To Make Butter

Original Ingredients

• thick cream
• ice or spring water for cooling
• cold water
• salt (a tablespoonful to a pound)

Original Instructions

1. 1

   Thoroughly scald the churn, then cool well with ice or spring water

2. 2

   Pour in the thick cream; churn fast at first, then, as the butter forms, more slowly; always with perfect regularity

3. 3

   In warm weather, pour a little cold water into the churn, should the butter form slowly; in the winter, if the cream is too cold, add a little warm water to bring it to the proper temperature

4. 4

   When the butter has 'come,' rinse the sides of the churn down with cold water and take the butter up with a perforated dasher or a wooden ladle, turning it dexterously just below the surface of the buttermilk to catch every stray bit

5. 5

   Have ready some very cold water in a deep wooden tray; and into this plunge the dasher when you draw it from the churn; the butter will float off, leaving the dasher free

6. 6

   When you have collected all the butter, gather behind a wooden butter ladle and drain off the water, squeezing and pressing the butter with the ladle

7. 7

   Pour on more cold water and work the butter with the ladle to get the milk out, drain off the water

8. 8

   Sprinkle salt over the butter—a tablespoonful to a pound; work it in a little and set in a cool place for an hour to harden

9. 9

   Then work and knead it until not another drop of water exudes, and the butter is perfectly smooth, and close in texture and polish

10. 10

    With the ladle make up into rolls, little balls, stamped pats, etc.