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How to Make Delicious Flavored Butter at Home

One of my earliest memories is of making butter with my grandma in an old-fashioned butter churn. Looking back, I’m not sure if she wanted to share butter-making techniques with her grandson, or if her hands just needed a break from cranking the handle in continuous circles. Either way, making butter at home is a fantastic way to get the whole family involved in the kitchen, and the perfect way to tucker out any overzealous grandkids.

I wanted to revisit this tradition, so I reached out to Lucy Vaserfirer, author of , to get an) and a large container of heavy cream from my local grocery store.

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