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Home » Baking & Desserts » Ingredients » Quick and Easy Homemade Butter

19 October 2015

Quick and Easy Homemade Butter

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Making homemade butter is quick, easy and fun. This simple recipe will have you making your own in minutes.

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Making homemade butter is quick, easy and fun. This simple recipe will have you making your own in minutes.I recently visited The River Cottage and one of the highlights was making my own butter in the cookery school. It’s something I’ve had on my list to try for a long time, I just hadn’t got around to it (there are a lot of things on my list like that!).

It turns out that making your own butter is really easy, you simply over whip double cream until it has separated, squeeze out the excess liquid, season and pop it into the fridge.

Making homemade butter is quick, easy and fun. This simple recipe will have you making your own in minutes.Since I got back and told Daniel (who’s 5) that I’d been making butter he’s been asking to make it with me. However, he’s not a fan of my (sensible) way of making it. When I told him I’d been making butter he asked how I had done it. He then happily announced that he knew another way – if you put milk (he meant cream) into a jar and run around then it’ll turn to butter. I asked where he’d learnt it expecting it was something they’d shown him at school, only to be told that he’d learnt it from Thomas the Tank Engine!

We haven’t tested out his way yet (it sounds like much harder work than using the mixer) maybe we’ll try it out over half term next week.

Making homemade butter is quick, easy and fun. This simple recipe will have you making your own in minutes.

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Quick and Easy Homemade Butter

Making homemade butter is quick, easy and fun. This simple recipe will have you making your own in minutes.
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Active Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 13 tablespoons
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INGREDIENTS

Metric - US Cups/Ounces
  • 300 ml Double cream - you can use as much or as little as you'd like
  • A pinch of salt - optional for if you want to make salted butter
  • Iced water - optional for if you want to prolong the life of the butter.

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Whip the cream on high speed until you form butter (you’ll know this has happened as you’ll see quite a lot of liquid in the bottom of the bowl). Add salt if you wish to make salted butter.
  • Using a spatula or a wooden spoon keep mixing by hand to squeeze any excess buttermilk from the butter.
  • Remove the butter from the bowl a lump at a time and give it a quick squeeze with your hands, before setting aside.
  • If you want to prolong the life of the butter, dip it into a bowl of iced water to rinse of any leftover buttermilk. Pat dry with clean kitchen paper.
  • Form the butter into a lump (in whatever shape you fancy) and refrigerate until you want to use it.

NOTES

300ml double cream will make approximately 200g butter and 100ml buttermilk.
If you would like to prolong the life of the butter, rinse it in iced water to wash off any excess buttermilk before refrigerating. Left unwashed, the butter will last up to five days in the fridge.
This recipe is adapted from the recipe I was taught at the River Cottage Cookery School.
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Keyword: Buttermilk
There are loads of uses for the buttermilk squeezed out of the butter. Here’s a few ideas…

  • Sticky Gingerbread Cupcakes
  • Easy Soda Bread
  • Marzipan, Cherry & Orange Blossom Soda Bread
  • Chocolate Chip Soda Bread

Making homemade butter is quick, easy and fun. This simple recipe will have you making your own in minutes.

Free From/Suitable For…

The ingredients I used to make this recipe are all free from the following allergens. However, please check any labels carefully for allergens you need to avoid as brands can vary and product recipes can change over time.

  • Suitable for Vegetarians
  • Gluten-Free
  • Egg-Free
  • Tree Nut-Free
  • Peanut-Free
  • Sesame-Free
  • Soya-Free
  • Sulphur Dioxide & Sulphite-Free
  • Fish-Free
  • Crustacean-Free
  • Mollusc-Free
  • Celery-Free
  • Mustard-Free
  • Lupin-Free

Making homemade butter is quick, easy and fun. This simple recipe will have you making your own in minutes.

 

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  1. Cyndy says

    February 14, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    Can you use half and half cream (like for coffee)?

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      March 01, 2023 at 12:53 am

      Unfortunately not as the high fat content of heavy cream is what gives you the butter. Half and half won’t contain enough fat to make any reasonable amount of butter.

  2. Brenda says

    August 16, 2021 at 12:26 am

    5 stars
    Brilliant. I actually only make butter when I can get reduced cream, makes it very cheap, good butter. Just bought 6 litres of cream for 60p, so guess what I’ve been doing?

    Reply
    • Milky says

      September 11, 2022 at 9:56 am

      4 stars
      Where do you get 6 litres of cream from?

    • Charlotte Oates says

      October 03, 2022 at 7:46 pm

      Any shop with a large enough stock.

      I’m not sure where you can bulk buy cream, especially as I’m not sure which country you’re in.

  3. Andrew Phillips says

    July 14, 2021 at 7:33 pm

    I don’t know how long ago you posted this or if you will reply. I gave it a go and its amazing to watch. I add some salt but didn’t get the deep salted taste. How much do you put in for a country salted (heavy salted) butter please.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      July 15, 2021 at 8:51 pm

      I’m not sure as I prefer lightly salted butter – sorry.

  4. Julie Birch says

    May 12, 2021 at 8:04 am

    5 stars
    I used this recipe at work. I use the buttermilk in my scones. And of course the butter thick on top. Residents love them. Thanks

    Reply
  5. Mel says

    October 31, 2020 at 12:56 pm

    I used to make my own butter but got out of the habit, so thank you for the reminder.

    Reply
  6. Mel says

    October 08, 2020 at 7:32 am

    I used to make my own butter but got out of the habit, this has given me inspiration to get back to it.
    Do you have any buttermilk recipe suggestions to use the buttermilk up please.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      October 08, 2020 at 11:21 am

      I don’t have many, but you could try my gingerbread cupcakes or some soda bread.

  7. Elybeth says

    September 24, 2020 at 3:40 am

    Can I use this butter to bake things like cookies or cakes?

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      September 25, 2020 at 1:35 pm

      Yes

  8. Sally says

    June 17, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    I’ve seen it done by putting the cream in a jam jar and shaking….. But, that’s a lot of shaking and tired arms…. Did your little boy ever try it by running around.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      June 18, 2020 at 10:29 am

      We didn’t try it in the end. It’s still on my list 🙂

      I agree about the tired arms, that’s why I use a mixer. I’ve known people try it with a hand whisk before and they were exhausted.

  9. Annette says

    December 22, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    This is so good and extremely easy.

    Reply
  10. tam says

    May 04, 2016 at 4:00 am

    What is double cream?

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      May 04, 2016 at 2:52 pm

      It’s similar to heavy cream, which you could use as a substitute.

  11. Steph @MisplacedBrit says

    October 26, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    Absolutely brilliant! I’ve never even thought of making my own butter! Pinned right away 🙂 Your pictures are fantastic!
    Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      October 27, 2015 at 6:07 pm

      Definitely give it a try, it’s so quick and easy.

  12. Stephanie says

    October 22, 2015 at 12:27 am

    Wow. I have lists like that, but making butter isn’t on them. Perhaps it should be? If it makes it onto the list I think I prefer the non running around version 😉 #cookblogshare

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      October 22, 2015 at 12:30 am

      It should definitely be on your list. If nothing else it’s a great way to use up leftover double cream.

      I’m with you, I’d alway choose the food mixer version, but I think I’m going to have to give in and try the other way with the boys soon. Hopefully it’s not too exhausting!

    • Maryon Jeane says

      October 25, 2017 at 5:38 am

      Leftover double cream – what’s that? Is it in the same category as those recipes which use “leftover wine”?…!

      Seriously, I’ve been making my own butter (from cream from a small herd of properly-reared, named(!) Guernsey cows) for over a year now, using my Thermomix. The butter is not only the most delicious we’ve all ever tasted, it’s actually cheaper than buying equivalent quality butter. Amazing.

      The only relatively slow step is getting all the whey out of the butter, so I’m looking into ways of making this step quicker. I think that wooden paddles will help – ?

  13. Honest mum says

    October 20, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    Oh wow, amazing! Always wanted to make butter. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      October 20, 2015 at 9:50 pm

      You should definitely try it, it’s so quick and simple. The boys would probably enjoy getting involved too!

  14. Nicoletta @ sugarlovespices says

    October 20, 2015 at 3:18 pm

    Wow Charlotte, is it that easy to make your own butter? That is great! I am going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing, it looks fabulous.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      October 20, 2015 at 8:36 pm

      Yes, it’s really that simple, I’m annoyed at myself for not trying it sooner. Let me know how it goes when you try it.

  15. Su {Ethan & Evelyn} says

    October 20, 2015 at 9:13 am

    This sound like fun. Something that my boy and I can do together. 🙂 Thanks for sharing. #TastyTuesday

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      October 20, 2015 at 8:40 pm

      I’ve not made it with the boys yet (due to Daniel’s insistence that we do it his way!), but I’m sure they’d enjoy it. I think they’d find watching the cream turn to butter quite fascinating.

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