Home Made Butter

Unlike our ancestors who had to wait until the first calves and lambs were born at Imbolc, we are blessed to have an abundance of rich sweet milk we have available to us at all times of the year. To honor the Goddess Brigid and our ancestors who worked so hard to give us better lives than they knew, why don't you and your child(ren) try your hands at churning butter.

1/2 pint whipping cream A jar with a tight-fitting lid Fill the jar 1/3-1/2 full of cream. Screw the lid on tightly and begin shaking the jar or rolling it back and forth on the floor or table top. The cream will begin to thicken and then small pieces of butter will begin to form Continue shaking or rolling the jar until the butter forms a solid mass seperate from the thin buttermilk. (It should take 10-15 minutes) The butter may be formed into different shapes using small cake molds or cookie cutters. Sample the butter on crackers or steamed vegetables Remember to keep any left-over butter refrigerated.

Unlike our ancestors who had to wait until the first calves and lambs were born at Imbolc, we are blessed to have an abundance of rich sweet milk we have available to us at all times of the year.
To honor the Goddess Brigid and our ancestors who worked so hard to give us better lives than they knew, why don't you and your child(ren) try your hands at churning butter.

1/2 pint whipping cream
A jar with a tight-fitting lid

Fill the jar 1/3-1/2 full of cream.

Screw the lid on tightly and begin shaking the jar or rolling it back and forth on the floor or table top.

The cream will begin to thicken and then small pieces of butter will begin to form

Continue shaking or rolling the jar until the butter forms a solid mass seperate from the thin buttermilk. (It should take 10-15 minutes)

The butter may be formed into different shapes using small cake molds or cookie cutters.
Sample the butter on crackers or steamed vegetables

Remember to keep any left-over butter refrigerated.