How to Make Buttermilk

Has this information made you want to learn how to make buttermilk? Well, look no further, because we have the recipe right here! Follow it and you will have some delicious, nutritious buttermilk in a jiffy. The first recipe is for good, old-fashioned homemade buttermilk and the second is for a buttermilk substitute.

For homemade buttermilk, you will need:
- Heavy cream (not ultra-pasteurized)
- Glass jar with lid or a canning jar

Step 1: Add enough heavy cream to fill your jar halfway and screw the lid on firmly.

Step 2: Shake the jar back and forth for several minutes. The substance should begin to thicken as it is changing into whipped cream form. Keep shaking until liquid separates from a yellow substance. This yellow substance is butter and the liquid in the jar is buttermilk.

Step 3: Pour the buttermilk out of the jar, using it as a one-for-one buttermilk substitution in recipes.

Step 4: Knead the butter under cold water for a few minutes to remove any remaining buttermilk. Salt your butter, store it in the refrigerator, and use it as you would store-bought butter.

For the buttermilk substitute, you will need:
- Just under one cup of milk
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar or lemon juice
- Measuring cup
- Measuring spoons

Step 1: Pour the tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice into the measuring cup.

Step 2: Add milk, bringing the liquid level to one cup.

Step 3: Wait five minutes, letting this mixture stand. The liquid can then be use as a one-for-one buttermilk substitution in recipes.

Now that you have created your own buttermilk, what can you make with it? Well, delicious buttermilk pancakes, for one thing. You will rival the pancake restaurants when you whip up these babies, adding apples, blueberries, or even chocolate chips to the recipe. Homemade buttermilk biscuits are another traditional favorite. You also must try a recipe for buttermilk cheddar and bacon biscuits because these will melt in your mouth.

There are hundreds of cake, cupcake, muffin, and coffee cake recipes that include buttermilk on the ingredient list. Almond coconut cake, chocolate orange cupcakes, butterscotch crumb muffins, and blueberry buckle coffee cake are just a few. Buttermilk is also used to make delicious salad dressings like blue cheese buttermilk dressing or a creamy sweet and sour dressing for coleslaw. You can even add buttermilk to your favorite garlic mashed potato recipe.

After reading all the delicious recipes that feature buttermilk, you should be! Since you already know how to make buttermilk, it will not be long before you are enjoying these tasty concoctions. Buttermilk is so easy to make and its health benefits speak for themselves. If you have never tasted it before, whip some up right now. If you are already a fan, beat feet into the kitchen and get started on those recipes!