If you have a way to keep the temp of the yogurt at 100º for 8 hours or more then you can make yogurt. I have a table top oven/toaster that keeps this temp and I make yogurt by the quart jar. It's so creamy. The secret is getting the milk to the proper temp but not over it, and having the proper temp before adding the starter. I use this recipe:

Basic Yogurt Recipe

4 cups (1 quart) milk - whole, 2 %, 1% or skim
1/4 - 1/2 cup instant non-fat dry milk powder
1/2 cup plain yogurt (with live cultures) or yogurt from a previous batch

In a saucepan, combine milk and dry milk and heat over medium heat, stirring frequently to just below the boiling point. Don't boil. Remove the milk from heat and allow to cool until lukewarm (about 100 degrees). If milk is over 100º the starter will die. To cool the milk quickly, place the saucepan into the refrigerator or a sink of cold water, stirring occasionally to cool evenly.





Add plain yogurt to the warm milk, stirring gently to blend. Do not beat or whip. Pour the mixture into the yogurt container, secure the lid and place the covered container into a 100º oven for 4-10 hours, depending on tartness desired. Yogurt should be partially set after processing and will thicken further after refrigeration.


After incubation place the container in the refrigerator and chill at least two hours to thicken. If desired, remove 1/2 cup of the yogurt to use as a starter for future batches, before adding any fruit or flavoring. Keep yogurt refrigerated until use.

I make mine in a quart mason jars.

I don't know, Bella, it looks okay. But I'm comparing it to Marsye's shrimp scampi, and it just isn't as exciting. :wink:

32 oz. containers of Dannon are on sale at my local supermarket (Giant) this week, so I bought one of those. But maybe I'll use some as starter for making my own. I'll post back if I do. 32 ounces will last me the whole month, though.

(I guess I'd make it plain, and then as I use it, add vanilla extract and preserves as desired. I prefer it as a sauce or topping rather then sweetened most of the time.)

Nothing much beats shrimp scampi!

Now this is interesting.

Hmmmm I keep saying that I need a toaster oven... AND I love yogurt :D:D:D
I like the idea of being able to adjust the tartness...for sauces/toppings I would prefer it not so tart.
Thank you for sharing :D:D:D

You can buy a yogurt maker and use the recipe. I have the six small jar maker and it works great for small batches.

HELP I am confused. I know I posted yesterday on making homemade yogurt....I just bought a yogurt machine and havent tried it yet. I asked how people flavor theirs and how would you make key lime, which is my fav. Hmmm wondering what happened to the other person's post.

Margie

I flavor some of my plain yogurt with KoolAid powder. You can use presweetened drink powder mix. There are lots of flavors to choose from. I use regular sugar to sweeten mine.

Hey thank you for that recipe that sounds so good homemade yogurt im going to try it you can do a lot of things with yogurt and its so healthy for you.

I never heard of a yogurt maker I'll have to look into that.

There are yogurt maker's but it just as easy to make in your oven at home just set your oven for a 100 degrees for about 8 hours put it glass bowl and cover it with foil.

Does anyone have any ideas to flavor besides kool aid I cant stand the taste of that.

Margie

Try using fruit, frozen fruit , or get like pie filling in a can and add it to the home made yogut or you can take your fruit like you are making jelly cook it until it softens and cool it down add to your yogurt yummie

I get 4 oz jars of baby food they have so many different fruits and I mix that in the yogurt. Another is maple syrup.

Once you make yogurt you can make yocheese........yummo I replace 1/2 the sourcream or mayo in any recipe with yocheese. Yocheese has no taste of it's own so it picks up the flavor of the mayo and sourcream. I even mix it with cream cheese. To make yocheese line a strainer with a coffee filter and pour the yogurt into it. Let it drain about 3 hours and there you have it yocheese. The liquid that is left is the whey, it is packed with protein so I add it to smoothies or in place of water in homemade bread and soups.

You read my mind! I kept meaing to post a question about homemade yogurt! I have a yogurt maker, the problem is I need to make soy yogurt. I make my own soymilk (with a soymilk maker), I have the powdered soymilk, the non-dairy yogurt starter, etc. I follow the recipe that came with the machine and still my yogurt separates and is NASTY !!!!! My son has a dairy allergy and the soy yogurt at Kroger is $1 each. Not enough to break the bank, but every penny counts.

Any ideas anyone?? I really would like to be able to make my own.

thanks!!!
Rose Hall

Hello Rose have you tried to look on the food network I think the mans name is Allen Brown hes the guy that does like experiance with foods you might want to check there for like soy yogurt those people on there are pretty neat in making up recipes.
Good luck checking out the program

The name is Alton Brown.

Lol sorry but at least I had the last name right im not so good remembering first names im really bad at that but face I remember well have a great night

Wow I just figured it out if you bought the machine (because I'm not sure if my stove goes that low) and I don't have a toaster oven the price to make your own yogurt is the cost of a quart of milk. You get 8 4oz of yogurt,which is roughly $1.00/container and a quart of milk is about $1.00 it costs you about 12 cents to make. heck of a savings. Oh man DH is oging to die with the bread maker and now making yogurt. oh boy oh boy

Hi Margie,
I use jams, My favorite is Huckleberry, but blueberry, choke cherry,choke cherry, and cherry ( what I've canned) are all good too.
Great breakfast idea:
1/2 C yogurt
1/3 C All Bran buds
1C fresh fruit,
That'll stay with you all morning, low fat ,high fiber, portable. yummy

When I used to make my own yogurt, I used jams and jellies to flavor it. I just had a thought--can you use Jello to flavor yogurt? It would sweeten and flavor it and you could adjust the amount of powder you put in according to the taste you want. Any thoughts on that?

You probley can just don't make it like jello just take the package and a the hot water only stir until desolved then take and add it to you yogurt it probley be very good in it.
Make sure you mix it well.

I definitely will have to give that a try. Thanks!

It will probley have very good flavor to yummie send me some lol just kidding

I have a maker and use it but it comes out to soft for me.
So if you put an envelope of unflavored geletin in your mix it makes it nice and thick.

thank you for the hint when i make it i will try that with the jello

If it comes out to soft just leave it longer in the maker. My yogurt maker says 4-6 hours and it comes out too soft so I leave in there for about 10-12 hours and it is perfect.

ok thank you for your imformation you gave me

You can use a heating pad to keep your temp around 100 degrees.

hmmmm didnt know that thanks

I like my yougert to taste mellow not tangy so I dont cook it longer.

wow, thanks