Homemade Sour Cream

Did you know you can make sour cream at home with just 2 ingredients? Experience the magic of fermentation right in your own kitchen! It’s a bit of a kitchen experiment that results in extremely delicious homemade sour cream: much tastier than store bought. A lot of cake and cookie recipes call for sour cream which might not be readily available at home. This quick fix tastes exactly like the standard store-bought sour cream and is easy to make.

How to Make Homemade Sour Cream! A super easy, no-cook recipe for making homemade sour cream using only 2 simple ingredients. Use it for baking delicious cakes or on your favorite savory dishes! It takes no time at all to prepare (the ingredients do all the hard work for you) but it does need to be left for 24 hours at room temperature to ferment so make sure you make it in advance before you need it.

Sour cream is fermented cream made by adding lactic acid bacteria to the whipping cream and left to multiply over a few hours similar to making yogurt. The bacteria thickens the cream naturally but, often store-bought sour cream will have artificial thickeners added to it. It is a gluten-free product and perfect for so many things from cake batters, to onions dips and sandwich spreads.

Best known as a topping on Mexican-American favorites like burritos and nachos, sour cream is a divisive condiment that diners either love or love to hate. With a high fat content and creamy texture, sour cream is an easy and indulgent way to add richness and acidity to just about any savory or sweet dish.

Not what you are looking for? Try these other condiment recipes: Hoisin BBQ Sauce, Donkey Sauce or homemade Piccata Mustard.

Homemade Sour Cream

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Here’s how to make sour cream at home! All you need is 2 ingredients and 24 hours to wait for the cream to thicken. It’s kitchen magic!

• Author: A Couple Cooks
• Prep Time: 24:00
• Cook Time: 0:00
• Total Time: 24:00
• Yield: 1 cup 1x
• Category: Condiment
• Method: Fermentation

Ingredients

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• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream

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Instructions

1. Place the ingredients in a covered container, and let them sit in a warm area for 24 hours. The lactic acid bacteria in the buttermilk ferments the cream, causing it to thicken.
2. Uncover and stir. Place the mixture in the refrigerator; it stores for up to 2 weeks.