Ask Jackie: Homestead cooking by Clay-Atkinson Jackie

Author:Clay-Atkinson, Jackie [Clay-Atkinson, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Backwoods Home Magazine
Published: 2012-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

Butter mold

I have been making butter for years. Recently I’ve tried to use solid wooden butter molds so that the butter will be prettier! I can’t get the butter out of the mold in one piece. I’ve tried soaking the molds in cold water first, then chilling the filled mold and dipping it in hot water to unmold. Not working! Any ideas?

Sheri Akers, Oregon

There are butter molds and there are butter molds that actually make a design on butter. The one my grandmother had, and used, works fine. The newer one I bought does not, regardless of what I do. The designs are just too “tight” for the butter to release from. Generally, if you hold your butter mold in ice water to chill it thoroughly, then pack your warm butter in it, it will release after it hardens … without gymnastics.

Try a different butter mold. Sometimes, like cast ironware, you need to “season” a new mold. Rub olive oil into the wood and put it in a warm place (oven with only pilot light on or lowest setting possible, with door open a crack) for an hour or so. Wipe the mold off well; the wood should have soaked up the oil, which seals the pores. Don’t wash the mold too well. Only wash in a bit of detergent and very hot water. Good luck. Molded butter is very nice to put on the table at meals.

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