To Make Butter

Ingredients

• pint of heavy cream

Method

1. 1

   Put a pint of heavy cream into a quart glass jar, adjust the cover and shake the jar until the particles of fat separate from the water and form tiny yellow flakes, or it may be done by whipping thick cream in a bowl with a beater.

2. 2

   Skim out the yellow flakes with a spoon and press out the butter-milk.

3. 3

   Make the butter into a compact mass and wash it in cold water.

4. 4

   Change the water until it is clear.

5. 5

   Dry the butter in a clean cloth; stir in one fourth teaspoon of salt; pat it into a smooth cake and set away to chill.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The school kitchen textbook (1915) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Make Butter Butter may be made on a small scale in the classroom. Put a pint of heavy cream

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