35 Homemade Recipes for Raw Milk and Dairy Products

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!