Homemade Yogurt **Updated** Cheese and Buttermilk

[MissPrissy]

Woot! DIY yogurt is a hit the world over

 

[mamaKate]

Quote:
a) most brands have no live culture
b) milk costs about .85 a quart and yogurt is (at least) $2.25.

 

[MissPrissy]

Amen, mamaKate.

Price wise you can't beat homemade - especially if yo have a dairy animal.

Taste wise homemade wins handsdown.

 

[ozark hen]

You bet taste-wise it is the best. I don't care for yogurt but love this

 

[marymac]

Where do you buy buttermilk culture?

 

[MissPrissy]

You can use live cultured commercial buttermilk to culture your own.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=287355#p287355

 

[Morning Dove]

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-can-make-yogurt-in-your-crockpot.html

How to make Yogurt in your crock pot!

Dove

 

[mirecipes]

Has anyone made yogurt in their incubator?

I made an incubator (Thanks to Miss Prissy and others

And before I used it for eggs..Made some yogurt with it..hehe

Just adjusted the thermostat..

 

[JennsPeeps]

 

[Wifezilla]

My yogurt maker is an old cooler and the old base to a Hamilton Beach crock pot. I heat the cream (or half and half), inoculate it with either some starter yogurt or dry culture, put it in a big ceramic dish with a lid and place it in the cooler. The Crock Pot base gets put on the lowest setting (1) and is stood up against one side. I cover it all with a thick towel and leave it over night. It holds the temp at exactly 110º. The next day I drain it in a strainer lined with cheese cloth so it ends up the consistency of cream cheese

MY last batch was 2 quarts half and half, a 1/2 gallon of Hood low carb milk, a quart of heavy whipping cream and 2 cans of condensed goat milk. All that stuff (except the goat milk) was bought on deeply discounted clearance and needed to be used up right away.

It was delicious!!!