Butter

Butter is a creamy yellow food made from milk. People spread butter on bread, toast, and pancakes. It is also used to cook and bake food. Butter has been made for thousands of years. It tastes rich and makes food yummy.

How Butter Is Made

Butter starts as cream from milk. The cream is shaken or stirred very hard. This is called churning. After a while, the cream turns into solid butter and watery buttermilk. The butter is then washed and shaped into sticks or blocks.

Using Butter

Butter makes many foods taste better. Bakers use butter to make cookies, cakes, and pies. Cooks melt butter in a pan to fry eggs or vegetables. Some people put butter on corn on the cob. Butter melts quickly when it gets warm.

Fun Facts

• It takes about 21 pounds of milk to make one pound of butter.
• A long time ago, butter was made by hand in wooden churns.
• Butter can be salted or unsalted.

Did You Know?

In some countries, people used to bury butter in bogs to keep it fresh. Some buried butter is over 3,000 years old!