A butter maker having a housing for mounting on a countertop in a kitchen or the like. The butter maker includes a cream holding container in which cream is placed and also includes drive assembly having a shaft both rotatable along its vertical axis and reciprocal therealong. The shaft includes a dasher having a pair of spaced paddles with a plurality of spaced throughholes extending into the container conforming generally to the inner configuration of the interior of the container but spaced from the inner wall thereof.