35 Homemade Recipes for Raw Milk and Dairy Products
I love learning how to do new things. It makes me happy to find out how to make something I have always just bought from the store.
In my youth, I didn’t even know you could make dairy products at home. Sure, I had heard of churning butter but no one I knew had ever done it.
A few months ago, I discussed how raw milk is awesome and you should get some if you can (I know it isn’t available everywhere). We have been back on our raw milk schedule for about 6 months now and we are loving it. It just makes you feel good to know you are doing something beneficial for your family every week and supporting a local farm as well.
Today, I want to share recipes with you so that you can learn how to make dairy products at home too (raw or not). I haven’t made all of these yet, but my family loves homemade butter and ice cream so far. We also plan to learn how to make yogurt in the Instant Pot this winter. What could be better than that?
Butter
How to Make (Cultured) Butter @ The Elliott Homestead
Homemade Butter @ Bread & With It
How to Make Butter in a Jar @ Play Dough to Plato
5 Homemade Flavored Butter Recipes @ Happy Money Saver
Ghee
How to Make Homemade Ghee @ Do You Even Paleo
How to Make Ghee in a Slow Cooker @ Ruchi’s Kitchen
Yogurt
Easy to Make Crock Pot Yogurt @ Eating on a Dime
How to Make Greek Yogurt @ Skinny Ms.
Instant Pot Yogurt #12 @ Pressure Cooker Recipes
Instant Pot Yogurt @ Whole Natural Life
Raw Milk Yogurt (Instant Pot) @ Traditional Cooking School
How to Make Yogurt Starter @ Pioneer Settler
Cheese
Homemade Mozzarella Cheese @ Hapa Nom Nom
Feta Cheese From Scratch @ Served From Scratch
How to Make Goat Cheese Recipe @ Ethnic Spoon
How to Make Homemade Mascarpone Cheese @ The View From Great Island
Making Cheese Curds at Home @ Food & Wine
Homemade Cheddar Cheese @ Cultures For Health
Cottage Cheese
How to Make Ricotta @ Wonky Wonderful
Cottage Cheese at Home @ Urban Overalls
Instant Pot Homemade Cottage Cheese @ This Old Gal
Cream Cheese
The Creamiest Cream Cheese Ever @ Back to Our Roots
Cream Cheese From Scratch @ Served From Scratch
Sour Cream
Stop Buying Sour Cream, Make It Instead @ Joybilee Farm
Easy Sour Cream with Video @ Traditional Cooking School
Homemade Sour Cream @ Whisk Affair
Ice Cream
Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream (with video) @ Pennies into Pearls
Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream @ A Latte Food
Ice Cream in a Mason Jar @ DIY Joy
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream @ Your Home Based Mom
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream @ Creations by Kara
White Chocolate Blackberry Ice Cream @ Life As A Strawberry
Harry Potter Butterbeer Ice Cream @ Princess Pinky Girl
Milk Kefir
The Ultimate Guide to How to Make Kefir at Home @ Whole Natural Life
Back to Basics: Kefir @ The Elliott Homestead
Every time you learn how to make something new that you always bought from the store before, you are increasing your self reliance. Our ancestors made everything at home or bartered with a neighbor for it.
This modern homesteader wants to learn how to use modern resources to make homemade items that are always healthier than their store bought equivalent. It is important to know what is in your food, and by making it from scratch you have total control of the ingredients.
Do I want to hand churn butter? Not really (although I could if I had too). But I do enjoy using my KitchenAid mixer to do the churning for me. And the end result is yummy, yellow butter that is awesome!
What dairy products do you like to make at home? Let us know in the comments below. And if you found this post helpful, please share. Thanks!
Wow!
What an AMAZING list!!!
Gotta try out some of these!!!
Thanks for creating this list! Going to bookmark this one! 🙂
Thanks! Glad you stopped by!
Wow! Great list! I miss making yogurt and kefir with the goats milk I used to get!
Thanks! It is so fun! Glad you stopped by!
WOw. I am pretty fascinated by this and found several items that I am interested in trying.
It’s so fun to learn how to make new things! Thanks for stopping by!