Will You Save Money? How To Make Homemade Butter!

Making things at home is always cheaper than buying them in the store right? Have we found the exception to the rule? In this video Sarah walks you through the process of making butter step-by-step. We make the butter for our homestead from raw milk that we purchase locally from another small homestead farm. We use jersey cow milk and absolutely love it. If you've been wanting to learn more about making butter at home then this is the video for you!

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[voiceofreason]

The "shake the jar" method is a holiday tradition at my son's best friends house. They use a gallon jar and it get's passed around to all the guest's until it is butter to enjoy with all the fresh baked bread's and roll's at meal time. I think this is just such a special way to include everyone in the meal prep and celebrate!!

[numberoneduchess]

Hi Sarah: Even though I live in the city, I make butter the same way. Here's a heads up if you want to save even more money.
If you add 1/2 cup of milk to what is left in the jar you poured your cream from, and shake it a couple of times, instead of just washing the jar, you will have half and half - great for coffee, if you like cream in your coffee.
I love your hints, especially on canning, and watch every day. Keep up the good work.

[dianerawlinson]

I live in the U.K. in a small village and although I have no opportunity to live like you I love watching your uplifting videos. I love plants and nature and it is a joy to me to see you care for everything.😘

[sharonbyers]

My sister and I were raised by our great aunt and uncle on a cattle ranch in South Dakota. We milked 6 cows and of course made our own butter...I have the wooden hand carved "Butter Pats" we used to press the water out of our butter hanging in my kitchen as decorations. We turned a hand-crank butter churn till we were sure our arms were going to fall off, put the butter into a shallow bowl and pressed out the buttermilk. We all drank it for "nutrition" reasons. My Uncle and Aunt were born in the 1880's, so I'm quite proud of my "antique butter pats." God bless your precious little self and your beautiful family, Oklahoma Grandma.

[phyllisbell]

We worked a small dairy at one time. There was a bad ice storm that took out the power at the dairy The milk in the bulk tank could not be sold, and would have to be discarded. I told hubby, the cream will be the last to empty from the tank. Save it. He brought me a 5 gallon bucket. Another neighbour also took some. I made butter, using my blender. Once it was washed, I put plastic wrap in several 9"x 13" pans I had. Spread the butter in the pans, and put them in our freezer. Once the butter started to harden, I cut it into sticks, and returned them to the freezer. After they completely froze, I wrapped the sticks, and placed them in heavy duty plastic freezer bags. I ended up with 22 pounds of butter.

[timothytate]

When I was growing up here in Missouri we made our own butter. We had a milk cow and it was my job to milk the cow the strain the the cream from the milk then put the cream in the hand crank butter churn And make butter then strain off the butter milk through a cheesecloth into a bowl and rinse the butter off and then form the butter into the butter molds set it off in the refrigerator for the butter to chill and remove the butter from the butter molds after an hour and then wrap it in wax paper and then put it back in to the refrigerator. I did for the buttermilk into a jar and set it into the refrigerator because we used the buttermilk for a lot of recipes

[hearsthewater]

When my kids were little we would make our butter in a plastic milk/water jug. We would put a sterilized glass marble (we kept it separate for this purpose only) in the jug with the cream and start shaking. The handle on the milk jug would make it easier for us to hold onto it, rather than a glass jar. And the marble helped to agitate it. The milk jugs with screw on tops are the best, but if you only have the ones that snap on, use some duct tape. Trust me on this one! Once you have butter, just have an adult use a sharp knife to cut the top off of the jug to get the butter out, and if you cut it right, you can reuse the jug as a feed scoop or some such thing. Yes, we homeschooled and yes, this was used for several lessons.

[StephenRitson]

When you said, "or just to say hello", you had me (aside from the more serious preceding point about skills worth knowing, in case one day...) Love from Europe and thanks

[kathygarber]

I grew up with my granny n pap..no electric ..Had a jersey named Daisy..she gave off a 5 gal. bucket ..we churned the cream for butter in a crock type churn with a wooden cross type paddle...up n down forever to get butter ! Stored it in a mason jar weighted down and tied to a small rope n put in the creek to stay cold ! Lots of work growing up on a farm but very healthy ! I never thought we were poor farmers because we always ate good ..3 sit down meals a dau !

[dr.froghopper]

In Alaska, 1970, we lived on the University of Alaska Experimental Farm, which included a dairy. We collected cream fresh off the milk. We set it aside until slightly sour, poured it into 1 qt Mason jars that doubled as our churns. My parents put the energies of two teenage boys to good use as churn shakers. I loved doing that for the rewards of fresh baked bread and fresh butter! Yum!

[practice]

Pouring cold water into the mixer to remove the buttermilk is a very helpful tip. It looks much easier than squeezing it out with a cheesecloth. Can't wait to try it, thanks

[RudyRay]

Thanks for a great video. My grandparents soured the milk before they made the butter because they liked the taste better than "sweet cream butter". They drank the buttermilk and used it in cooking. It was the same as the buttermilk we buy in the store now. After they washed the butter they added a little salt so the butter would keep longer and for the taste.

[noniabizinezz]

I just made butter and LOVE it so much more than store bought. My next venture is cheese. Love y’alls videos!

[AZMom]

I remember making butter when I was a kid in school. We put cream in baby food jars with a marble shook them. It took forever but it worked.

[shadesofgreen]

Great job guys !! I learned how to make butter in college about 20 years but never used the skills, I'm glad you made this to remind me to you my knowledge !! Thanks for sharing

[stephensalinas]

I appreciate you taking the time to show and bring us along in your endeavors. Also, I had always wondered about the cost effectiveness of making butter vs. buying butter. Thanks, I think your right, I should try it just so i know how things work

[TrinityRidge]

My mother was a homesteader in oklahoma her pops was a prairie cowboy my gramps. She taught me how to make butter at 5. Love ur video.. homemade is by far the best

[marilyncoleman]

you are an excellent teacher. You explain so well.

[TheNealsHomestead]

Hint: Let your cream age for a few days. It turns into butter quicker and tastes good.

[paulrumbold]

what a fantastic video, I’m well impressed here in good old Blighty . I’m onto this for sure . Thank yo7 so much from the bottom of my heart . God bless America