14 Reviews of Homemade Cream Cheese

From: Dee514

On Jun 4, 2002

Definately one of the easiest recipes for homemade cream cheese I've tried. A good texture and delicate, slightly sweet flavor. When I made it again today, I added an extra 1/2 Tb of vinegar and a 1/2 Tb of lemon juice, in an effort to duplicate the tang of "Philly" cream cheese. That did seem to help, but its still not "Philly" (personally I think this is better than "Philly" even without the extra "tang").

From: Anu

On May 31, 2002

Mirjam, this was my first cheese-making experience, and I must thank you for making it absolutely wonderful! This is an excellent, creamy cheese, if not as tart as Philadelphia Cream Cheese. I halved your recipe and got approximately 100 grams (3 1/2 ounces) of cheese. I was worried it might be too salty, but most of the saltiness gets drained off so it comes out just right. I let the milk cool completely before straining, and I let it drip for about 8 hours. I also made Jacques Lorrain's Dill Buttermilk Bread (#636) yesterday, and gawsh, this tastes fantastic on it! Mirjam, this was one recipe I had oodles of fun making... thanks!

From: Spoongal

On Jun 2, 2002

Great recipe. So very easy and it's delicious. I don't imagine it's really any cheaper than buying cream cheese, but what fun it was and the tangy taste is wonderful. Would probably be a good way to use up milk if you found yourself overloaded. I did drain mine in paper towels rather than muslin--seemed to do a great job. Thanks for a great recipe.

From: KITTENCAL

On Aug 5, 2004

Wow, I cannot believe how this turned out!! it was in my opinion even better than the store-bought kind. I drained it in cheesecloth, and used whole milk... I am SO happy I found this, I will make my own cream cheese from now on! Thank you Mirj very much sharing this recipe....Kittencal

From: Girl from India

On Jul 31, 2004

Made this to make the frosting for Whole Wheat Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting #62114 by Evelyn/ Athens and wowee it was da bomb! I followed your instructions except that I halved it and then cut the salt by 1/4th instead of half. After it was ready to drip dry, I added around 3-4 tblsps of homemade yoghurt and allowed them to drip together for 3 hours. The result was wonderful. Thanks a million, Mirj!. You helped me to arrive at the solution for the quandary(whether to do without or spend a fortune for it) I find myself in when I see cream cheese in the ingredient list. Fay

From: Gina*S

On Mar 13, 2005

Mirj!! This is wonderful! My first attempt at making this didn't turn out well I think for two reasons. I don't think I let the mixture cool well enough. Secondly, I didn't have any muslin so I tried using coffee filters. They clogged and I had to fiddle with it a lot to get it to drain. I wound up putting the results into a cream soup I was making, so it was fine. My second time making this I put it in a cloth and it worked like a charm. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!

From: Mommykicksbutt

On Jun 17, 2006

Great starter recipe! Use this basic all the time. I prefer to use reconstituted non-fat dry milk. After cooling, I stir in "flavors"... minced onion &/or garlic, chives, peppers, whatever. Serve with crackers or toasted lavish. Yum!!!

From: kitchen boys

On Oct 18, 2008

This worked out great for me and I've never made any type of cheese before. I threw in some chives and salt to flavor it, and before serving I added about a teaspoon of milk to it because it had become stiff and crumbly overnite. The milk really helped to cream it back up.

From: LilKiwiChicken

On Jul 24, 2005

This is a good recipe, I used 1T of vinegar & 2T of lemon juice, which gave the cheese a nice tang. Mine came out a bit dry although I only left it to hang for 2 hours. I did use 3.5% milk though, so will try this again with lighter milk to see if that makes a difference. Thank you for the recipe.

From: Chef #233532

On May 6, 2008

Very economical especially since the price of cream cheese has doubled in the last few months where I live! The second time I made it I added about 200ml of cream to the milk and it tasted much better-even better than the commercial one!!