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How To Make Homemade Flavored Butter 7 Ways

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Homemade butter? What is this, the 17th century? Don’t worry, making butter from scratch sounds way more complicated than it actually is. All you really need is heavy cream, some elbow grease, and a little bit of patience. Once you’ve separated the butter from the buttermilk, you can make all different kinds of flavored butter, from red wine butter that pairs perfectly with a juicy steak to cinnamon vanilla butter to spruce up your pancakes. Not quite convinced just yet? You butter believe it!

Homemade Flavored Butter

Course Snacks

Equipment

  • Cheesecloth
  • Parchment paper
  • Cooking twine

Ingredients
  

  • 1 qt heavy cream chilled

Instructions
 

  • Whip the heavy cream with a mixer until the butter starts to separate from the buttermilk. Transfer the butter to a cheesecloth and squeeze the buttermilk out of the fat. The less moisture there is in the butter, the longer it will last.

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These 7 types of butter are going to help you elevate a ton of different dishes. Fat brings out flavor and butter is the superior fat as we all know, so making your own butter and then adding other spices and flavors should be a total no-brainer. You better believe this is butter!