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Homemade Yogurt

Homemade Yogurt — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 1.0 qt Or Milk
• 0.75 cup Powdered Carnation Milk
• 1.0 tbsp Or So Plain Yogurt With Active Cultures

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Mix the milk and powdered milk together with a slotted spoon in a 2-quart bowl. (I use an Anchor-Hocking 2-quart glass measuring cup/mixing bowl. That way I can measure right in the bowl, plus, it has a plastic lid.) The milk then has to be heated to 180 degrees. Heat it in the microwave if you have one, otherwise you have to put it in a kettle and heat it on the stove and keep stirring it.

2. 2

   It works for me to heat it on Medium for 10 minutes in the microwave, stir it, and heat it for 5 more minutes on High. Check with a thermometer to make sure the temperature of the milk is then 180 degrees. Put the bowl on a rack on the counter, loosely covered with plastic wrap or the bowl lid, and allow to cool at room temperature for 1 1/2 hour. At this point, the temperature of the milk should be between 90 and 120 degrees. Don't use it until it reaches this range or it will be too hot and kill the bacteria, or too cool for the bacteria to work.