alex w.
3 months ago
have talked to alex w. (standing on the side of love/ga ‘09) about it and have support (in knowing someone who makes his own yogurt.)
How to make yogurt
It made me 
"Very good results on first try; eager to attempt cheese making"
How I did it: Visit Dr. Fankhauser's excellent and highly detailed cheese-making pages. Here's his page on yogurt:
I used plain old kitchen utensils, no special yogurt maker. For the live culture, I used a cup of Dannon Original.
Lessons & tips: The temperature specs seem not to be extremely critical. I got very good results though I let the yogurt mixture cool below the optimum 50 degrees C. I warmed my leaky water bath/ incubator back up with some boiling water.
I recommend getting a couple of dial-type candy thermometers or even an inexpensive electronic unit with a long electrode. I used a thick, glass-enclosed meat thermometer, which prevented me from keeping the lid tight on the milk. If I do this often, as I hope and plan, I'll monitor the bath with one thermometer and the scalding milk with another. It would be nice to have a pot lid with a hole in it through which a temperature probe could be inserted...
I think this would be a great project to do with children, though the yogurt might not be chilled and ready to eat until late the same day you start it. If you're used to firm yogurt, add the suggested milk powder. I'm going to try adding some pectin later on, which is what the big makers use to keep the product solid, though I was very pleased with the natural, more liquid product that I got..
Resources: I used a Trefalia 6-quart pot for a gallon of milk, which (surprisingly to me) yielded a full gallon of yogurt. It took about one hour to reach the desired 85 to 90 degrees C (185 to 195 degrees F). A thicker bottomed pot or a double boiler might save some time...
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yogourmet
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I made yogurt using the probiotic starter and electric maker by Yogourmet. It didn’t turn out exactly how I expected, but I am going to try again using less milk powder.
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Yum!
15 months ago
Yummmm! It is SO good! I am marking this off, but I will probably do it again and again!
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It Worked!!!
15 months ago
I made yogurt! It smells great! A little tangy like yogurt should smell! I will try it in the morning and let you know how it tastes before I officially mark it off my list!
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no go
15 months ago
The yogurt didin’t turn out. I am trying again…
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done! Almost...
15 months ago
I followed the recipe… My yogurt is in the cooler. I hope it turns out. The amount of yogurt my daughter eats gets expensive! This could help out a lot! I’ll let you know in a few hours!
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Untitled
15 months ago
Got all the stuff! Doing this tomorrow!
insaneavocado
15 months ago
It was worth doing just to see it happen, it was really cool to come back and see what was previously a pitcher of milk be a pitcher of yogurt! That said, my first batch came out really tart; I think I might have disturbed it a bit too much, I used a crock pot as an incubator. The second time I used a beach cooler that I filled with hot water and I left it in for only 4-5 hours. It was less tart, but still not quite what I wanted. I hope to try again some other time; I wonder if the tartness is because I stirred the whey back into the yogurt instead of pouring it off?
