8 cups milk
1/2 cup yogurt with live cultures
Optional: unflavored gelatin or Jello (I used 2 3 oz. Jello packets this time)
Put the milk in the crockpot and heat on low for 2.5 hours. Turn off and let stand 3 hours. Whisk 1 cup of warm milk into yogurt along with gelatin if using. Mix back into crockpot. Let stand, covered and well-wrapped to retain heat, for at least 8 hours. Fridge for a few hours if using gelatin.
Funky browned milk |
I also tried using more gelatin this time, in the form of fruit flavored Jello. I'd love to say that I'm making homemade yogurt because it's healthier, blah, blah, but I'm tired of buying ridiculously expensive tiny cups of kiddie yogurt so I'm trying to duplicate it more cheaply. Per ounce, two 3 oz. packets of Jello will not make my homemade yogurt contain any more sugar than commercial yogurt, so that's good enough for me. Although adding the flavored jello to the whole batch does compromise the future use of your homemade yogurt as a starter for the next batch (I used 1/2 cup of the last batch instead of buying another container of plain), unless you're planning to do the same flavor next time.
Two packets did create a MUCH firmer yogurt, but it was too firm...kind of like milky Jello. The kids won't eat it LOL But the flavor is pretty good and it looks appropriately neon-colored. Back to 1 packet of gelatin next time. Pin It
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