Easy Homemade Grass-Fed Butter Using a Mason Jar

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I make my own grass fed butter with just heavy cream, a mason jar, and about ten minutes of shaking. It's the one keto staple I never buy from the store anymore because fresh churned is that much better.

by Annie Lampella·published 2020-03-25

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Total time

10 min

prep 10 min

Calories / serving

100 kcal

Ingredients (2)

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1 pint grass-fed heavy whipping cream, room temperaturecream
1/4 teaspoon salt (omit, if making unsalted butter)salt

Instructions (6 steps)

01Let the heavy cream sit out at room temperature for 1-2 hours. If you try to churn it cold, it will take longer to turn into butter. Pour heavy cream into a 16 oz mason jar. Sprinkle in salt if making salted butter.
02Tighten the lid and shake for 5-10 minutes until the liquid separates from the butter. The liquid part is grass-fed buttermilk. The solid part is grass-fed butter.
03Once the liquid has separated, strain the buttermilk using a fine mesh strainer to catch the butter. Save the buttermilk for recipes shown below.
04In a small bowl, pour 1/2 cup water to the butter and knead the butter with your hands, butter paddles or a spoon to clean the butter and remove excess buttermilk.
05Remove butter from water bath and place on a sheet of parchment paper. Continue to knead butter with hands or butter paddles to catch excess buttermilk.
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