Recipes Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Compound Butter Recipes How to Make Homemade Butter 4.8 (49) 42 Reviews 11 Photos Learn how to make butter, using just cold, heavy cream. It's done with no heavy equipment at all, just good old-fashioned arm power. It's the original elbow grease! By John Mitzewich John Mitzewich John Mitzewich — aka Chef John — has produced more than 1,500 cooking videos for Allrecipes. He's the actor, director, and screenwriter whose hands and voice confidently walk you through techniques. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Updated on November 16, 2024 Save Rate Print Share Add Photo 11 11 11 11 Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 15 mins Servings: 4 Yield: 1/4 cup Jump to Nutrition Facts Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 1x 2x 4x Oops! Something went wrong. Our team is working on it. Original recipe (1X) yields 4 servings ⅔ cup cold heavy whipping cream 1 1-cup canning jar with lid and ring Directions Pour cream into the jar and screw on the lid. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Shake the jar until butter forms a soft lump, 15 to 20 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Continue to shake until buttermilk separates out of the lump and the jar contains a solid lump of butter and liquid buttermilk. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Pour the contents of the jar into a fine-mesh strainer and strain out the buttermilk, leaving the solid butter. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Remove the lump of butter and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until needed. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Cook’s Note You can do this in a food processor much faster, but I wanted to go old-school. I Made It Print 91 home cooks made it! Nutrition Facts (per serving) 137 Calories 15g Fat 1g Carbs 1g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 4 Calories 137 % Daily Value * Total Fat 15g 19% Saturated Fat 9g 46% Cholesterol 54mg 18% Sodium 15mg 1% Total Carbohydrate 1g 0% Protein 1g 2% Vitamin C 0mg 0% Calcium 26mg 2% Potassium 30mg 1% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. ** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data. (-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.