I've read about making yogurt a number of times over the years. I just never got around to doing it. Recently I watched a youtube video and REALLY saw how easy it was. So I gave it a try.
I clean all the cooking utensils and jars.
I brought the milk up to 180 degrees
Cooled it down to 110
Put in two large tables spoons of live active yogurt (dannon) and lightly stirred.
I put the mixture in canning jars and put white lids on.
I tried using a cooler and a heating pad, like the video suggested but my heating pad is a newer model that has some kind of safety feature that shuts it off after so long. So I put the jars in my dehydrator to heat around 110.
I gave TWO people the taste test. While they could feel a slight difference in texture, they could not tell me which one was the store kind.
After making yogurt, I took one pint to make cream cheese. What I understand that you do is drain the whey off and allow it to age a little in the refrig.
I kept the whey that you see to put in my next batch of bread in my bread machine. No since wasting it.
I also kept out half of a cup of yogurt for my starter for next time.
The Dannon yogurt you see cost $3.29 for the quart. For $2.99 I can buy a gallon of milk and make a gallon of plain yogurt. My future has now changed. I'm not making yogurt on a regular bases.
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Good to know. I have seen recipes an did not know if it was worth it. A lot of times I can get yogurt pretty cheap with coupons or Aldi has the large containers a lot cheapr in store.
ReplyDeleteI like your info on the flour too. I am trying to do a lot more home-made foods and I am finding it to be cheaper. Do you have any good recipe or tried once a month cooking? I am trying.:)
I agree about the deals on yogurt. LOL, in fact the very next day I was able to pick up TWENTY 4-packs of single sized yogurt for $8 using coupons. I had no problem doing that, because it was flavored and cheaper than making my own. Plus "homemade" yogurt isn't creditable on the food program for daycare kids and store bought is. THAT is another story.
ReplyDeleteI'm more into theme or bulk cooking, but have read up about oamc ing and seen a number of youtube videos. I have the subject interesting.
Did you use whole milk from the grocery store for the yogurt? Or do you have a local dairy for fresh milk, making yogurt is on my learn how to do list
ReplyDeleteI used 2%.
ReplyDeleteI've seen a you tube video with someone making it from dry milk to straight from the cow milk.
Seems to work all the time. Of course I'm sure you get a different taste and quality.
I have a long list of things I want to do, too.