Yogurt

[lillibet]

I've been making yogurt regularly in my slow-cooker and it's working very well. I've been using the temperature probe and failing to note the exact times, until last night. Mainly for my own reference, here are the instructions for making a half-gallon in my 6-qt. cooker.

• Pour a half gallon of milk into the cooker.
• Cook on HIGH for 2.25 hrs.
• Unplug and cool for 3.25 hrs.
• Whisk together 1/2 cup of yogurt and 2 cups of warm milk.
• Pour mixture into cooker and stir.
• Wrap unplugged cooker in a beach towel overnight.
• Put in containers and refrigerate.


Next up: honey-walnut frozen yogurt.

Comments

[bookly.livejournal.com]

Actually, the microwave method was on some website. JL heats his water on the stove just till it foams (he says he boils it, but mine foamed in the slow cooker well before it boiled), then uses the heating pad method. I'll ask him about clean-up and what kind of pots he uses. (Knowing him, expensive ones. :)

On another note, do you ever get a skin on your milk when it's cooling? I did, and I'm wondering if it's because I took the lid off to help the milk cool faster.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten a skin on the milk. I'd worry about other bacteria getting into the milk if it were open.