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I make yogurt at home because I find the store-bought ones to be too sweet. I experimented with various methods, but find the thermos method to be the easiest and quickest. It only takes me about 7 minutes hands on time, and that includes cleaning up as well.
Materials Needed:
(1) Yogurt – I use Dannon Vanilla as my starter. This will be the only time you need to buy yogurt as you can use your homemade yogurt as your starter for the next batch and so forth.
(2) Milk – After trying many different types of milk to make my yogurt, I find the Lactaid 2% turns out the smoothest and tastiest yogurt. Feel free to experiment.
(3) Thermos – I prefer the wide mouth kind. My thermos holds 16 ounces, but you can use any size.
(4) Yogurt Thermometer – Yes, they make ones especially for yogurt! You technically do not need one as long as you have a thermometer that reads up to 180 F.
(5) Pot – for boiling the milk
(6) A spoon
Pour 15 ounces of milk into a pot and clip my yogurt thermometer onto the pot. I use my thermos for approximate measurements as it is one less thing to wash.
Turn the heat to medium and stand nearby. The temperature of the milk should hit 180 F in a couple of minutes. Once it hits 180 F, turn off the heat.
After the milk reaches 180 F, wait for it to cool down to 110 F which should take around 15 minutes. Once the 110 F has been reached, pour the milk into the thermos and scoop in 2 big spoonfuls which is approximately 4 tablespoons of your yogurt starter. I then cover the thermos lid immediately and leave it on the counter for 8 hours.
There is nothing left to do but wait. Your yummy yogurt will be ready in 8 hours. I usually do this before I go to bed so that when I wake up the next morning, I will have freshly made yogurt waiting for me.
Enjoy!
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Thank you for sharing this!! I’ve seen other recipes where they use some starter but not as simple as this.
Quick question, when you let the yogurt sit over night, do you cover it or let it “breathe”?
And do you keep it out or in the fridge?
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After I pour the 110F milk into the thermos, I cover the thermos lid immediately. I leave the yogurt sitting in the thermos outside of the fridge for 8 hours. After 8 hours, I pour the yogurt out of the thermos into a glass container and put the yogurt in the fridge.
I updated my post to reflect your questions as I realized that I was being unclear before. =)
I love this! I make my own yogurt all the time. I just heat 2 litres (I’m from Canada) to boiling. Let it cool down enough so you can touch it. Add about 1/2 cup of starter yogurt (I use the same as you). I pour mine into pint size mason jars (makes 5 jars). I put the jars in a cooler along with another jar filled with hot water. I leave that for 8 hours. Done! When I’m at the last jar, I use 1/2 cup homemade yogurt as my starter for the next batch. Love it! Works every time.
I love mason jars! So much that I used them as part of my wedding favor.
I love mason jars too…for so many things! I use them mostly for food storage and some homemade laundry products. My daughter is getting arrived in May and she is using them as part of her decor too! But wedding favors…great idea!
In the mason jars, I put in my favorite candy and added a little note of why I chose mason jars as my favor. A couple of my friends after using the mason jars fell in love with them as well. So much so that they have in every single size and variation.
I love that idea! I’ll pass that on to her. She is having an outdoor wedding, so she plans to line both sides of the aisle with mason jars with tea lights in them.