Well-Seasoned Cookbook

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Homemade Butter

Whole Foods Cookbook

Use any quantity of either cream which has been skimmed from fresh milk, or whipping cream. Bring to 60 degrees in a mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed until cream separated into clumps of butter the size of wheat grains or larger. If cream whips before forming butter, continue to beat until it "breaks." Drain off the buttermilk and rinse the butter under cold water. Press with wooden spoon or cold fingers to remove all water. Add 1/2 tsp. salt to 1/2 lb. butter if desired. May churn small quantities of cream in blender at lowest speed.