Butter is usually made by churning cream or fermenting cream. It is one of the most commonly used spreads on food items and seasoning in various food making processes. Butter is made up of fats and water. Cow's milk is usually used to make butter, however, even milk of other domestic animals, like, sheep, goat, etc is used for making butter. Generally salt, flavoring or preservatives are added to fresh butter.

How to Make Butter

Making butter at home is a very simple job. With very few easy steps you can make fresh delicious butter at home. Fresh milk cream is agitated to make butter. There are a number of factors that are responsible for the quality of butter formed, like, temperature of cream, quality, etc. Following are the steps on churning butter.

Step #1: Cream Formation
You can use milk of cow or any other animal, like, goat, buffalo, etc. Collect the milk in a clean container and allow the milk to cool in a refrigerator (12 hours at least). A layer of cream will be formed on top of the milk. Separate this cream from milk by skimming it slightly. You can do this with the help of a spoon. Collect the cream in a jar with a tight lid.

Step #2: Cream Souring
This is the most important step in order to get good quality butter. Keep the collected cream in such a place where the temperature is between 60 - 75 degrees Fahrenheit, for approximately 12 hours. This process is called souring of milk, wherein the acidic content of the cream is developed.

Step #3: Churning the Butter
Once the cream has soured, it's time to churn the butter. You can use any of the butter churns mentioned above. Butter churning can be done even with the help of a simple jar. Put the cream in the butter churn and stir the cream. Every butter churn has a different assembly for churning butter. Stir the cream until you see formation of butter balls. Churn the butter in a