Homemade Yogurt
From coldfan01 14 years agoIngredients
- 5-1/2 cups milk shopping list
- 1/2 cups heavy cream shopping list
- 4 Tablespoons plain yogurt As Starter shopping list
How to make it
- Note: Cook time is only about 30 minutes, but after that, the yogurt has to incubate for anywhere from 7 to 12 hours, depending on how firm you like your yogurt.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, bring the milk and heavy cream to around 180 degrees, or almost to a boil. You may stir occasionally, but stir gently. I’ve noticed that the more I stir, the tarter the resulting yogurt. Once the milk/cream mixture reaches the desired temperature, take the pan off the heat and let it cool to 110 degrees. You can speed this up by putting the pan in a bowl of cold or ice water. In a small bowl, transfer a few tablespoons of the cooled milk. Gently stir in the plain yogurt starter (you can use yogurt from your most recent batch, or just any plain, unflavored yogurt from the store). Pour yogurt mixture back into the saucepan, and stir once or twice to evenly distribute the yogurt. Strain the mixture and pour into individual containers, or a few larger ones. Now the yogurt needs to incubate at about 90-110 degrees to get the culture going. This can take anywhere from 6 to 12 hours. You can use a yogurt maker, or:
- A. Use a cooler, wrapping the yogurt container(s) in towels. In the cooler, leave one or two large bottles filled with hot water to keep the interior of the cooler warm.
- B. If it’s warm enough outside, you can simply leave the yogurt sitting out.
- C. If you have a gas oven, you can leave the yogurt inside your oven with the pilot light on.
- Once the yogurt is done (if it looks firm enough for you, it’s done – but don’t be jiggling it unnecessarily, else the yogurt will remain loose), move it to the refrigerator and allow it to set for a few more hours.
- I make this all the time. I like to use whole milk for my yogurt, but you can use low-fat if you prefer. If, like me, you like your yogurt thick, you can add 3 to 5 tablespoons of powdered milk to the milk while it is heating up. Don’t try to make a thicker yogurt by adding more yogurt starter. The yogurt needs room to grow. Another variation I love is to replace some of the milk with coconut milk (anywhere from 1 to 2 cups, but you can do more if you’d like). Makes for an extra-decadent yogurt.
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Reviewed by 5 people-
good directions...great post...five forks
peetabear in mid-hudson valley loved it -
Thank you for sharing your recipe - I have made this recipe many, many times - usually 3 - 4 quarts of whole milk every couple or days or so and it turns out wonderful every time. I have learned some lessons, though, and the biggest one is to use a b...more
whuebl in Annapolis loved it -
thanks for posting. five forks from me
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