In the Welcome post, I wrote:
"I made my first batch of homemade yogurt last night using the Donvier Yogurt Maker. Delicious! It's a little sweeter than store-bought yogurt, but it's thick, rich, and yummy. Next time I might let it incubate longer than ten hours to give it more tang, but no complaints."
Here's more on the details:
I used a good, non-fat, Organic milk and added in 1/4 cup of whey protein and 1/4 cup of caseinate as thickeners and to give it that extra protein punch. From there I just followed the directions. I heated the milk to 187 before taking it off the heat and allowing it to cool to 113. Then I prepared the starter by mixing 2 heaping Tablespoons of Stonyfield yogurt (will be able to use my own in the future) and a little of the warm milk in a separate container then stirring it back into the saucepan. Lastly, I portioned it all into the 8 containers of the yogurt maker, set it for 10 hours, and went to bed. In the morning, I moved it to the fridge to cool for four hours. That's as long as I could wait to try it. :)
"I made my first batch of homemade yogurt last night using the Donvier Yogurt Maker. Delicious! It's a little sweeter than store-bought yogurt, but it's thick, rich, and yummy. Next time I might let it incubate longer than ten hours to give it more tang, but no complaints."
Here's more on the details:
I used a good, non-fat, Organic milk and added in 1/4 cup of whey protein and 1/4 cup of caseinate as thickeners and to give it that extra protein punch. From there I just followed the directions. I heated the milk to 187 before taking it off the heat and allowing it to cool to 113. Then I prepared the starter by mixing 2 heaping Tablespoons of Stonyfield yogurt (will be able to use my own in the future) and a little of the warm milk in a separate container then stirring it back into the saucepan. Lastly, I portioned it all into the 8 containers of the yogurt maker, set it for 10 hours, and went to bed. In the morning, I moved it to the fridge to cool for four hours. That's as long as I could wait to try it. :)
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Re: first batch
Tue, April 19, 2005 - 3:49 PMMy second attempt, letting it culture for 12 hrs instead of 10, produced a tangier yogurt. And it was smoother as well. Less cottage-"cheesey" than my first try. -
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Re: first batch
Wed, April 20, 2005 - 2:00 PMBrown cow is what I use, boil it good let it cool enough that you chant Hare krishna hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare once with your clean finger in it. I stick in the oven at the owest possible heat. for 24hrs!! nice and think and not very sour. BTW don't use nancy's they have the least amoount of live cultures and are very sour
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Re: first batch
Wed, April 20, 2005 - 2:02 PMI get whole organic milk and just boil a gallon and add a cup a yogurt. it comes out quite nice.