idea Dan!!