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Why whisk when you can shake? One jar, one spoon, no real recipe but a song. That’s right I make my whipped cream in a mason jar. That’s right I like Hall and Oates. Cause darlin’ you, you make my dreams come true.

This holiday season is different- we had Thanksgiving for two.

I served ham instead of Turkey because without guests there was no ham lover to bring the “I know you said not to bring anything but…” ham and all the reasonable sized turkeys were bought by people who plan.

Also, I might have to to get a tree because there will be no Christmas visit to my brothers’ house where there are usually two trees (once you start a tradition like two trees at Christmas it’s hard to go back).

These are holidays without a recipe, without a grand plan because it is a terrible year for making grand plans but it’s an excellent year for gathering the basics (be it knowledge or ingredients or the happy combination of both) to wing it with what you’ve got.

You don’t need a recipe if you know how things work. I don’t wing it with cakes because I don’t make them enough to have that knowledge (and they’re fussy) but pizza dough or biscuits or a cocktail? Improvise, modify, sometimes be willing to settle for real good not amazing.

You can’t whip egg whites in a blender but you can whip cream in a mason jar.

There are a few rules.

Don’t over fill, you need room to shake.
Cold heavy cream and a cool to cold jar. I don’t chill my mason jar but my kitchen is in the low to medium sixties (Fahrenheit) in winter.
Limit the other liquids be it bourbon or vanilla or maple syrup (i’ve added all three at once which was delicious but tasted like none of the above)

mason jar whipped cream

all you really need is heavy cream and a mason jar with a lid. things that make it better are a good beat to shake to and some flavors to add.

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Prep Time 5

Course Dessert

Servings cups

Equipment

16 or 32 ounce mason jar with a lid

Ingredients

1 cup heavy cream chilled
1-2 tsp sugar or maple syrup optional, powdered or granulated sugar both work
¼-½ tsp vanilla optional
½-1 tsp bourbon optional
pinch cinnamon or nutmeg optional

Instructions

pour cream and desired additons into a clean mason jar. I use a sixteen ounce jar for a half batch and full batch and a 32 ounce jar for a double batch
put the lid on and shake for 2-3 minutes or until desired thickness is achieved. I reccomend using HAll and Oates "You Make My Dreams" as a soundtrack

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Notes

maple whipped cream goes particularly well with spiced desserts like pumpkin pie or cheese cake or apple spice cake

a pinch of spice is nice for whipped cream topping apple pie or berries

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Here are a few of my favorite thing to put whipped cream on

Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes

A pumpkin cheesecake with homemade graham cracker crust that's scaled down for small groups. Baked in a six muffin tin sized pan and mixed in a food processor.

click here for the recipe