Butter

We've made butter a number of times at the Windmill and thought we'd share the pics! When locally made butter is in short supply, what is there to do but make your own? And who knew how easy it was! No more churning a big wooden stick for hours until your arms fall off. All you need is an electric stand mixer and some good heavy cream.

We start the mixer on high, whipping our cream for several minutes, and end up with some delicious looking whipped cream...

And we make a huge mess in the process...

A few minutes more on high and it starts to look like butter. Still too chunky and way too much moisture in it, though... keep going.

Now we have buter. Strain out all the liquid.

Flavor it, salt it, do what you like to it and then seal in an airtight container and refrigerate! 

It won't last long... especially when you have some of Sweet Olive's fresh baked bread on hand. I recommend the Cracked Wheat or Multigrain, lightly toasted, and topped with some of the Cinnamon Honey Butter we made this week! Or try your hand at it!