Does anyone make their own yogurt?

[MisfitsFiend]

I was wondering, I want to pick this up

Do you need a machine, or do you do it without?

 

[Savij]

My mom

 

[iamme]

nope, but i JUST ate some yogurt.......weird.

 

[Mrvile]

Ew...making your own yogurt? Don't screw up...

 

throat yogurt

 

[Wapp]

Sounds like too much work. I can buy like 400 yogurt cups for like $5.

 

[MisfitsFiend]

store bought yogurt is so damned sweet, I was hoping to control the sweetness/sugar better

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Ew...making your own yogurt? Don't screw up...

You can screw it up?

1 qt. milk
1/4 c. plain yogurt

Scald milk by heating to 180 degrees F. Cool to 115 degrees F (can be done in the sink filled with cold water). Stir yogurt until smooth. Pour 1 cup of scalded milk in yogurt and stir until mixed. Add milk and yogurt mixture to remaining milk and stir.
Mixture should be put in several containers that the yogurt will be stored in after making.

Put containers in an insulated chest (cooler, ice chest, etc.) along with a one gallon jug filled with hot water (115 degrees F.). Leave yogurt, undisturbed for 8-10 hours (my mom skipped the hot water-ice chest part and left it out for longer). Remove and put in the refrigerator.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Ew...making your own yogurt? Don't screw up...

You can screw it up?

1 qt. milk
1/4 c. plain yogurt

Scald milk by heating to 180 degrees F. Cool to 115 degrees F (can be done in the sink filled with cold water). Stir yogurt until smooth. Pour 1 cup of scalded milk in yogurt and stir until mixed. Add milk and yogurt mixture to remaining milk and stir.
Mixture should be put in several containers that the yogurt will be stored in after making.

Put containers in an insulated chest (cooler, ice chest, etc.) along with a one gallon jug filled with hot water (115 degrees F.). Leave yogurt, undisturbed for 8-10 hours (my mom skipped the hot water-ice chest part and left it out for longer). Remove and put in the refrigerator.

Omg my head...I'd definately screw up that one.

 

[Malfeas]

I make my own yogurt two or three times a day.

 

[eplebnista]

No

 

[sonambulo]

you dont even need a candy thermometer.

get a big pot and wash it sterile. heat the milk until it starts to bubble, but don't boil it. i repeat don't boil it.

take it off the stove and let it cool to baby bottle temperature. drop in two scoops of the original yogurt culture. cover it and put it in the oven(but dont turn the oven on). leave it there overnight and then stir it in the morning. done.

if you want flavor you just blend it in afterwards.

oh yeah and when you finish put like a cup of it aside in the fridge and dont touch it until you're ready for the next batch. your starter culture should come from a desi restaurant or a health food store but those health food store cultures are expensive.