Making Butter! (Chemistry)

Making Butter! (Chemistry)

What are you really doing when you whip cream into butter? You're adding air to the mixture! Try this simple experiment that you get to eat afterwards.

Making Butter

An Experiment in Aeration!

 

What are you really doing when you whip cream into butter? You're adding air to the mixture! Try this simple experiment that you get to eat afterwards, and keep reading after the graphic for Pro Tips and a little bit of extra info.

 

 

Pro Tips

1. Try adding some other ingredients to your Butter! Perhaps some herbs, or a bit of salt!

 

2. Stop shaking a little bit sooner and add some powdered sugar to make Whipped Cream!

 

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