Raw Butter

      After skimming the cream off of five quarts of raw milk I finally made butter! I have always dreamed of making my own butter. Churning it the old fashioned way while sitting with the family listening to the radio. With Grandma and Grandpa in their rocking chairs. The cool night breeze coming in the windows. Then at the end of the night everyone saying goodnight to each other from their rooms...Goodnight Mama, Goodnight Daddy, Good night Gabe, Goodnight Genesis, Goodnight Giddy, Goodnight Garin, Good night John Boy. Ahh, Well enough of the dreaming of being the Walton's. I may not have had the time or the equipment to hand churn but I did have this handy dandy stand mixer. I placed my wonderful liquid gold, also known as raw cream in the bowl and turned on the mixer. Then waited and waited. Actually I was able to put 3 kids down for naps before it turned to butter. With the help of my amazing hubby we rinsed and strained it with a  cloth 3 or so times. Saving the lovely buttermilk for baking. After it was strained in the babies clean burp cloth due to the fact I did not have cheese cloth, we put it in the fridge to store. Tonight the kids and I for supper had mashed potatoes with fresh made raw butter. It was delicious, the most delicious butter I have ever tasted. For dessert we had apples with fresh homemade peanut butter. As the kids were finishing supper I popped the peanuts into the food processor and viola fresh peanut butter. The kids loved it! Below are the photos of the process of making butter. Enjoy!
                                                      -God Bless-
                                                         Joy