As I mentioned last week, we have issues with breakfast. I'm not a morning person and my children, crazy little buggers, like to eat at the crack of dawn.
So, I've been earnestly seeking quick healthy alternatives to high fructose cornsyrup, either toasted or in a bowl.
So, when I came across homemade yogurt, I had to give it a go.
It was easier than I imagined, and actually tastes really great!
Here's the recipe that worked for us:
Heat your oven to around 100 degrees. (for us, this means turning the dial about a half inch before any actual numbers show up)
8 cups warm tap water
4 cups instant nonfat dry milk
6 tablespoons store-bought, plain yogurt with active yogurt cultures. You can freeze the rest of the store bought yogurt in ice cube trays to use in later homemade batches. We use Stoneyfield Farms Organic Plain Yogurt.
In a large saucepan combine the tap water and dry milk powder. Stir well until all the dry milk is dissolved. Heat the milk over medium low heat until it reaches 180
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Too funny- I just finished posting about our first foray into yogurt! I think we used the same recipe. Glad yours turned out so well! Funny, ours turned out much thicker than store-bought, corn syrup sweetened yogurt. Wonder if it depends on the batch? Or how we incubated? Hmmm…
Oh! in the oven… how great is that… i have a small machine to make them…
we put strawberries or other fruit:)
Yum, sounds so yummy and easy! I definately like do-able recipes. Thanks for the link.
Thickness often depends on what type of milk you use and also the cultures. We make ours in a machine too but there’s nothing like homemade yogurt.
I sometimes strain my yogurt through cheese cloth for just a bit – 10-15 min maybe. This will thicken it up a bit. I put the whey that is strained off in a jar in the fridge to use for bread baking.
Our favorite way to eat plain yogurt is with a drizzle of honey and some berries.
Your recipe is just a little different than mine. I’ll have to give this one a whirl.
That’s pretty nifty! I always assumed you needed a yogurt maker. We may give this a go!
you are just amazing to be trying this! i seriously missed the cooking gene, because making my own yogurt is definitely WAY at the bottom of my “to do” list
wish i had even an ounce of that ambition….SIGH
Thank you! Will try this soon, I’m so stoked.
Hi! We’ve also been making our own yogurt for a while now and just love it. Initially I started in order to eliminate the plastic container (while recyclable) in my attempt to reduce the amount of food I buy with packaging. So instead I buy organic whole milk in a bottle (just like the old days) and we just can’t enough of it!
Ooh! I have to try this. My daughter is a texture kid and doesn’t like some really sweet or chunky yogurts. I don’t like the corn syrup and BGH threats. A summer project! Thanks!
oh sounds yum-o we will have to try this one! thanks for the great idea! you’ve such great ideas!
Funny, I just made my first batch two days ago. I used the hot water cooler method to incubate it. Yum-E!
oh i have been wanting to try homemade yoghurt for *ages* now. my kids eat massive amounts of that stuff already and good yogurt is just so expensive. you have just given me that push i needed to finally try it!
The breakfast delimma… I hear ya! I always get really inspired at http://simplybreakfast.blogspot.com
Plus these homeade lara bars http://bunnyfoot.blogspot.com/2006/02/homemade-lara-type-bars.html
are super fun and easy to make, not to mention tasty. Kids can unwrap them, and you can hit snooze.
This came out fab…thanks a mil!
Nice recipe! Perhaps it’s a silly question, but I was wondering if the milk is from dry milk powder, is boiling it prior to adding starter still necessary? I know that aseptic packaged milk does not need to be boiled before turning into yogurt. Would dry milk powder contain the same non-yogurt-friendly bacteria as fresh milk?
oh i needed this right now. i’ve been making yogurt with very limited success lately. sometimes it’s right on and even thick, and sometimes it comes out like hot milk. i’m going to give canning jars and powdered milk a go…
try it with a touch of maple syrup. it’s good!
I have been considering this recipe for some time now, but I’m apprehensive about the dry milk. Have you ever made it with just regular milk? Would it be too thin?
This is great! I so agree with options other than cory syrup. Thanks for the post, I posted the recipe on my craft website TwoHeartsTogether!
Check out the post where your site was featured here:
http://www.twoheartstogether.com/2009/03/24/homemade-yogurt/
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