Some people think I am crazy, some think its cool, I call it being cheep with some added nutrition.
Yes, I make my own yogurt.
I make a gallon of yogurt each week.
My children love it.
A few years ago I was visiting my brother, Dan, and he had me try his homemade yogurt, vanilla flavor. I was so impressed. His son has an allergy of some sort to food dyes and homemade yogurt became a new staple in their house. Dye free, less sugar, and healthier then the yogurt you can buy in the stores.
Making yogurt is quite simple. I have been making it for about 3 years now. You only need a few supplies:
1 gallon thermos
digital thermometer
1 gallon milk (2% or whole)
1/2 - 1 cup powdered milk
2 -3 dollops yogurt culture (I buy Dannon's plain)
sugar (optional)
flavoring (also optional, I use 2 dye-free kool-aide packets, or vanilla)
You bring 1 milk and powdered milk to 170 degrees. Cool the milk to 115-120 degrees. Pour into the gallon thermos and screw on the lid. Let sit on the counter for 6 hours and you are done!
Probably more then you wanted to know about making yogurt, but I figure I save about $12/week and my family can eat as much yogurt as they want.
1 comment:
Hi Stephenie,
Thanks for telling me how to make this when we stayed with you last summer. Travis loves it plain (go figure) and I love that I can make it with nonfat milk. One trick I found that works for me is when I buy the yogurt I freeze the rest of the container into ice cubes and then just melt them when I need them (I'm even cheaper).
Also, I made frozen yogurt using my ice cream machine and it turned out great. The recipe I used is at this link:
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/a-frozen-yogurt-recipe-to-rival-pinkberrys-recipe.html
I have found that if I use a flour sack towel instead of cheesecloth to strain the yogurt, it turns out just fine and I can reuse it.
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