Homemade Yogurt

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  • MamaDee2
    MamaDee2 Posts: 843 Member
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  • sarab99
    sarab99 Posts: 134 Member
    Posting so I can find this again. I've been thinking about getting a yogurt maker for a while. I'm a bit addicted to the Chobani Greek style for breakfast. Thanks, this recipie sounds great!
  • JasonSwetland
    JasonSwetland Posts: 235 Member
    Thanks for sharing
  • KayteeBear
    KayteeBear Posts: 1,040 Member
    Thank you for this post! I never knew making your own yogurt was so easy, or even possible. It's a really cool thing to do and I eat a LOT of yogurt.
    I just made some yesterday (just had some now - was amazing), I did a bunch of research on it the last few days trying to find different ways of keeping it warm (I don't have an electric blanket). Since it was a trial I only made about a litre, 2 heaping tablespoons of some organic plain yogurt I found at the grocery store and 2 tablespoons of dry milk powder (I like thick yogurt), incubated for 7 hrs. As for keeping it warm, that was the really tricky part. I didn't want to keep my stove or oven on for 8 hrs and yogurt makers are extremely hard to get in Canada, as shipping is more expensive that the actual machine. I ended up wrapping a bit pot of water in blankets and every 1 1/2 to 2hrs changing the water. Wasn't too bad, kept the temp between 100-110 F. Just sucks if you can't leave it alone for longer than 2hrs.

    Thanks again! Definitely going to be one of my projects from now on.

    I used to just heat my oven a little bit then turn it off and leave the pilot light on overnight. But now I use my slow cooker and just wrap it in a towel (leave it off) and let that sit for 6-8 hours and that turns out great. I get super super thick yogurt and don't have to touch it at all until it's done.
  • WalkTheTalk
    WalkTheTalk Posts: 35
    How long do you heat your slowcooker for? Then, do you turn it off and wrap the slowcooker up in a towel, or your container(s) of yogurt? :-)
  • WalkTheTalk
    WalkTheTalk Posts: 35
    One last question ... do you all use a thermometer to get exact temperature of water and milk and such???
  • BrewerGeorge
    BrewerGeorge Posts: 397 Member
    One last question ... do you all use a thermometer to get exact temperature of water and milk and such???
    Yes, definitely.
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