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Shake It Up Butter in a Jar
Here's one to try together!
Shake plain cream until it turns into real butter you can spread and eat!
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Safety first
- Contains milk (dairy allergen)
- Crackers or bread contain wheat (allergen)
- Glass jar could break if dropped
What you need
- Salt, 1 pinch
- Bread or English muffins, crackers or bread, as many as you like
- Water, 1 bowl of cold water
- Heavy cream, 1 cup, cold
- Measuring cups, 1
- Jar, 1 with a tight lid
- Bowl, 2
- Spoon, 1
- Towel, 1
- Plate or tray, 1
How to do it
Grown-up prep: Check the jar lid is clean and screws on tight. Keep the cream cold until you start.
- Pour the cold cream into the jar.
- Screw the lid on super tight.
- Shake the jar hard, and take turns! Ask: What do you think will happen to the cream if we keep shaking?
- Keep shaking, even when it turns into whipped cream.
- Shake until a yellow lump forms and thin liquid appears. Ask: Can you hear the lump bumping around in there?
- Pour the buttermilk into a bowl.
- Rinse the butter in cold water and squish it.
- Stir in a pinch of salt.
- Spread your butter on a cracker and share a taste! Ask: How is it different from the cream you started with?
Play it again
- Herb butter: stir in chopped chives or a pinch of garlic powder.
- Race the clock: guess how many minutes it will take, then time it.
- Music shake: shake in rhythm to a favorite song.
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