Homemade Butter? Who Knew?

I realize someone will tell me that making butter is so easy. But why should I make it when it is readily available at my local grocery store? Because it is easy and delicious!

The topic came up one day when Big Guy was reading one of his many books on cooking and gardening. “Hey, did you know we can make butter with our Kitchen Aid?”  I was certainly interested as having no butter in the Carondelet Kitchen is a crime!

The hard part was finding heavy whipping cream since it was on the list of items hard to find in our local grocery store. I got lucky and found a carton and we were off to the races. Big Guy put the whipping cream into the Kitchen Aid and whipped it until it became butter. Yes, that simple. He added a little salt just to flavor it but not enough to make it too salted. After all, we can always add more, right?!

It is a good thing Big Guy bought a fresh baguette from Parker’s Table. I suspect it will be gone very soon!

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