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Homemade Butter Recipe & Activity Sheet


Team GCM member, Gift, shows you how to make homemade butter! And if you’re feeling extra moo-tivated, try out our cow coloring sheet!

Ingredients & Materials: Heaving Whipping Cream Mason Jar (or any air-tight container) Clean marble (optional) Coffee filter or thin strainer

Directions:

  1. Fill your air-tight container with heavy whipping cream 
  2. Add clean marble
  3. Shake until marble stops making sounds, or when heavy whipping cream turns into whipped cream
  4. Rest for about 1 minute
  5. Continue shaking until a solid is formed
  6. Strain the contents of the air-tight container through a coffee filter, leaving only solid butter behind
  7. Add salt to taste

And there you go, you’ve got butter!

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Team GCM Creators: Gift & Lauren