tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post1783016245024693898..comments2024-03-02T16:13:12.891-06:00Comments on Kitchen Riffs: Easy Homemade ButterKitchen Riffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-45652862266738594732014-05-04T13:23:01.184-05:002014-05-04T13:23:01.184-05:00Hi Denise, I haven't made this is a blender (V...Hi Denise, I haven't made this is a blender (Vitamix or otherwise) so I don't really have an answer for you. I'd think it'd be pretty quick, though. Maybe worth trying with a small amount of cream to see how it works? Let me know what happens! Thanks.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-41338162095808201202014-05-04T13:14:07.133-05:002014-05-04T13:14:07.133-05:00I have a vita mix blender and I was wondering abou...I have a vita mix blender and I was wondering about how long would I have to blend to achieve the desired product?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027118617671430862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-21974228720592030252014-03-26T11:58:06.116-05:002014-03-26T11:58:06.116-05:00Hi Arthur, we just love homemade butter! Its flavo...Hi Arthur, we just love homemade butter! Its flavor is wonderful, and the buttermilk tastes so much better than any store bought. Thanks for the comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-8637661241116106552014-03-26T11:34:18.152-05:002014-03-26T11:34:18.152-05:00Fresh butter is always nice with homemade bread!Fresh butter is always nice with homemade bread!Arthur in the Garden!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12579402561154101140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-89562445057039230762013-12-03T20:51:23.245-06:002013-12-03T20:51:23.245-06:00Hi Jeanette, I'll bet most of us have over-whi...Hi Jeanette, I'll bet most of us have over-whipped cream by mistake and ended up with butter! Thanks for commenting.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-18023408494660537682013-12-03T20:50:46.818-06:002013-12-03T20:50:46.818-06:00What a fun idea! I'll bet your son really enjo...What a fun idea! I'll bet your son really enjoyed helping out. And you're right, often shaking it is the quickest way, particularly when making small amounts. Thanks for the comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-77392828148852342562013-12-03T19:49:41.810-06:002013-12-03T19:49:41.810-06:00PS........I got the idea for my son when I over-wh...PS........I got the idea for my son when I over-whipped the cream one time to see what would happen.Jeanettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-13080601090963023782013-12-03T19:41:40.981-06:002013-12-03T19:41:40.981-06:00So he could take part in making the Thanksgiving m...So he could take part in making the Thanksgiving meal when he was a child, my son had the responsibility of making the butter. I poured whipping cream into a plastic Tupperware container with a cover. His job was to shake it until he had butter. It only took a few minutes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-49055540421764968092013-10-15T22:12:03.749-05:002013-10-15T22:12:03.749-05:00Hi Tara, I assumed you meant an electric hand mixe...Hi Tara, I assumed you meant an electric hand mixer. You could possibly make butter with a hand whisk, but I sure wouldn't want to try it!Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-53999240893395644852013-10-15T22:09:49.407-05:002013-10-15T22:09:49.407-05:00Hi Tara (sorry, didn't notice your name on the...Hi Tara (sorry, didn't notice your name on the previous comment), a hand mixer would take some time! I'm glad you told me this - I was really wondering about how our times could have been so different. Buttermilk is great in baking. It's a classic in buttermilk biscuits and pancakes, for example, and there are all sorts of recipes that use it. Mrs KR uses it all the time. It's more acid than regular milk, so often you'll use just baking soda and not baking powder. And it can give things a slightly tangy texture. Very slightly! Look through a good baking book - you'll find some recipes that use it. And I really do appreciate your previous comment - I'm always happy to get feedback from people that make the recipes, so I know how to improve future ones. Thanks again.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-50160949187750577762013-10-15T21:58:10.504-05:002013-10-15T21:58:10.504-05:00Oh, it was an electric hand mixer. I didn't m...Oh, it was an electric hand mixer. I didn't mix it all by hand. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-65040168154506922602013-10-15T21:39:01.274-05:002013-10-15T21:39:01.274-05:00Hi KR, I used a hand mixer, maybe that is why it t...Hi KR, I used a hand mixer, maybe that is why it took so long! What do you use buttermilk for? I've never actually used it for anything before so I wasn't sure what to do with it. It did make quite a bit though. I did taste it but it was a little too buttery (lol) for drinking. Thanks for your reply. Sorry to be a downer on my previous comment. I really do appreciate the work you put into your tutorial and I had a fun time making the butter. - TaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-14911526786342815642013-10-15T19:42:30.891-05:002013-10-15T19:42:30.891-05:00Hi Anonymous, thanks for the feedback! So interest...Hi Anonymous, thanks for the feedback! So interesting to hear that your mixer took that amount of time - usually when I make it it starts to curdle in 5 or 6 minutes, and I added some time there thinking that should be enough to cover most mixers. It didn't work for yours, so obviously I was wrong on that. :-( I agree this isn't the most economical way to obtain butter, but do remember you're also getting buttermilk - a highly useful thing in baking, in particular. We do buy butter for baking, but like this for table use (or if we run out, the European-style butters). Anyway, thanks so much for taking time to comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-26240454499062894132013-10-15T18:22:43.502-05:002013-10-15T18:22:43.502-05:00Hi! I really appreciate the tutorial of homemade ...Hi! I really appreciate the tutorial of homemade butter. I never realized making butter was so easy. I tried it for the first time this afternoon. While the end result was delicious, I need to make a few notes.<br />The beating of the cream with a mixer took 25 minutes before it curdled and changed to butter and buttermilk (your instructions say it only takes 5 to 10 minutes). Add in the kneading time, packaging up the final product and then cleanup, it was a solid hour to make 4 average-sized sticks of butter. One quart of non-organic heavy cream cost me $4.00 on sale. I can buy 4 sticks of organic butter (label says the only ingredient is cream) for just under $4.00 on sale. I'm really trying to purchase more organic products. The organic cream would have cost me almost $8.00 for a quart! It's far more economical to purchase the organic butter. Unfortunately this will probably end up being a fun activity for the kids to do a few times a year rather than a weekly source of our family's butter (and we go through A LOT! of butter). Just too time-consuming and not as cost effective as I hoped it would be. :( -- TaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-57443552500494879012013-10-10T09:15:33.331-05:002013-10-10T09:15:33.331-05:00Hi Gloria, I think a lot of people have made butte...Hi Gloria, I think a lot of people have made butter (and buttermilk) by mistake, and didn't know what they had on their hands! Great story. ;-) Thanks for the comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-428359113638764852013-10-10T02:06:32.623-05:002013-10-10T02:06:32.623-05:00Hi to everyone ..just wanted to add ,when I was ab...Hi to everyone ..just wanted to add ,when I was about 12 my mom asked me to whip the whipping cream , so of course I did ..well didn't know how all ..lol it didn;t take long before I saw all this liquid and this yellish peaces lol I was makeing butter and didn, know it ..I think it just was cream in those little cartons ..lets just say guess my mom didn' think it was butter and buttermike and so she dumped it in the garbage can .. but now I know and just found this tonitght .. Guss what I am doing tomorow .I think I will go to a farm and get some cream ..thank you very much and good luck to you all ..gloria.mc@shaw.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-62557225103992970782013-10-09T22:11:55.343-05:002013-10-09T22:11:55.343-05:00Hi Anonymous, good point that a wimpy mixer will h...Hi Anonymous, good point that a wimpy mixer will have problems with this. But if you have a stand mixer that handles bread dough, butter is no problem. At least not in my experience. Thanks for the comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-22101053188748402332013-10-09T21:55:47.626-05:002013-10-09T21:55:47.626-05:00Lol If you are going to make this very often you w...Lol If you are going to make this very often you will not want to use your food processor or mixer ! butter is very hard on the motor after a while. Invest in a cheap churn you will thank me later- 30 years on a farm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-88650185721175101802013-10-09T10:40:55.727-05:002013-10-09T10:40:55.727-05:00Hi Brenda, it's so much fun to make your own b...Hi Brenda, it's so much fun to make your own butter, and the flavor is superb. Plus the bonus of the buttermilk? Gold! Thanks for the comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-49427785994527410262013-10-09T10:16:10.625-05:002013-10-09T10:16:10.625-05:00WOW I am so looking forward to trying this. Thinki...WOW I am so looking forward to trying this. Thinking of all the money I could save by not having to buy butter ever again from the grocery store. I use butter a lot in my cooking. Thanks for sharing this with us! Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664198243734057077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-37828961633095531842013-01-25T22:33:21.184-06:002013-01-25T22:33:21.184-06:00Hi Kim, ;-) This is really fun to do! Your own b...Hi Kim, ;-) This is really fun to do! Your own butter truly tastes better than almost any store bought, and the buttermilk bonus is awesome. Good stuff. ;-) Thanks for the comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-64346606415600089982013-01-25T22:26:10.166-06:002013-01-25T22:26:10.166-06:00Dude, seriously? You rock my world. This is amazin...Dude, seriously? You rock my world. This is amazing. Kim Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01549774687334791659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-47772139249713308722013-01-15T10:02:49.982-06:002013-01-15T10:02:49.982-06:00Hi Helene, glad you enjoyed the explanation! But ...Hi Helene, glad you enjoyed the explanation! But making butter really is pretty simple - you just need to understand what's going on, then the whole process makes sense. Little House on the Prairie was great! Thanks for the comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-23378733600759381582013-01-15T09:42:43.277-06:002013-01-15T09:42:43.277-06:00Very interesting post. I remember my grandmother m...Very interesting post. I remember my grandmother making butter and we did learn to make our own in college time, but I have never remade any since. The other day we were actually thinking of making our own, since we couldn't find any unsalted butter here, and for bakeries unsalted is better (considering the Indian butter choice). I like the way you explained it makes it so simple and easy to understand. You inspired me, thank you!<br /><br />By the way I used to love watching Little House on the Prairie when I was a kid. ^.^Helene Dsouza I Masala Herbhttp://www.masalaherb.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249095902319557066.post-45182354095796071862013-01-13T23:22:40.500-06:002013-01-13T23:22:40.500-06:00Hi Gina, this recipe is a ton of fun! If you can ...Hi Gina, this recipe is a ton of fun! If you can even call it a recipe. ;-) We eat too much butter too, but if you divvy it up into small portions and freeze most of it, that kinda sorta solves that problem. Kinda sorta. ;-) Thanks for the comment.Kitchen Riffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334461438904669081noreply@blogger.com