Home made yogurt...

[RTRChick]

ok... I was once on BYC and saw a thread on homemade yogurt, sounded like a good idea, but I never tried it....

Until I got my awesome yogurt maker!

I am now a firm believer that everyone should try this! I bet a lot of you already do, but I hadn't seen it and thought i'd bring it up

 

[miss_thenorth]

Good morning! I have been making yogurt for at least 15 years. I love i, kids love it, hubby loves it. I'm having my morning coffee now, but soon I will be having my fruit smoothie, with frozen fruit, yogurt and honey.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

You don't need yogurt maker. Miss P's directions don't include one and it turns out very yummy!

 

[Zenbirder]

Yum Yogurt!
I use a small ice chest to incubate the yogurt, and mine is made from homemade soy milk. No cow to feed, just a pail of beans in the pantry!

 

[miss_thenorth]

For simplicity's sake, I have always used a yogurt maker. Also, I very rarely buy new culture. I have gone years using a tablespoon from my previous batch-to make a new batch. My opinion is my yogurt maker takes up less room, I rarely lose a batch, and I don' need o buy new culture. So I'll stick with my yogurt maker.

 

[farm_mom]

My kids LOVE yogurt. I usually stir in a bit of our homemade fruit jams/jellies/butters. Just in case anyone wanders here who doesn't already make their own, I thought I'd add a couple of links. Here's how to make yogurt with the jar/cooler method:

http://childreninthecorn.blogspot.com/2008/02/making-yogurt-part-i.html

And here's a link to using the machine, making yogurt cheese, and one of my favorite things to do with it!

http://childreninthecorn.blogspot.com/2008/02/making-yogurt-part-ii.html

 

[me&thegals]

I make yogurt, too! It's so satisfying to have a batch turn out just right. I seem to have a lot of variation in texture, though. Any ideas? I just use my oven. I also seem to need to rejuvenate the culture quite a bit. Any ideas on this?

I'd like to toss in a great cornbread recipe that uses 1 cup of yogurt in case there's anyone out there like me who needs to sometimes quick use it up before it goes bad. It's a good one!

Cornbread
1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
cup sugar
1 t baking soda
t salt
1 cup plain yogurt
2 eggs, beaten

Blend dry ingredients. Add wet. Stir just until blended. Bake in greased 8x8 pan 20-25 min at 400.

 

[TanksHill]

I love my yogurt maker. the kids mix in a bit of homemade jam to sweeten it up. I will have to try the cheese maker next. Oh, corn bread with yogurt now that sounds good.

 

[keljonma]

I make yogurt, too! It's so satisfying to have a batch turn out just right. I seem to have a lot of variation in texture, though. Any ideas? I just use my oven. I also seem to need to rejuvenate the culture quite a bit. Any ideas on this?

I'd like to toss in a great cornbread recipe that uses 1 cup of yogurt in case there's anyone out there like me who needs to sometimes quick use it up before it goes bad. It's a good one!

Cornbread
1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
cup sugar
1 t baking soda
t salt
1 cup plain yogurt
2 eggs, beaten

Blend dry ingredients. Add wet. Stir just until blended. Bake in greased 8x8 pan 20-25 min at 400.

That is a good recipe, me&thegals. I will have to try to remember that the next time we make yogurt. I usually make 6 or 8 quarts at a time..... for the chickens....

 

[me&thegals]

Yeah--I love that recipe! It's pretty lean and low calorie without the usual fat in cornbread recipes. I even replace the flour with whole-wheat pastry flour and it works well. Mmmm--yogurt!