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Creamy Homemade Yogurt Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 quart 4 cups whole milk
  • 1 Tablespoon plain yogurt or starter
  • If you would like to make vanilla yogurt you will also need:
  • 2 Tablespoons Organic Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla

Instructions

Stove Top Instructions

  • Heat the milk to 180F
  • If making vanilla yogurt, add sugar to the milk before heating up.
  • Take the yogurt off the heat and cool to 110F.
  • Add the starter to the warm milk and stir well.
  • If you are making vanilla yogurt, add the vanilla.
  • Pour the warm, cultured milk into a glass quart jar.
  • Place jar into a container like a thermos or cooler
  • Add 100F water around the jars
  • Incubate for 8 hours
  • Remove jar from container and refrigerate until cooled completely.

Instant Pot Directions:

  • Place milk in Instant Pot pan.
  • If making vanilla yogurt, add sugar to the milk before heating up.
  • Use the saute mode bring the milk temperature to 180F. Stir a few times.
  • Remove the pan from the Instant Pot, cool milk to 110F.
  • Add starter to the warm milk and stir well.
  • If you are making vanilla yogurt, add the vanilla.
  • Pour the warm, cultured milk into a quart jar.
  • Fill the Instant Pot pan ⅓ full with warm (100-110F) water.
  • Place jar into the Instant Pot.
  • Put Instant Pot lid on and select the yogurt mode.
  • Set timer for 8 hours. This not a pressurized cycle.
  • Chill yogurt completely in the refrigerator.