How to Make Butter from Cream in a Stand Mixer
Make butter the easy way by letting your stand mixer do the churning for you!
Servings: 13 ounces or 363 g
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer with wire whisk attachment
- 4 quart bowl
- 8 inch plate
- a fork
- butter mold or teacup
Ingredients
- 1 quart (1 litre) whipping cream (35%)
- a pinch of salt
Instructions
- Let your cream warm for 4-8 hours or until room temperature.
- Set up your kitchen mixer and pour cream in.
- Turn mixer to low speed and let it whip the cream for 10 minutes.
- It will turn to whipped cream after about 5 minutes. At this point, cover the mixing bowl to prevent splatters.
- Cream will first turn grainy, small lumps will appear and very quickly after, butter will become distinguishable in buttermilk.
- When butter clumps and sticks to your wire whisk, turn the machine off.
- Place a colander over a bowl and empty the butter and buttermilk into it.
- Scrape the sides of the stand mixer's bowl and set the colander in the kitchen sink to drip.
- Pour buttermilk into jar and refrigerate for use in quick breads.
- Wash the butter under cold running water until buttermilk has been released.
- Place washed button on a 8 inch plate and very slowly mix in tiny amounts of salt with a fork, taste testing as you go.
- When you're happy with the results, pack the butter into molds and chill.
- Remove butter from molds and wrap. Refrigerate or freeze.
