We made butter

One day last week I remembered that I had bought some heavy cream over the holidays for Moma's Favorite Cookie, which I am GOING to post the recipe for! REALLY! :)  Well, I thought with this much cream, it would be a good time to show the children how to make butter... well the easy way to make butter.
We pulled out the ole food processor.
Poured in all that cream and turned it on...
There were a few different stages that I told them we would see...
First of all we saw it just as a liquid, as it is as cream.
We would start seeing the cream slowly becoming thicker, until we had it at the whipped cream stage.
They all tried it at this point and sneered... sadly they thought it would taste like cool whip.  Pitiful, huh? I told them at the enormous amounts of 'stuff' added to cool whip and this was so much better, and that we could add a little sweetner if we wanted whipped cream, but we want butter!
Keep it moving, keep it moving...
FINALLY!
BUTTER! :) HURRAH!
Please forgive the skunk stripes down my child's hair... our New Years Party got a bit crazy! :) haha
Mmm... this butter is good, Mom!
We even took the buttermilk and put it in a jar to use later and washed the curds with ice water to help get all the milk off so the butter would last longer.
Now a solid. How crazy are we? Doing school when we are supposed to be on holiday? haha... so is the life of a homeschooler.
I hope you have a great day friends.
My Cup Runneth Over...

08:33 - Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - post comment

Great pictures

I was concerned I was seeing things when I saw the red stripes. Thanks for explaining. About how long did your butter take in the food processor? Have a great day
CheleLew@homeschoolblogger.com/chelelew

CheleLew - 09:38 - Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Great blog

love the photos... like I was there.... I 'gotta go' find sumtin' to eat...

YOUR FAULT....
RStewart Ontario Canada

rstewart8888 - 09:42 - Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Yum! Looks like fun! Love the red stripes. :-)

Amy

stitchnchick - 10:32 - Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Ooh, yummy.

That looks yummy. :) Bet you guys had fun making the butter. That would be fun to try out.

Love,
Rachel

RachelsReasoning - 10:45 - Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Great idea - I think it is so important to incorporate little lessons everyday - whether you are homeschooling or not. And why not make it fun.

gilsanla - 12:19 - Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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food processor butter, perfect and I love that time and labor saving idea. Your aprons are adorable. Having vintage fabric, especially when it belongs to a forebear, what wonderful memories everytime you put it on. It has been ages since I have sewn anything, your projects are inspiring.

bfitz - 12:11 - Thursday, January 8, 2009

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Question: Do you have to use a food processor?

Could you use a blender instead? I've so wanted to make my own butter - at least once so the children could see and taste it and know how it happens - but we do not own a food processor and, although my husband would buy me one - he's so sweet that way - we really don't need to spend the money, you know?
So . . . . would it work in a blender, ya think?

MissBee - 01:24 - Thursday, January 22, 2009

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