This document describes a study that optimized methods for producing quality sweet cream butter at the cottage scale. Cream samples with fat levels of 30%, 35%, and 40% were churned at temperatures of 8°C, 10°C, and 12°C to produce butter. Higher butter yields, fat content, and solids were obtained when cream at 35% fat was churned at 10°C, while this condition also produced butter with lower moisture and non-fat solids. Organoleptic evaluation scores were highest for butter from 35% cream churned at 10°C. Thus, using 35% cream fat and a churning temperature of 10°C can produce high quality butter suitable for cottage-scale production.