# How do I cream butter?

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**Created:** [April 16, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cream-butter/299669 "2005-04-16T20:38:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cream-butter/299669/1 "2005-04-16T20:38:57Z")

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Ignorant bachelor trying to bake.

I’m working on a recipe, and the first sentance is “Cream butter.” I’ve never heard of that before.

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**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cream-butter/299669/2 "2005-04-16T20:48:19Z")

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[This site](http://www.baking911.com/howto/cream.htm) explains the whys and wherefores of the process pretty simply and throughly.

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cream-butter/299669/3 "2005-04-16T21:08:43Z")

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It’s really easy with a big stand-up mixer. If you’re going to do it by hand, I would prepare yourself for a workout.

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**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cream-butter/299669/4 "2005-04-16T21:32:24Z")

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and just for fun, you can also butter cream. My kids used to love this. Get some whipping cream, pour it into an empty mayonnaise jar, screw the lid on tight, and vigorously shake, shake, shake your booty. The stuff gets thicker and thicker and then suddenly, the curds separate from the whey, and you get a big lump of butter rolling around in the jar. You can dump it out and spread it on a cracker and, voila. xo C.

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**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cream-butter/299669/5 "2005-04-17T02:59:13Z")

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Thanks for the help. Did it by hand, and it wasn’t too hard at all. Made some wonderfully light cookies.