I Made Yogurt!!!

… and it was good!!!  I used to make it all the time but had gotten away from it.   Last week I dusted off my recipe/method/instructions and made a batch, here’s how I did it …

You will need:

1 cup plain yogurt with cultures (I used Fage Greek yogurt)

1 quart jar (sterilized)

3 cups milk (I used 2%)

Food thermometer  (This is similar to the one I have.)

¼ cup powdered milk

Place the 3 cups of milk in a pot and slowly bring to 180 degrees over low – medium heat (You don’t want the milk to scorch.)

When 180 degrees are reached remove pot from heat and pour milk into sterilized warm quart jar.

Let cool to 120 degrees  (I placed a paper towel secured with a rubber band over the mouth of the jar and inserted a small food thermometer down through the paper towel into the milk.  The paper towel held the thermometer dial up out of the milk and I could easily keep a watch on the temperature.)

When the milk has reached 120 degrees, add ¼ cup powdered milk and 1 cup yogurt to jar of milk.

Put a lid on the jar and give it a good shaking to mix everything up.

Wrap jar in a towel and place in the oven and turn the oven light on.

Let jar sit in the oven with the light on for approximately 12 hours.

Check yogurt for firmness and refrigerate.

I've been enjoying this with some frozen fruit from our freezer ... hmm, it's good!

When I start getting low I’ll remove a cup of yogurt and start the process over again.

until next time,

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