My dear friend Joyce shared a recipe for homemade yogurt with me and I have enjoyed it so much I have to share. It is SO easy and twice as delish. I am not sure I will ever go back to buying store bought yogurt!!!
** This takes quite a while. If you time it correctly, you can let the final stretch of time occur over night. I try to start mine around 3 or 4pm, which works out perfectly.
- Turn your crock pot on low. Pour an entire half gallon of milk in the crockpot and cover. Allow to sit for 2.5hrs.
- Turn off crockpot and keep covered. Allow to sit for another 3 hours.
- Take ~1 cup of warm milk and mix with 1/2 cup of yogurt starter (plain yogurt from the store or 1/2 cup of previous batch of homemade yogurt). After well blended, pour back into crockpot and stir. Re-cover. Wrap crockpot with a thick bath towel to keep it warm. Let sit for 8 hours of overnight.
- Technically you can be done at this point. I like thicker yogurt, so I strain my yogurt in cheese cloth for several hours. The whey will separate from the yogurt. It can be used to cook rice, boil pasta, or as a broth substitute. It is very nutritious!
You can mix in flavoring, extract, or blended fruit for some variety. My favorite is vanilla extract and a tad of brown sugar!
Enjoy!
xoxo,
~The Grant Gang
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