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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.
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Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 4.5 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup full fat cream
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Equipment

  • 1 Large pot
  • 1 Food processor or blender
  • 1 storage container
  • cheesecloth
  • 1 strainer

Method
 

  1. In a large pot, add milk and cream and bring to a boil
  2. Turn off the heat and add vinegar
  3. stir until you see separation of milk curdling and a yellow liquid whey
  4. strain the curds from the liquid whey over cheesecloth
  5. squeeze out excess liquid from the cheese curds that are in the cheesecloth
  6. take the curds and add them to a blender or food processor
  7. add salt
  8. 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)
  9. place your cream cheese into a storage container and enjoy anytime you wish to have some cream cheese