Homemade Butter

Materials

• Heavy whipping cream

• A mason jar (we like this set)

• Salt

Directions

1. Fill your mason jar about halfway with cream

2. Take turns shaking the butter until it is agitated and the fat begins to clump

3. After about 10 minutes of shaking/rolling, the cream should convert into butter

4. Rinse away the buttermilk & add salt to taste

What’s Happening?
When cream is shaken, the fat molecules in the cream leave their normal position and clump together. After a while, all of the fat molecules cling together, forming a lump of butter and leaving the buttermilk behind.

adapted from Steamsational