How to Make Butter

Making butter from scratch starts with heavy cream, and is as easy as whipping it until it breaks and the butterfat collects; then all you you have to do is wash it, dry it, season it with salt (only if you want!), and roll it up tightly.

How to Make Crème Fraîche (in One Easy Step!)

All you need to make crème fraîche at home is cream, buttermilk, and a little patience.

Sweet Cultured Butter and True Buttermilk From 'The Nourished Kitchen'

The thought of homemade butter conjures images of large wooden butter churns and hours of arm-busting labor. But these days, butter is actually quite easy to make. If you have a stand mixer, you have have it ready to eat in only a few short minutes.

DIY Cultured Buttermilk

Talk about set it and forget it: The only skill culturing your own buttermilk requires is patience.

Buttermilk Ice Cream

This ice cream boasts big buttermilk flavor, but it has a texture that's light and fresh.

The Homemade Pantry's Butter

To make butter from the comfort of your home kitchen, all you need is a stand mixer, a pint of cream, and a pinch of salt. Over the course of just about 15 minutes, the cream whips, stiffens, then separates into butter and buttermilk.

Homemade butter

Is making your own butter worth it? Yes! You can add a lot more flavour in there and tailor it to your taste. 

Farmhouse Cream Cheese from 'Mastering Fermentation'

If you have never made your own cream cheese, this week is the week to start. And you should do so with Mary Karlin's recipe in Mastering Fermentation. Made with a one-to-one ratio of cream to whole milk, this creamy spread is unabashedly rich and totally worth every bite.

How to Make Homemade Yogurt

It's easy to make yogurt at home, but it helps to understand the process. Here's how to make most kinds of yogurt, including luscious thick styles like Greek yogurt and labneh.

The Food Lab's Buttermilk Biscuits

A few simple techniques and some extra folding make the flakiest biscuits.