Did you know you could make your own butter? I just recently learned how to do this with my new Hamilton Beach Stack and Snap™ 12 Cup Food Processor. It’s so easy to do, and the taste is amazing. In the last month, I started making my own regular butter, and then I branched out into compound butters, which are just amazing! This is a sponsored post.
In the past, I’ve bought roasted garlic butter and orange honey butter at the fancy organic grocery store, but with my food processor, I was able to make my own this holiday season. I can’t believe how easy it is!
I think these would go so nice with a little New Year’s Eve get together – champagne, sliced baguette, cheeses, olives, some fruit, and homemade compound butters. And make some homemade biscuits! If you have never made 7UP biscuits, go do it right now. They come out just amazing as the fluffiest and most delicious biscuits I’ve ever had.
Here is a picture tutorial for the butter making process as you follow the recipe. The first few times I made it, I felt like it was never going to reach the “butter” stage, but just keep processing and watching it turn to a crumbly look, and you know you’re there.
This is the basic butter recipe you’ll need before making compound butter.
Make Your Own Butter
Make your own butter and then add something delicious to it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of whipping cream (or heavy cream)
- 1/8 cup ice water + 3 ice cubes
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Pour whipping cream into the food processor and puree for 2-3 minutes.
Watch for the cream to form hard peaks and start to fold on itself. - When that stage is reach, drop 1/8 cup of ice cold water and 1 crushed ice cube through the hole and puree for another minute.
At this point, it should start to harden even more. Open the lid and see if you can pour off any liquid - that's the buttermilk (you can save it). - Then, add 2 crushed ice cubes and continue processing again for another minute or so until it looks almost crumbly.
At this point, you can pour off most of the buttermilk. - Put the butter into a strainer and gently push on it to squeeze out the excess buttermilk.
- Now, wrap it in wax paper and refrigerate it.
Table of Contents
You’ve Got Leftover Buttermilk
After you’ve made the butter, you’ll have about a cup of buttermilk, which you can keep and cook with later. I keep it in the fridge and make waffles or pancakes or add it to cornbread. I get such a great feeling when I can reuse something like this. The waffles I make with my homemade buttermilk are to die for!
How to make Compound Butter
Once you’ve made the butter, now it’s time to make some compound butter. I buy 2 quarts of whipping cream and make 4 batches of butter and turn each batch into it’s own compound butter. For each batch of butter, once I’ve squeezed out the buttermilk in the strainer, I return it back to the food processor. Then, I add the ingredients for one of these recipes below and then wrap them in wax paper and store in the fridge.
Here’s what I add for each:
Orange Honey Butter
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 2 tbs orange juice
- 2 tbs honey
Process for 30 seconds. Remove, and roll into wax paper. Refrigerate for 2 hours or more.
Roasted Garlic Butter
- 12-15 roasted garlic cloves – Recipe to roast garlic HERE
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- pinch of salt
Pulse 5-6 times. Remove, and roll into wax paper. Refrigerate for 2 hours or more.
Cinnamon Vanilla Bean Butter
- 1 vanilla bean – split and insides scraped out
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp sugar
Pulse 5-6 times. Remove, and roll into wax paper. Refrigerate for 2 hours or more.
Raspberry Preserves Butter
- 2 tbs + 1 tbs raspberry preserves
Add 2 tbs of raspberry preserves, and puree for 20-30 seconds. Remove and mix with 1 tbs of raspberry preserves. Roll into wax paper. Refrigerate for 2 hours or more.
159 comments
I haven’t ever made my own but this looks awesome!
No way. That is a pretty awesome thing to do if you ask me. Butter makes everything taste better.
I wouldn’t know where to begin! I could use a food processor though.
Butter, real butter, is just one of the best things in life. I had no idea it was so easy to make at home! I love your butter ideas too!
Those compound butters look amazing! I could use an upgrade to my super old processor so I am entering!
Butter!!!! I really want to try this recipe and that is something I don’t have 😀
Wow! Now I need to get me a food processor. Much better to make your own and know what’s in it, than buy store bought stuff. Like this!
I never thought of making my own butter before. That’s really cool!
This is really great, Stephanie! I’ve never made my own butter…I’ve made my own flavored butters, but from pre-made butter of course! Pinning and sharing this!
Wow! I’ve never even thought about making my own butter before!
If I were to win, the first thing that I would make would be homemade pimento cheese!
I would make coleslaw. by the way the recipe looked amazing
I would try your butter recipe, but also, I’d love to make some pie crust with this baby!
Thanks for the chance. I’ve never owned a food processor. =0)
I would learn to make homemade salsa.
I love home made butter. I think I would make salsa first.
My old one broke last year. This looks much easier than trying to use my blender
That sounds like a great food processor! I love freshly made butter!
Oh man, I wish I would have had this for my Christmas neighbor gifts! It would have been perfect. I’m putting it on my list for next year. I love how easy it is to make different flavored butters. My husband would love the garlic butter. Yum!
Id make some chicken dip
Everything I can. I’ve got a little Baker in the house. I bet she would love making new concoctions in this.
i would make onion dip.
i would make some hummus
You make it look so amazing and esy!
I don’t really use a lot of butter in my life – except when I make mashed potatoes!! I do love a flavored butter – they are the best. I do have a food processor that probably needs to come out of hiding:)
never tried flavored butters, and never owned a food processor!
I’d try to make the butter in this post!
I’d love to make the roasted garlic butter!
I love this. We love butter so much, and I love all the amazing different ways you have used it! Yummy.
I would make a fresh salsa or some pesto.
i would make salsa.
i have always wanted to make my own.
i would love to make fresh hummus
I actually would love to make some butter especially garlic or cinnamon honey flavors….yum.
I would make a smoothie!
I’ve never made butter, but I can’t wait to try this!
I would love to make salsa
I would make salsa – YUM! Gotta love taco tuesdays
I would love to make some hummus.
I would make hummus
I would use it to make homemade breads.
I would absolutely love to try and make some pesto! I could eat that every day 🙂
would love it.
I made my own butter once. It’s really fun. I make all kinds of things in my food processor, from salsa to desserts.
My goodness, wouldn’t know where to start! Definitely, an entire layer cake, every bit from scratch. And I’ve never even thought of making butter, and now I’m intrigued!
I would make hummus!
It sounds awesome to do it in the food processor! I had never thought of That!
I have been dying to try compound butters!! Thanks for sharing!!
Hugs
I would love to make fresh Salsa.
Powdered Laundry detergent, I hate grating the soap!
It’s so easy!! I love the flavored butter and definitely want to try that soon!
I love your recipes for butter, I would try them for sure. I would also make some salsa . thanks for the chance.
I’d use it to make my own aioli and pesto – they would be to die for!
I’d make almond milk, butter, oh man there would be so many things I’d make with this! I’m starting to get into paleo diets so this would be just so amazing!
I would make salsa.
I would make sofrito 🙂
I would make homemade Salsa and Guacamole.
I wanna try your butter recipes!
Okay. I want to make allllllllllll the butters. Holy cow, I need this!
I’ve never tried my hand at making my own, but i bet it’s amazing!
I want to try your recipe for Cinnamon Vanilla Bean Butter, thanks!
I have never had a food processor but I would love one. We are eating more and more fresh foods from scratch so I could really use this. It was on my Christmas wish list, still hoping for one 🙂
I would try the butter and also make salsa
I’m not sure what I will make, I’ll pull out my cook book and find a wonderful recipe to use it.
I’d use this to make pie crust.
I would make a big mess, and logs of salsa.
I’m not sure what I would make, possibly salsa but now I am also intrigued with the idea of making butter.
I could totally put this to work!!!
Oh this looks like a great idea. I will have to try this for sure. thanks for sharing.
I would probably make some spinach dip. I would like to try to make butter too. It looks good.
I would use it to chop salads and herbs–I can never get them to a fine enough dice with just a knife.
I would try the butter for sure. I also like making my blue cheese dipping sauce in the food processor
I make butter in my mixer, but I’d love to have a food processor for slicing and shredding. Chicken, cheese, veggies – so much time saved! And I definitely would use it for homemade salsa. Yum!
I would make cole slaw, to start!
I’m totally excited to try this. I have so much basil and this is perfect to make with it.
I would make Pico de gallo.
Homemade pasta dough is really easy with a food processor… quick and delicious.
Meatloaf. helps with the onions
I would actually try and make butter! Looks like it would make a great gift!
I’d make some sort of salad with it
I would make some salsa.
I would like to make everything! As a person who entertains many, this instrument sounds great!
I would make homemade salsa
I’ve never had a processor, looks so fun. I’d probably start by trying the butters. Love butter!
I would cut up cabbage with it for coleslaw.
Homemade salsa would be the first thing I would make!
I would make pie crust for an apple pie
I would like to make flaky pastry dough with the frozen grated butter in one of those machines.
We like to make a roast beef spread
home made Hummus… thank you for your generosity
The first thing I would like to make is homemade hummus!
Yum! I’d make roasted garlic butter, as I can think of so many things it would add a nice zing to. I also like using the food processor for pie crust.
I would make some fresh salsa, Yum!
I would like to make peanut butter.
I would make hummus!
I would use it to grate all the ingredients for coleslaw! So much easier than by hand!
I would definitely make butter! Fresh garlic butter sounds awesome!
Now that I see it, I might make butter! I would also make salsas and pestos.
I think I would try to make pesto for pesto spaghetti!
I want to make this butter! Can’t wait to try it!!
I would make my own salsa. Fresh is always better!
I loved reading your post! I would make fresh guacamole first in this processor. Thanks for the chance.
I would make salsa and maybe try your butter recipe.
i would love to try and make butter
I’d make crepe batter with it.
I would make homemade salsa using fresh tomatoes from my garden this summer.
I would love to make that orange honey butter
I would love to make my own peanut butter. My kids go through a lot of peanut butter so it would be great to serve them fresh, nutritious home made peanut butter.
I would keep it gluten free my son has Celiacs disease and does not have one to make his food in . I would use it in making his cookies.
i would make homemade SALSA!!!!
I would make hummus – experimenting a bit to find new combinations! Thanks for the opportunity to win the processor. I would make my life sweeter for sure!
Fresh salsa would be the first thing I’d make. Might try these butters, too.
Thanks for the contest.
I would make a fruit smothie
I would make guacamole or Margaritas!
I would love to make some hummus!
I would like to try to make some of these butters.
I would take a stab at making hummus!
I just saw a video using a food processor to make cookies, so I would try that first
I’d make bisquits
I’d love to try and make my own butter!!!!
I would make hummus with this.
thanks for the cool giveaway!
I’d love to make pesto!
I’d love to make white bean dip!
I will make salsa
Pesto all the way!
The first thing I’d make would be fresh salsa.
I would make homemade Salsa
homemade salsa
Cauliflower tater tots!
I would make pesto with this.
I would try to make the butter
I would make honey butter
Avocado dip
I would make my own hummus
I would make a yummy pesto.
i would try to make some chicken dip with this
Bean dip,hummus,and pesto
I would make my famous French dip for a party !:)
Thank you! xoxoxo
I would use it to make salsa.
I will make hummus. Thanks!
I would make homemade hummus.
I would use it to make the filling for baklava.
I would make would be homemade cheddar cheese!
I would make fresh salsa.
I would make hummus and salsa.
It would help me with some new vegan recipes I’ve been wanting to try!
I would probably make a fruit puree or peanut butter!
I’d love to try to make strawberry preserves butter. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would make salsa – chopping the tomatoes finely.
I am hungry for ham salad
I would make Zuccini Bread!! This would work awesome for that!! Thanks for the chance!!
I’ve been wanting to make my own butter, so this is perfect!
I would give to my sister who is always cooking and making some great food. Not sure exactly what she would make but hopefully she will let us sample it
I would make broccoli soup.
I really want to try to make my own almond butter!
I’d probably make pestos. I’m in love with them. 🙂
Omg this is so amazing i love it and want it so bad!!! Now I want to make that butter, I want to put that Vanillia bean butter on a bagel O Yum… that is what i want to make, I no my friend made once these little cream mint thingy’s that where so good she said they only took like 3 or 4 items,but you had to have a food processor and she added colors it was so cool, i would find those and make those too. thank you so much
I think it would be cool to make salsa with this food processor.
I have been wanting one of these for a long time and The first thing I would make would be to try your butter recipe.
I want to make guacamole, but the butter looks amazing!
I’d love to make some nut butters, particularly almond butter. But I’d also like to try this recipes