How to Make Butter in a Jar
In these modern times, making your own butter is not something that you usually think about. However, making your own butter can be a great school project or something for your kids to experience at home. This experiment will give children an idea of how difficult life used to be and what had to be done to gain a small luxury like butter. Making homemade butter in a jar is also good for those who like to eat organic and less processed foods. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Baby food jar
- Soap
- Water
- Paper towels
- Small kitchen towel or piece of cheesecloth
- Butter knife
- Heavy cream
Instructions
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Wash a small empty baby food jar out with soapy water and dry it with some paper towels. Make sure to get all of the soap out of the jar so that your butter won't have a funny taste.
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Fill the baby food jar about half way to the top with heavy cream and put the lid on securely.
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Shake the jar with the cream in it for about 10 to 20 minutes. Make sure to shake it up and down, but never tip it upside down as it could leak.
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Once most of the liquid is gone and a large lump of butter has formed, take the lid off the jar.
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Scoop the butter out of the jar with a butter knife, and place it inside a clean kitchen towel or cheesecloth.
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Close the kitchen towel or cheesecloth over the butter, and wring it out over a sink several times. This extracts all of the left over liquid and leaves you only with the solid butter.
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Use a butter knife or your hands to shape the butter into a circle, square, rectangle or another shape, and place it in the fridge for about 1 hour to harden.
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Put the butter on your food just as you normally would and enjoy. If you want to make more butter at one time, you can use a larger pint or quart jar filled with heavy cream.
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Tips & Warnings
Use a cheesecloth for the best results when wringing the liquid out of your butter.
Supervise children when they are shaking their jars, so that they don't hit anything or anyone.
Resources
- Photo Credit http://www.sxc.hu
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Comments
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Mitzi Saltsman
Nov 23, 2009
I remember doing this in Kindergarten. -
Alisiane
Oct 05, 2008
I searched for this topic because I wanted to see if it was something that could be done, and sure enough, you've laid out the skills for me...how cool!
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Alisiane
Oct 05, 2008
I searched for this topic because I wanted to see if it was something that could be done, and sure enough, you've laid out the skills for me...how cool!
