homemade regular and greek yogurt

How To Make homemade regular and greek yogurt

• 1

  Fill your 1 quart mason jars with the milk leaving an 1 ½ inches of head space Place the filled mason jars in a large stock pot with water and bring the temp of the milk to 180F. Reserve the extra milk for step 3.
• 2

  Remove the jars from the stock pot and place in a tub or sink with stopper. Add ice and water to the tub, keep checking the temperature of the milk till it comes down to 120F.
• 3

  Take your container of plain yogurt and mix with some of the reserved milk from step 1, pour this in your mason jars with your heated milk bringing the level of the mixture almost to the top.
• 4

  Cover the jars with a cap or plastic wrap and place in your cooler. If the entire cooler is not filled find some more mason jars and fill them with the hot water you used to heat the milk with cover those jars as well, you could also use a towel, you just want to fill in and insulate the vacant space in your cooler. Our cooler bag happened to fit into our oven so we place it in there for extra insulation.
• 5

  The jars should remain untouched for 12 – 15 hours. Then refrigerate. You can stop at this point and have regular yogurt or you can strain for Greek style yogurt. Place paper towel or butter muslin cloth in a strainer, place yogurt in the strainer and in about in hour you will have creamy style Greek yogurt
• 6

  If the yogurt is to tangy for your taste you can add sugar, honey, or no-calorie sweetener I love to add fresh or frozen fruits and berries…it’s a great, healthy and inexpensive breakfast or snack!
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