over the holidays, we made some fresh butter to go along with some freshly baked bread.
it is so easy to make and tastes so much more creamy than the store bought kind.

all you need is some fresh heavy cream and either a jar or food processor.
in minutes you can have fresh butter.

to make your own butter:
-pour the heavy cream into the basin of a food processor fit with a normal blade.
-turn the processor on and within seconds you can watch the cream go thorough the many stages.
-when the butter begins to form, you will drain the liquid from the solid butter.  this liquid is buttermilk and can be saved and used.
-after this step you want to wash the butter.  to do this you pour some ice water into the butter and turn the processor on.  you will drain the liquid and repeat this step until the liquid is clear.
-you then want to try to squeeze all of the excess water out of the butter.
- you can now knead in some salt if you would like salted butter and then roll it into some wax paper to store.

**if you are using the jar method, you follow the steps above but shake the jar instead of turning on the food processor.  you can put a marble in the jar to speed up the process.