what is butter made from?

Answer 1

churned milk

Answer 2

When making butter, cream is put into a churn. After time, the liquid and fats separate. This liquid is buttermilk and the solids are butter. Farm made butter uses cream that is extracted directly from the whole milk. Commercial butter is made with cream from whey (which is a by-product of cheese making).

Making butter is a fun and simple project that can be done in any kitchen, with supervision. All you have to do is put 1-2 cups of heavy whipping cream into a food processor and blend. You can see the cream separate and turn into butter in a short period of time.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Butter is produced by churning cream until the fats separate from the liquid (buttermilk) and the butter is in a semi-solid state. (See our recipe for making butter yourself.) It is believed that the Nomads first discovered butter-making by mistake. They are said to have collected milk from cattle and goats, separated the cream from the milk, and continuously mixed the cream until it turned into butter.

Farm made butter uses the cream directly from whole milk whereas commercially made butter is made by extracting small amounts of cream from whey, a by-product of cheese-making, using large centrifuges.

Butter is essentially the fat of the milk. It is usually made from sweet cream and is salted. However, it can also be made from acidulated or bacteriologically soured cream and saltless (sweet) butters are also available. Well into the 19th century butter was still made from cream that had been allowed to stand and sour naturally. The cream was then skimmed from the top of the milk and poured into a wooden tub. Buttermaking was done by hand in butter churns. The natural souring process is, however, a very sensitive one and infection by foreign micro-organisms often spoiled the result. Today's commercial buttermaking is a product of the knowledge and experience gained over the years in such matters as hygiene, bacterial acidifying and heat treatment, as well as the rapid technical development that has led to the advanced machinery now used. The commercial cream separator was introduced at the end of the 19th century, the continuous churn had been commercialized by the middle of the 20th century.

On this website they even have a recipe where you can make your own butter. They have more than you ever wanted to know about it, including the history and aging process, etc.... Intreresting if you ever needed to do a report on something.

Answer 4

It's made from cream... and if you're curious... here's how you can make it at home in just a few minutes! Get a small thing of whipping cream. Pour about an inch or two into the bottom of a mason jar (or other sealable glass jar)... add three glass marbles (the kind in your kid's room... clean them first though!). Put the lid on and SHAKE AWAY. Eventually (it takes about 10 minutes or so), you'll stop hearing the marbles. Pour out the remaining liquid (which is basically skim milk now) and you'll be left with a little glob of tasty fresh butter!

I learned this at a girl scout trip with my daughter and we've been doing it ever since!

Answer 5

Full cream milk that is churned so that the fat solids of the cream stick together and the watery milky past separate and can be drunk as buttermilk. In the old days buttermilk was the liquid left after you churned butter.

Today buttermilk is cultured and does not resemble the old fashioned stuff great grandma used to make

Answer 6

Butter is usually made from cream that has been separated from the whole milk in a separator.

Answer 7

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. Butter is used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying. As a result, butter is consumed daily in many parts of the world. Butter consists of butterfat surrounding minuscule droplets consisting mostly of water and milk proteins. The most common form of butter is made from cows' milk, but can also be made from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. Salt, flavorings, or preservatives are sometimes added to butter. Rendering butter produces clarified butter or ghee, which is almost entirely butterfat.

Answer 8

From the cream in milk. It is whipped until it turns into butter. You can do it yourself at home by whipping heavy cream. It will turn into butter once past the whipped cream stage.

Answer 9

They make butter out of the cream that comes from cows. They churn the cream in a churn to make it into butter.

Answer 10

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk.

Answer 11

Butter is made from cream which also yelds butter milk!