Up to 5 years in Pantry, Canning Clarified Butter, Ghee 

Okay, here is the cost of Ghee broken down: I just looked up Ghee at my local Walmart and it was about $12.00 for an eight ounce jar, or half a pint. So, those 12 pints that you canned up wouldve been $144.00 retail!! Not including the foam and the 16 oz jar! That wouldve been $168.00 PLUS the cost of the foam! All of that for the cost of 8 pounds of butter, which again Walmart locally wouldve been $28.00. HUGE SAVINGS doing it yourself AND a five year shelf life. So basically you paid yourself $140.00 ($168. - $28.00) for that canning session, or if it took approximately three hours, you just earned $47.00 an hour!! All of that while babysitting your grandchildren at home. Are you/we in the wrong business lol. God bless you guys. Shirley.

Some good news: Canning is a step you can safely omit. Boil it down to the point it is clear and beginning to turn golden, milk solids have gone to the bottom and browned, removed from the fat, so it won’t get rancid. Clarified butter is one step before ghee. Ghee is ONLY the fat, with water and milk removed from the butter. I use a half-gallon spouted glass pitcher, pour the fat from the cook pot through a butter muslin and strainer into the glass pitcher, then pour up into the jars. No skimming of foam is required if it is allowed to cook long enough, which also is what renders it shelf-stable. I enjoy seeing the variety of methods people use and feel safe doing, so I’m not being critical, just offering suggestions to make the project easier and simpler.

My grandmaw never said goodbye, she said it sounded too final. She always said toot toot. I miss her so much. I remember her laying in the hospital unconscious. I played in her hair and told her if she needed to go be with Jesus to please go and rest. Her heart was tired & I didn’t want to see her suffer any longer. I promised her I’d help take care of Paw paw and I did keep my promise till it was his time to go. She was a hard working woman, always cooking and taking care of someone. I’d like to think she’d be so proud as to how far I’ve come and all her great grands have come. My favorite memory is her dancing a little jig to Alan Jackson’s “ It’s gets hotter than a hoochie

Hello My name Is Darla, I am 60 years old and my frige went out 3 days canning everything in my frezzer. I know we have to save all we can save. I just made some gee too. it was a lot of work, But I saved all that was in my frezzer now it is on my pantry shelf. thank you guys for helping me to save things by canning.

GHEE INFO: *has a higher smoke point (450)than butter(350). So it is great for sauteing, frying,etc... *can be used 1/1 in recipes that call for oil or butter *can be used on toast or in sauces *does not have to be refrigerated unless your home is hot. *ghee is made from butter, not margarine *awesome for those of us who are lactose intolerant because the milk solids are removed. **typically done with 'unsalted' butter......salted butter will be a little different in taste Great video Mrs. Lori! Love ya!

Ive been making ghee for years. My momma and grandmother both would get together and take the milk solids out of the butter which turns it to ghee. It's good forever if it is done accurately. They have found ghee in the pyramids and Graves, etc. It's still good. 😇🥰

Thank you so much, Ms. Lori. I have been paying astronomical prices for Ghee for the past few years as my daughter has a dairy allergy. I quickly went to the store and bought 10 lbs of butter. I am canning today!!! ❤️😘

You and your viewers might like the RU-vid channel “Great Depression Cooking”. Clara was a 91 year old lady in the New Jersey area, I believe. Her grandson filmed her making recipes that she grew up eating during the depression. She has passed away, but her videos are still posted. They lived in town, but they grew what vegetables they could in their yard. It’s really interesting to hear her stories. I always enjoy your videos. Someday I will try canning.

The reason your children are so Amazing, is because of the way you Raised them.

I absolutely LOVE that you call yourselves the "keeper of the old ways". One of these days in the future, all that knowledge of the old was will be very, very handy indeed. I also have a true love of the deep southern way of life. Arkansas, Appalachia, rural MS, the bayous of LA ... Folks make fun, but you know what? If anyone is going to survive a disaster, it's these folks. I have collected many books over the years from these communities, as well as delved into the tenacity of those who thrived during the depression and dust bowl. Recipes, DIY furniture, home building, flock/herd care ... a wealth of information. All of these folks that keep the old ways are very, very wise. Yes, it takes work, but ya'll can survive just about anything. I grew up in a bit of that, and was taught to think, so I can do it. City folks won't survive. They have few skills and fewer brains. That may seem unfair, but without the experience, you honestly have no clue. Thank you for posting!

Miss Lori, UPDATE on my husband. I spent 1.5 hrs. yesterday w/him. They had taken so many tubes, drainage bulbs & wires out of him Finally his kidneys are much better. But his blood sugar was remaining high, so he was on IV insulin. He was SOooo much better! He was talking, joking... just being "himself". On the hour back up to my house, 2 lights went on my dash and it was a most stressful drive back. Today I had to call early & have his nurse tell him I wasn't visiting, due to the car needing worked on. 🤦🏻‍♀️😢 A neighbor suggested a mechanic and he was kind enough to knock it out quickly for me. (the 1st cylinder was mis-firing and he fixed it with a new spark plug & coil). So, tomorrow we will go up early and its very possible he will come home with us. Thank you for your prayers. Although I knew the Lord had everything under control, there has been certain stresses (such as my very active 4 yr old great-grandson running through the house, screeching & giggling at the top of his lungs and my little dog feeding off that energy and chasing him, while barking 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣) Love to you & Danny

I remember my grandmother churning milk after my grandfather finished milking cows, but I never heard about ghee until hearing about it on RU-vid videos. I’m fascinated watching your patient gentle movements, I’m nervous myself when canning. I skipped it last year since I don’t have a garden. You two are a great inspiration.

Mrs Lori, thank you for all the videos. Making anything shelf stable is great. I live in Fort Myers and with the devastating hurricane Ian coming thru this area, I lost most everything in my freezer. I had canned some things and will be canning more instead of freezing so much. Thank the good Lord we didn’t loose our home like many families in our area have. Thank you and Mr Brown so much for prayers.

So glad you're doing more canning! I have the same concerns as you. I have been preparing for a very long time now. I have just begun to learn to can at 61 years old. Years ago I water bathed a lot of tomatoes but now I'm canning seriously. Like you, I do not want to lose food in my freezer due to loss of power. I have been canning meat and am going to do as much as I can to insure the best possible outcome for my family and I. I have quite a bit of butter in my freezer and may do ghee this weekend. I have many book on canning and have watched many RU-vid videos. To watch and learn from you is greatly appreciated. Please keep the focus on our current situation. I think it will be helpful to those who may not have any idea how, or where, to start preparing for the economic uncertainty upon us. Thank you for all you do. I wish you the best.

Mrs. Lori,Thank you for continuing to educate us on new and wonderful ways to cook and stay sustainable. Love you 🥰

Your introduction alone makes me happy...I love your videos! God Bless!

Wow! That's a great way to save electricity on butter storage while making room for freezing harvested items until we have time to can them too! Smart! Thank you!

This tutorial was such a pleasant learning experience, thank you so much sweet lady for taking the time out your busy day to teach us something that will benefit us.

We all need to be getting ready with putting up food . We are talking about getting meat rabbits to raise along with our chickens . I’m thankful I was raised like this . We have to pass these things down especially now . We are are in a drought here in West Tennessee too . We’re having to water every couple days too . Prayers for us all , we get some soon 🙏🏼 God Bless you & Mr. Brown🙏🏼

Coffee filters work well to strain a product. Thank you for sharing Ms Lori have a blessed evening stay safe and healthy. 🙏❤🙏❤

Thank You Mrs. Lori for this recipe and all of the others you bless us with!!! Love and prayers always💕

If I could only have been a fly on the wall for just a year I'm flabbergasted at the things that I could learn from you! And I beg to differ you and Mr Brown are as close to perfect as anyone can be. Great video.

Thank you Ms Lori. I had no idea you could can butter!!! I will be canning some for our family. I love your teaching videos. I love also how you talk about the good Lord and his blessings and your lovely family. God bless you and Mr Brown❤️

I love the canning journey. Miss Lori if you say you do it this way feel the saying you can take it to the bank it is as good as gold.

the foam is great for sautéing veggies

Miss Lori, I'm so glad you showed us how to do this. You always explain things in a way that I get. Thank you so much, I'm doing this, this weekend

I bought a lot of butter a couple years ago before prices went up. When homesteaders were warning of supplies issues years ago. Butter was $1.99 for a pound. Our local Kroger now charges $4.60 a pound. Came in handy. Thank you for your video. I stocked up on ghee, but now will try to make my own. God Bless.

Miss Lori, you remind me so much of my Aunt June! I love to watch your videos they’re very soothing to me thank you so much and please keep making them

I made ghee for the first time and I followed your recipe and instructions. The first batch turned out exactly like you said, the other 2 batches didn't. I had to cook them a lot longer before they turned to ghee. Because of that they burned a little bit. I learned you don't really have to skim any, it just boiked down eventually. I put up 29 pints. If you don't have to refrigerate ghee after it is open I'm going to love this stuff!

Ms Lori, Mr Brown, I believe you two are two of the interesting peoples I know. I just love learning stuff from you both. God bless you both always.

I've wanted to make ghee for a long time, but have always been intimidated by the process. You make this look so easy, I think I can do this. Thanks, Ms Lori!

I hope you have a happy and fun filled vacation because you deserve it! Sure wish I had my canning equipment now but I know the Lord will watch over me. It's just me.

I so enjoy your videos! Love how you always bring the Lord into your conversations! Your mannerisms n voice are so calming! I’m sure I’m probably as old as you or older 😁 but you remind me of my grandma! Loved being in the kitchen with her cooking, canning or stoking up her wood cook stove! She had a gas stove in her kitchen but she would still cook mostly on the wood stove! Enjoy y’all’s days off!

I’ve found that the foam subsides for the most part, as the liquid in the butter cooks off. Aldi carries a pint jar for $16, I believe 😉 So comforting to know you’re saving money and keeping food on your shelves! Great job!

Love the Dance ! Makes me chuckle in the midst of all the garbage going on.Hope you always leave it in. Miss Lori,, you are the Bomb.Mr.Brown too. Thx so much for All you do. 🙃

Thank you for sharing this!! I remember my great grandmother and grandmother doing this but they passed before I could learn this !!

I've made ghee by just letting the lids seal themselves, never a problem. So I'm really looking forward to your canning process.

Made 10lbs of ghee a few months back. So easy and last a very long time.

I just love you Ms. Lori!!! I feel like I have known you all my life sister !!! So wish I had a neighbor like you !!! God bless you and Mr. Brown !!

Yall are such a blessing! God sent me to your channel! Praying He continues to richly bless you & Mr. Brown ❤️

Hi Mrs. Lori, you and your hubby are a great team on YT. It's amazing that you work all day and have time for making videos. Love your homestead and your cabin, your morals, your cooking and mostly, your faith in God! Love your smile and your accent! Keep up the great work! I love watching, can't make it all because of autoimmune and dietary issues that I have but I do can and dehydrate and pressure can our foods. You seem like a beautiful person inside and out! 💕🙏 BC 🇨🇦

Ok have watched any how make ghee vids.. a little nervous .. but I think I'm almost ready .. I finally broke down and did milk ... pleased as punch .. saved us a few times this winter ..too many times snowed ,stormed in. I agree I will pressure can, which is how I do milk .. my kitchen my rules I do my research to mslori

I trust you and Mr Brown. If it works for you it works for me.❤️. Hugs and God's Blessings to you both.

Miss Lori you and Mr Brown are so amazing! GOD used you to bless us all! 🙏 thank you

I love hearing you jabber, as you call it. I think you are such a blessing. Thank you so much for teaching us. Bless you both.

I too have been canning my freezer. I should be finished in the next few days. The only meat I didn't can was the white fish and a few lbs of each different meat. Should the power go out we can jar up the rest in an outdoor set up. Hopefully we are overreacting. Thanks for sharing todays butter canning!

Thank you Mrs. Lori, I did do regular butter this year. The Gee seems much easier. I had to keep shaking the butter jars until they cooled so the milk solids would stay well mixed. But I’m so happy I did it. At the time I ran into a good deal of $1.69 a lb. in Maryland. So something told me to get it. God is good!

I just put up 7 pints of ghee. You are right it’s pure liquid goal and beautiful!

This does look like an experiment to me, I might wanna try doing it with my older brother.

Made your recipe for the tomato casserole yesterday and it was delicious. Thanks 😊

Clarified butter and Ghee are actually two different things, clarified butter is made the same way as ghee except that with ghee you actually "burn" the milk fat in the bottom of the pot, giving it a "nuttier" flavor whereas clarified butter tastes just as butter, both are very useful and shelf-stable.

Now THAT is nothing short of PURDY !!!!!!! Thank you Miss Lori 🍅🍰🧄😋

I have ghee in my pantry. But taking out about 40 cups of cream from the freezer ( I have a dairy cow) tonight to make ghee tomorrow !!!

My understanding about ghee was that it is forever shelf stable like honey. As long as all fat is removed. It gives beyond clarified butter. The fat proteins go to the bottom of the pan and are not included in ghee. Yummy!!

I just have to throw this second comment in here, my mom was your size maybe shorter, had your accent, taught me all I know about in the kitchen (cooking, canning, knife sharpening) she taught me by doing, not by watching, and I seen real quick that most mistakes could be saved and if they couldn't be saved...well...it was a lesson we needed to learn-- so we thanked God for the lesson. Butter wasn't used in my house growing up because mommy was ALLLLWAYS on a diet and margarine entered her life because "apparently" overweight women should eat margarine. Well, Mommy is gone and your humor and love of cooking, love of your husband and family, love of the lord and the be kind to yourself and others...makes me feel like I am learning from my mother through you. Thank you for sharing and letting me learn.

It's interesting that you process your ghee in the canner. I learned some time ago from RoseRed Homestead how to make it and she doesn't process hers, so I don't either. After the butter has boiled down, I just pour it into hot jars and it seals on its own. I've made several batches and so far it has turned out delicious and shelf-stable. Love your videos.

As I watch your videos, I can tell y'all are kind, compassionate people. Justin and I are enjoying your channel I grew up in Rogersville TN and he grew up in Belfry, Pike county Ky. Both grew up low income, but we were blessed to have good country people like y'all that knew how to cook and make life best it could be. Watching y'all take me back to my on memories of good simpler times of my past. Bless you both.

Oh my...yesterday in Texas, Heb brand butter was $4.87 per lb. This morning the same butter was $5.50 per lb. Incredible! BTW, I love the red splash ladle. I use mens large handkerchiefs to strain my bone broth. I haven't had rain at my house since March 1 or 4 months. What did Mr. Brown get...a calf (I hope so), goat, rabbits, ducks, quail? It looks like you have new fencing. Get him to post a video...PRONTO!

You are such a wonderful teacher, I admire you and Mr. Brown especially for your love of the Lord. 🙏🙏🙏💕💕

I worked with a Indian lady, she made it and she said they made it for health and they ate it every day. I want to learn to pressure can, thank you for sharing! We love too.

This looks exciting, I just might give it a try, Thank you for showing us how to do this for our pantry.

I’m inspired! I think I’m going to try making some. Thanks, Miss Lori! 🧡🤗

We are trying to take advantage of any sales today to stock up, and this is one way to save. The prices continue to go up and so buying it today will save in the future. Canning butter works for me! Thanks

My goodness what a blessing you all are! God bless you and your house! 💕

I have learned something tonight. I have never even heard of this Ms. Lori, and I thought I was a country girl. I loved the video, and I want to do this. It looked really pretty. Thanks for doing this video. Have a good weekend you and Mr. Brown.

I LOVE having Ghee available to use! I found a MUCH easier way, thanks to Miss Stacy from "Off Grid with Doug and Stacy" Saves all that time standing over the stove. . . Put all that butter into a large baking dish, and put it in the oven at 225 for an hour and a half, and it's done. . You just skim off the top, and ladle the rest into HOT jars, clean the rims, put on lids and rings, and they seal themselves. . Been doing it that way now for 2 yrs, and it's never gone bad. . They don't last on my shelf for more than about 6 mo, but that's fine too. . lol. . . Love your video's Miss Lori! Thank you!

That is so beautiful! Thank you for the prayers for rain. Going on 4 months now... God bless you :)

We love you and Mr. Brown too!!! God Bless!!!!

I would feel more comfortable with the pressure canner method. My mother used to can milk because we always had to much at times and not any at other times so it would make up the difference.

Hi Mrs Lori! Gee! You make canning Ghee look so easy! 🙂 I know, goofy pun. (sorry). I've never cooked with ghee but have seen it in stores. Sooo pricey. But it really does look like liquid gold and I had it several times with shell fish. Omgoodness! There's nothing like it! Thank you so much for sharing. I love you all, stay safe and well! God bless you!

Thank you for sharing all your knowledge w/ us ❤️🙏🏻. Finally making this now(2023) lol

I love watching your videos! God bless you ,Mr. Brown and your family.♥️

I found using salted butter made a VERY salty ghee. I now only use unsalted butter. Although, salt is a preservative, so who knows which is best. When living in India, all we had was unsalted buffalo ghee.

I’m still obsessed with your apple cake. I’ve served it to quite a few people. They love it and now everyone wants me to make them one! 😳

Beautiful!!! I plan to do some after I finish with my green beans, potatoes and apples I am canning these days!!! Lol God Bless You Both and your Family!!!

Always wanted to be a home maker but ended up in working in factories my whole life I love the wisdoms of perseverance to keep on living and don’t give up we all have much wisdom to share with each other for survival God bless you and us all love your Wisdom and that you are sharing with everyone 😊food is canned for future especially staple necessities

Thank you Miss Lori. One question. Once it’s opened it can stay on the counter?? I canned potato’s today. I’m working on my freezer getting it canned. I was blessed to have a mom and dad that taught me to garden and can. This is on my list for Monday!! I feel so blessed to have found your channel. ❤️ Say Hey to Mr. Brown.

Love Ghee! But I really have a fear of canning.

Ghee has the highest smoke and burn temperature than any other oil you fry with. Delicious to bake with also.

Thank you for your time. You are so calming the way you teach. I can't wait to make some ghee too. So glad I have found you all. Blessings from NC

Hey Miss Lori, what do you use the foam you skimmed off the top for? I can imagine it in creamed potatoes or on my grits but my brain sticks there.I’m sure it’s a good product also. Also, do you discard the solids from the bottom of the pan? May seem like foolish questions but I’ve never made clarified butter but definitely plan on doing it soon. I have a lot of great value butter in my freezer too. I actually like it lots better than the name brand. Like most, I’m learning alot from my favorite RU-vid channels. I love our homestead community. I plan to make some more counter/canning quilts soon. Would you like another one? I enjoy making small tokens of appreciation for all your hard work. God bless you both. We also need rain desperately here in AL. Drought and temps around 95-100 for weeks now. The Lord bless and keep our little gardens.

Great video Lori! I had to laugh...you were dipping a corner of your cheesecloth in your already filled jar! Makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only one who does stuff like that.

Blessings for you and your family!💖

Thank you Laurie….I love to watch you in the kitchen and learn how to do things the way our grandparents did. They knew how to do things more than we ever realized…I really took them for granted. 💗

I have put off making ghee for a long time because there is not a “tested” method but this seems more logically safe to me. (Those people just letting it seal from the heat scare me) so I think I will try it because we found an excellent sale on salt free butter .99 lb!! We bought 30 so I need to clear some out of my freezer! Would you add salt or not?

Made 29 pints of GHEE for my sister when I visited her in Ohio…great yummy goodness

Thank you Miss Lori!🙂 Blessings! 💜

I attempted making ghee the first time earlier today, before watching your video. I turned it to medium low and walked away a few minutes... a few minutes too long. It blew up! I had butter everywhere! Gheeezzzz!!! Great video!

Thank you for sharing all this knowledge with us.

I love your testimony Ms. Lori...thank you love you

Thank you Ms Lori,I appreciate all you both do,, God bless you both

Thank you Miss Lori! I never heard of this before. I will try it next time there is a sale. Love watching you and Mr. Brown. God bless❤🙏🙏

Beautiful video I learned a lot today. Stay safe and healthy love you always. 🙏❤🙏❤🙏

I thoroughly enjoy watching you and Mr. Brown! Thank you for all you show us!

That ghee is just beautiful! I have to admire you for all the things you preserve!!

Thank you Mrs Lori! I will be making some. Wyoming Bearhugs ❤️

Bless you both 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I can’t wait until our house is finished building so I can do this!!! Thank you so much Miss Lori!!

Looks like a fun mid winter canning project this year! Thanks!

I can’t wait to do this …. Thank you so much Mrs Lori