Sour Cream!

Mmmm.... Sour cream! I can't eat any Mexican dish without a spoonful of sour cream on top! So, in keeping with my new found love of making everything home made, I decided to give this a try. I bought store brand cultured buttermilk $1.19 and store brand heavy whipping cream $1.19 total cost- $2.38  Ok, so this is actually more than I usually spend for one tub of sour cream.... but let's just see how much this is going to make.

Ok so the simple recipe- here ya go!

1/4 cup cultured buttermilk

1 cup heavy whipping cream

pour into a mason jar and shake for three minutes to completely mix

let sit out on the cabinet for 24 hours and let the magic happen!

Ok- so I should note that this recipe leaves a LOT of the buttermilk left over, but uses the entire container of heavy whipping cream- so either plan to make more sour cream, or use the buttermilk in another recipe so it doesn't go to waste.

These are our jars full of the mixture- just after shaking.

This is what the mixture looked like today when I opened it. There were bubbles on top and it looked a tiny bit frothy... honestly I started doubting the "magic"... but I grabbed a spoon and gave it a quick stir.

Yay!!!! Look it really worked!!! It's perfect and it's really good! I am so excited to use it!

 So cost break down- well $2.38 made two full 16 oz jars of sour cream- so now we're back to $1.19 for 16oz... which is cheaper than what I pay usually! Plus you have the extra buttermilk left over to actually cut your cost more if you factor that in. I'm all about saving money and this does save a little- but seriously the taste is amazing!!!! It's so fresh and just yummy! So... go make some!

Oh, and my home made laundry soap post is coming up- just waiting for the first load to finish so I can give a good opinion.  Aaaannnndddd.... back to sour cream- I'm making home made tortillas this week!!! I'll post a recipe and pictures of that too!