The Good Stuff. Raw Butter

My grandmother used to treat us grandkids. With butter and sugar on bread. And we loved it.

Nowadays we are so afraid of fat that it's actually affecting our health. Google Weston A Price foundation. They've got some amazing studies on there related to fat, ADD and other brain related disorders, bone formation etc. Ok back to butter.

It's so easy. I was shocked. There are a million ways people do it.
Cultured
Washed
Drained
Seasoned
Mine is just plain easy butter.

I put a quart of raw cream in the vitamix blender. You can use another kind but it'll take much longer. But it'll work!
In the V I blend it maybe a minute or 90 seconds. Until it looks like scrambled eggs. Past the whipped cream stage. You'll see bits of butter sliding down the sides while blending.

Then into my milk jar I pour off all the buttermilk I can. Poke the butter a few times with a spatula and pour off any more milk.

I wash my butter. Makes it last longer supposedly. Removes the last of the milk proteins. But optional.
Put some ice in a glass and fill it with cold water. Let chill a minute and dump just the water into the blender. Yes, on the butter. Pulse ten times or if a normal blender blend ten seconds.

Don't save this liquid. Strain it off. You can repeat this until the water comes out clean. I don't. Once is enough for me. Put your new creamy golden amazing butter in a bowl and add some ice water again. Work through it with your hands (this is fun!!) and then drain off all the water. I tip the bowl a bit so that as I work it, the water goes to the other side.

Add 3/4 tsp of good (Real) salt and work in well.

Now take a palm full of butter at a time and squeeze any more liquid out, and set in your mold or dish. Molds can be just making a ball with your hands, a biscuit cutter, or I use a disposable muffin tin. It makes 1/2 cup pieces so I'm ready for baking. Chill your mold, covered or wrapped in Saran or waxed paper. Pop them out and store in the fridge.

Now spread some on your homemade bread and have a glass of buttermilk for lunch. Feels good doesn't it!!