Crock-pot Yogurt
This is the all-time easiest way I know to make yogurt at home. You can spend a total of 30-45 minutes of time and have fresh, delicious yogurt for much less than you would pay in the store. All you need is a crock-pot, some milk, and some plain yogurt with live, active cultures* in it.
Ingredients:
- 1 quart to ½ gallon of milk (for best results AVOID “ultra-pasteurized” – usually you want to buy the store brand and it’s the best price so you win all the way around)
- One 4-8 ounce container of plain yogurt with live, active cultures* (for best results – get yogurt made only from milk & live, active cultures* - and no other additives)
Method:
You can add a teaspoon at a time to regulate sweetness. Make sure the yogurt tastes good. You’ll find you don’t add as much sweetener as the manufacturer does.
- Honey
- Maple syrup
- Jellies & jams
- Fresh fruit
- Canned pie fillings (look for ones without corn syrup)
- Frozen fruit
- Chocolate chips
- Nutella
- Vanilla
- Crumbled up cookies (try ½ a cookie first)
- Granola
If you want to make a drinkable yogurt you can experiment with adding more or less yogurt to the heated milk – this will affect how thick the yogurt gets. Before serving add some juice or fruit nectars (unsweetened if you can find them).
*Brands that have “LIVE, ACTIVE CULTURES”
Cloud Top, LLC
Red Mango
YoCream
Yoplait
Dannon
Gilsa
Kroger
Pinkberry
Berry Chill
Emmi USA
Scott Brothers
Johanna Foods
OrangeCup
Chobani
Yoforia
Mountain Top
Stonyfield’s Oikos
This is the all-time easiest way I know to make yogurt at home. You can spend a total of 30-45 minutes of time and have fresh, delicious yogurt for much less than you would pay in the store. All you need is a crock-pot, some milk, and some plain yogurt with live, active cultures* in it.
Ingredients:
- 1 quart to ½ gallon of milk (for best results AVOID “ultra-pasteurized” – usually you want to buy the store brand and it’s the best price so you win all the way around)
- One 4-8 ounce container of plain yogurt with live, active cultures* (for best results – get yogurt made only from milk & live, active cultures* - and no other additives)
Method:
- Pour the milk into your crock-pot
- Set it on HIGH and leave it for 2 hours
- Turn crock-pot off
- After 3 hours pour a cup or two of warm milk into a bowl
- Mix in the yogurt and stir well
- Pour the yogurt mix back into your crock-pot & stir well
- Wrap the crock pot with a heavy towel or blanket
- Leave for 8 hours
- Pour yogurt into containers and put into the refrigerator
You can add a teaspoon at a time to regulate sweetness. Make sure the yogurt tastes good. You’ll find you don’t add as much sweetener as the manufacturer does.
- Honey
- Maple syrup
- Jellies & jams
- Fresh fruit
- Canned pie fillings (look for ones without corn syrup)
- Frozen fruit
- Chocolate chips
- Nutella
- Vanilla
- Crumbled up cookies (try ½ a cookie first)
- Granola
If you want to make a drinkable yogurt you can experiment with adding more or less yogurt to the heated milk – this will affect how thick the yogurt gets. Before serving add some juice or fruit nectars (unsweetened if you can find them).
*Brands that have “LIVE, ACTIVE CULTURES”
Cloud Top, LLC
Red Mango
YoCream
Yoplait
Dannon
Gilsa
Kroger
Pinkberry
Berry Chill
Emmi USA
Scott Brothers
Johanna Foods
OrangeCup
Chobani
Yoforia
Mountain Top
Stonyfield’s Oikos
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