Quick & Simple Yogurt Recipe!

So that milk you have doesn't smell too good anymore?  DON'T TOSS IT!  Make it into yogurt instead!


  • Take 1 gallon of milk (souring is just fine)
  • Heat it to 180 degrees (this does NOT make it raw yogurt - it does pasteurize it - but this is a simple recipe)
  • Let it cool to 100 degrees (you can do this in an ice bath or let it cool down naturally - depends if you are in a hurry or not)
  • Add 1 container of yogurt with active cultures (I used Dannon's Greek Plain Yogurt this time and it turned out really thick.  You can continue to use your own yogurt after this initial inoculation!)
  • Mix it well with a whisk, then leave it covered overnight (or at least 8 hours)
  • The next morning you will have yogurt!  Put it in jars and refrigerate - it will continue to thicken while it cools.

That's it!  Simple and easy.

date Friday, April 22, 2011
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1 comments to “Quick & Simple Yogurt Recipe!”

  1. Stephanie
    April 22, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    I've been making our own yogurt for a while following basically this same method. Recently I found an even easier way using my slow cooker to do the heating part.

    Cook the milk, covered, on low for 2 and a half hours. This brings it to about 180 degrees.

    Turn off or unplug and let it stand for 3 hours. This will cool it to about 120, which is when I add the yogurt.

    After adding the yogurt, I pour the mixture into pint jars and move the jars into a cooler with a heating pad. The heating pad keeps the temperature around 90-100 degrees while the yogurt does its thing for a few hours.

    I LOVE using the crock pot because I now know how long the heating and cooling steps will take.

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