A friend gets raw milk from a local farm, and they have lots of extra this time of year, so we took a bottle to try out. Though I am confident Kris and Meredith at least, and Fiona likely, are allergic to the store-bought, processed milk, I do wonder if raw milk would be better. Also, I have been wanting to try making ghee, which, if made correctly, has the lactose and casein removed (but does still contain whey). I could not believe how easy it was to make!
The milk had been sitting in our fridge overnight, so the cream was already settled at the top. It was really easy to distinguish between the cream and the milk. I ladled out most of the cream into our food processor and flicked it on with the regular blade in it. Then I literally just walked away and waited.
In the picture below, you can see a little bit of cream left at the top (which I left just so the milk would still be a bit creamy), and the food processor going next to it.
After a few minutes, I checked on the progress and it was the consistency of whipping cream. I tried a little bit, and it was so delicious. I was tempted to just stop the food processor right there and grab a spoon. 
Of course I didn’t, I flicked the food processor back on and waited some more. Eventually (about 5-6 minutes after we first started), the food processor suddenly seemed to start going faster, like it wasn’t really cutting through anything any more. Opened it up, and found, butter!
We let it sit for a few minutes to separate a bit, then poured the buttermilk into a jar. I used a spoon to squeeze out as much of the buttermilk as I could. Then scooped the butter into another jar, and that’s it. We have butter! I rinsed it with cold water (apparently that makes it last longer), but I may freeze most of it and just scoop out enough to last a couple of days at a time.
I’m not sure I’m going to bother trying to make ghee with just this small amount of butter. I may just see how we all react to the butter itself. I think tomorrow we’re having buttermilk pancakes for breakfast and I may try my hand at making yogurt and sour cream as well.
Related posts:
I’ve been making ghee for years. YUMMERS.
I’ve been wanting to make butter for a long time too. Must get on that. I wish we could get raw milk. Sucks that it’s illegal in Canada.