Homemade Butter

Whipped cream stage

1 pint heavy cream
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)

Pour the heavy cream into a jar with a tight lid. Shake the jar back and forth for 10-20 minutes, or when yellow clumps start to form. Add in some salt if you want it at this point, and shake a minute longer. There will still be some liquid left, which is normal. If you don't use the butter right away, strain off the liquid and store in an airtight container.

Homemade butter

If you don't want to shake a jar for 20 minutes, there's always the electric mixer. Still takes about the same amount of time. The cream will first turn into whipped cream, and then the clumps will start forming and the liquid will start separating out.

It was pretty fun to make homemade butter. And it tastes great!