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Has anyone here made homemade yogurt?

post #1 of 19
2/6/09 at 12:28pm
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Was it easy? I've been reading about it and it doesn't sound too hard.
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post #2 of 19
2/6/09 at 1:16pm
My MIL does...she uses the yogurt maker from Williams Sonoma. It comes with recipes, which is what she started off with but now she's got recipes from all over the place and is just doing her thing. She LOVES it.

EuroCuisine Yogurt Maker | Williams-Sonoma
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post #3 of 19
2/6/09 at 1:17pm
All the time. I think I posted how eons ago on here. Must go look that up. I don't even use a yogurt maker.

Here it is. I found it.

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Originally Posted by Kathryn View Post

I do but I don't use a yogurt maker.

The trick is to start with a good 'starter'. 'Starter' is a teaspoon of good thick good quality 'set yogurt' (not stirred) - plain, no sugar added. The ingredients will say only milk ingredients and bacterial culture. There will be no gelatin, and no corn starch, or any other added ingredients in a good starter.

All you need is a stainless steel container about the size you would like to make your yogurt.

In the evening, boil water, pour it in the stainless steel container.

Heat milk (preferably 2 or 3.5%) to almost hot but not boiling ~ The best test is to put your finger in. It should be hot but not painful. If it is too hot, it will kill the starter.

Dump out the boiling water from the stainless steel container. Put in a teaspoon of starter in the bottom. Pour in the hot milk. Let it sit in the oven (turned off) all night or any other warm spot (on top of a radiator, heating vent, etc). It's ready in the morning.

You only need to buy new starter if after you come back from holidays. Other than that, just be sure to take out about a teaspoon to a tablespoon each time before you wash out the container, and you're ready to go for the next time.
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post #4 of 19
2/6/09 at 1:20pm
I've never made yogurt, but I used to make kefir, and it was very easy.
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post #5 of 19
2/6/09 at 1:27pm
Naw, it is too cheap to buy, for me to bother with making it!
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post #6 of 19
2/6/09 at 1:31pm
Most of the cheap yogurt is made with HFCS - there are only a couple I've found that aren't, and they're NOT cheap - that was one of the reasons I started doing kefir. The jar with my latest batch broke when we moved, and I haven't gotten around to getting more starter and starting again.
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post #7 of 19
2/6/09 at 1:45pm
I buy the fiber 1 yogurt, it is 2.00 for 4 containers and I usually have a coupon for 1 off. So I normally get 4/1.00.

I don't think I could make it for less than that.
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post #8 of 19
2/6/09 at 1:51pm
My mom got us a yogurt maker. It is good but nobody here eats that much of it so it is easier for us to buy it.
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post #9 of 19
2/7/09 at 7:24pm
Yes, I make it 8 cups at a time using the crock pot. I haven't figured out all the tricks, because sometimes it comes out more liquid than others. Luckily the kids like it that way--I tell them it is drinkable yogurt--LOL. We sweeten it with Stevia and/or fresh berries. We also use it alot for smoothies.
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post #10 of 19
2/12/09 at 8:43am
I made some in the crockpot yesterday! I've only made it a couple of times but it's really easy and it actually works!! I found the directions here... A Year of CrockPotting: You Can Make Yogurt in Your CrockPot!
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