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You won’t believe what Aussie bargain hunters are making with CUT-PRICE cream ...

‘I got a six-month supply for $2!’ - by Nikki Black
  • 03 Feb 2019

It’s the savvy money-saving trick that bargain hunters all over Australia are doing - and now you can too. 

With large containers of cream radically reduced when it gets close to their best before dates, it’s often easy to pick up the cut-price dairy product for as little as 4 cents for 300ml. 

You won’t believe what Aussie bargain hunters are making with CUT-PRICE cream ...

But while many of us would walk past the cheap cream, the clever bargain hunters at the Markdown Addicts Australia Facebook group have started turning it into something else - butter. 

That’s right, using just the cream and an electric mixer, the savvy shoppers are producing huge amounts of butter at a very economical cost. 

Says Markdown Addicts Australia follower Leah Jade: ‘I would like to thank whoever put up the post on making your own butter. Today I have made 3 punnets of butter. 

‘I would normally pay $4.50 a punnet, [now] for just $2 for 3 punnets and a jar of buttermilk using marked down cream. I will never buy store bought butter again, thank you!’

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Image: Markdown Addicts Australia/Facebook
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Image: Markdown Addicts Australia/Facebook

Says follower Claire: ‘Oh I finally made butter!! I scored 6 600ml of whipping cream for $0.73 each. It was so easy and is very yummy.’

Adds another: ‘7 x 33c thickened cream got me 1kg of butter and 1litre buttermilk!’ Score!

Said follower Rene: ‘Just when you think you can’t get cream any cheaper. Last week I got 12 600ml Black and Bold creams for $2.50. Well today I got 12 300ml creams for .50. That works out at approx 4c a container. Bought 2 boxes. Making more butter and buttermilk. At this rate I’ll have a year supply of butter. I don’t know how much it is locally normally but to give you an idea. $1.79 per at drakes. $1.79 x 24 = $42.96 and I paid $1.00 saving $41.96.’

Another Markdown Addicts Australia fan wrote that she picked up 12 containers of cream for just $5. ‘Bargain ...now making 3.6 litres of cream into butter and will freeze the buttermilk for cooking later. Should get just over 2 kg of butter...bargain!’

So true! As for the method for making the butter, it’s a very simple. Just put your cream into an electric stand mixer and mix it on a low speed until you see whipped cream form with soft peeks. After that, keep the speed going on medium and the cream will eventually ‘break’. Keep the power going until the butter starts to cling to the beaters - this could take anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes. 

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After whipping the cream for around 15 minutes ...

Image: Markdown Addicts Australia/Facebook
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... you're left with lots of yummy butter!

Image: Markdown Addicts Australia/Facebook

Then transfer the mix to a container, and pour off the buttermilk that’s leftover - perfect for pancakes or fried chicken! The final process just involves pouring iced water over the butter and pressing the remaining buttermilk out with a small spatula. Pour off the water and you’re done!

You can add salt to your butter if desired - or even garlic and herbs! - and it can be stored in the fridge or freezer. 

‘Now that I’ve made butter this way, I’m never going back,’ said one Markdown Addict. ‘It’s the best!’

For more bargain hunting ideas, make sure you check out the Markdown Addicts Australia group on Facebook - you won’t regret it!

Nikki Black
Nikki Black
Nikki is obsessed with all things celebrity and dreams she is a long-lost Kardashian. You'll find her binging Netflix's latest 'must-watch' show with a jar of Nutella by her side.

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