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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl

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Lora
Alexandria IN
USA
978 Posts

Posted - Feb 10 2014 :  08:11:20 AM  Show Profile
Finally - I gave butter making a shot. I bought 3 quarts of cream at the grocery because it was on sale. I tried the marble in a jar - not much luck. Considered using the food processor - then decided to give the old KitchenAid a whirl. It work perfectly - all I had to do was keep an eye on the whipping cream stages and put a large dish towel over the top to keep the splashing to a minimum. I got a pound and a half of butter and quart and a half of buttermilk.

I followed the instructions in the BACKYARD HOMESTEADING book about washing it and all. So easy - I will definitely use this method again.

Love that I can control how much salt goes in it. Cheese making is next on the list and DH is into making beer and other spirits.

"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway" -John Wayne
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl

4719 Posts

Dawn
Naperville Illinois
USA
4719 Posts

Posted - Feb 10 2014 :  10:26:08 AM  Show Profile
Good for you Lora! Enjoy using it in your baking and cooking.

Dawn in IL
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl

4111 Posts

Michele
Bruce Wisconsin
USA
4111 Posts

Posted - Feb 10 2014 :  2:20:53 PM  Show Profile
congrats, and on to bigger and better things! I have found that just shaking the cream in a jar gives me the best results. But everyone has their favorite. Enjoy it.

just a girl farming in WI

Michele
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter

13568 Posts

CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores Colorado
USA
13568 Posts

Posted - Feb 10 2014 :  3:29:30 PM  Show Profile  Send ceejay48 a Yahoo! Message
My mom made all our butter on the farm as we milked our cows. She made my younger sister and I shake the cream in quart jars to make butter . . . we hated it!!! But we were kids!
As an adult when we lived on a place where we milked cows I used the Kitchen Aid method!
CJ

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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl

5216 Posts

Sharon
Bruce Crossing Michigan
USA
5216 Posts

Posted - Feb 12 2014 :  11:06:36 AM  Show Profile
Good for you Lora!!!

I also use my Kitchen-Aid with a large flour sack towel thrown over it :) I love being able to control the amount of salt also.

Farmgirl Sister #5392

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thebyrdhaus
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520 Posts

Patty
Columbus Oh
USA
520 Posts

Posted - Jul 02 2014 :  7:26:46 PM  Show Profile
I grew up on a farm with jersey cows. I grew up on raw milk and butter. I swore when I left home and bought my own groceries, I would have margarine. Something always smooth and spreadable. I envied friends whose parents always had margarine and loved to eat at their homes. now that I am able to buy my own...I wished I had a cow and always buy butter! I can not stand the taste of margarine....lol

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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter

13568 Posts

CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores Colorado
USA
13568 Posts

Posted - Jul 31 2014 :  6:04:30 PM  Show Profile  Send ceejay48 a Yahoo! Message
I'm now getting raw milk from a neighbor and making butter . . . I don't have a Kitchen Aid or similiar mixer, but my food processor does a great job. I'm also making yogurt in a crockpot and doing it Greek style . . thick and creamy!
CJ

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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl

17025 Posts

Grace
WACAL Gal WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts

Posted - Aug 15 2014 :  2:54:54 PM  Show Profile
I have an old squareish glass jar w/wooden paddles and a crank, to make butter,,, but I just use a small pint jar, fill it 2/3 way up, put the lid back on and just shake, shake, shake, usually while watching TV,,, and then once done, it's separated, I remove the 'butter'.. give it a little rinse and press it into a lidded container,,, I don't add salt so I have to use my butter up w/I a week, and that is why I make it in such small batches...
so yummy, fresh, sweet, unsalted butter on a Kaiser roll... yumyum...


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