Homemade Cream Cheese
Cream cheese is so easy and inexpensive to make at home. Not to mention, it tastes so much better than store bought options. With only 4 ingredients that you may already have at home and under 30 minutes, you can have the most affordable, healthiest and tastiest cream cheese available.
Equipment
- 1 Large pot
- 1 Food processor or blender
- 1 storage container
- cheesecloth
- 1 strainer
Ingredients
- 4.5 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup full fat cream
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a large pot, add milk and cream and bring to a boil
- Turn off the heat and add vinegar
- stir until you see separation of milk curdling and a yellow liquid whey
- strain the curds from the liquid whey over cheesecloth
- squeeze out excess liquid from the cheese curds that are in the cheesecloth
- take the curds and add them to a blender or food processor
- add salt
- blend the mixture until smooth (if you desire smoother, you can add a tiny bit of the liquid whey back into the blender as it blends)
- place your cream cheese into a storage container and enjoy anytime you wish to have some cream cheese