BEST GREEK YOGURT WITHOUT ADDING ANYTHING EXTRA!

I make my own too, similar recipe to what was posted already although I've never used evaporated milk - will have to try that sometime. I do like it with raspberries and almonds added though, for crunch and deliciousness. I have a cooking thermometer so I heat the milk to 180 then cool it to somewhere in the range of 98-115 degrees (hotter will kill the cultures in the starter); add the powdered milk and starter and since my oven light is out I pour the liquid yogurt into old, clean glass peanut butter jars (the 40oz size), seal, put in a small cooler with 3 sealed smaller jars of HOT water, pack towels around and then let it culture that way. It works great! Making your own yogurt is super cheap and easy, I don't know why I waited so long. I guess I thought it MUST be hard, and I was totally intimidated but no longer.

I make my own too, similar recipe to what was posted already although I've never used evaporated milk - will have to try that sometime. I do like it with raspberries and almonds added though, for crunch and deliciousness. I have a cooking thermometer so I heat the milk to 180 then cool it to somewhere in the range of 98-115 degrees (hotter will kill the cultures in the starter); add the powdered milk and starter and since my oven light is out I pour the liquid yogurt into old, clean glass peanut butter jars (the 40oz size), seal, put in a small cooler with 3 sealed smaller jars of HOT water, pack towels around and then let it culture that way. It works great! Making your own yogurt is super cheap and easy, I don't know why I waited so long. I guess I thought it MUST be hard, and I was totally intimidated but no longer.

I think that the evaporated milk makes it thicker. I bought a strainer-thing to make greek yogurt, but my recipe comes out so very thick that I don't need to strain it. The heavy cream I use does up the calories, but the layer of creamy perfection on top is so worth it. And I know exactly what is in it...that makes a few extra calories worth it. Along with the taste...I could never go back to the plastic cup again.

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