Making Yogurt in a Crockpot

RE: Making Yogurt in a Crockpot Post By Scott (Guest Post) (12/18/2008) I use my crockpot to heat up the milk then when it is 180-190 I turn if off and take out the removeable ceramic part, and let it cool to about 100. Then once that is reached I mix in the yogurt. Then I fill two old water bottles with HOT tap water and put them and the inner crockpot part into a cooler with a clean towel to wrap them all up and keep um warm. Then I go to bed. When I wake up I have fresh yogurt. You can then turn this into "Greek" yogurt by dumping the whole think into a strainer lined with cloth( I use an old piece of a silk shirt. Some use muslin, but it is really sticky and you loose yogurt in all the thick muslin that way.) Let that sit in the sink for about 1/2 hour. Put the strainer into a big mixing bowl with enough room for the whey (liquid) to drain and let it sit in the fridge for 2 hours or longer. The longer the thinner it gets. I love this stuff. Just remember to save some at the end for your next batch. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Yogurt in a Crockpot Post By Susan (Guest Post) (09/18/2008) There's a good slow cooker yoghurt recipe here: http://sinnersavedbygod.blogspot.co ... /frugal-friday-crockpot-yoghurt.html Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Yogurt in a Crockpot Post By MaryBeth (Guest Post) (03/17/2008) If your crockport has a "warm" setting in addition to "low," this is easy. Partially fill crockpot with water just enough to reach below the top of 8 oz jelly jars and put it on warm setting. Follow any yogurt recipe, filling 4-6 jars with the yogurt mixture. Place them in the warm water in the crockpot and let them go for the allotted # of hours. A thermometer is a good idea to make sure the water is not over 110 degrees. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Yogurt in a Crockpot Post By Vicki Bradley (Guest Post) (10/19/2006) Yogurt In A Crockpot crockpot, yogurt 1 quart milk (2%), homogenized 4 teaspoon yogurt,plain 4 teaspoon sugar, optional Heat the milk in a saucepan until lukewarm; if the milk is too hot at this point, it will destroy the culture and the mix will set. Put the yogurt in the crockpot and stir in the sugar and milk thoroughly. Cover with a clean dish towel (do *not* cover pot). Heat on low 1 hr. then turn off the pot and leave undisturbed for 2 hours. The yogurt should now be just set. Lift the pot from base, cool then refrigerate. Flavorings should be added after yogurt has set. Flavorings such as powdered coffee (2-3 t.), powdered milk drink flavorings (2-3 t.), cocoa, chopped fruit, honey, vanilla extract (1 t.), and various types of extract can be used (try 1 t. to 1 qt. of yogurt) **This can only be made in a crockpot that can be removed from base. Yogurt doesn't like to be disturbed when setting. Try draining 1 pt. of the set yogurt overnight in cheesecloth. You end up with "Syrian cream cheese". You use it (cold) the way you use regular cream cheese. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Yogurt in a Crockpot Post By Sonja (Guest Post) (09/27/2006) Hi, I don't know about making yoghurt in a crockpot, but i can tell you how to make yoghurt. My husband is turkish - and this is the way they make it. He usually makes this at night. You need about 4 litres of milk which he puts in a large pot until it boils - then removes from the heat. He takes a glas - puts about 4-5 tablespoons yoghurt in it (store bought - greek yoghurt we call it here) , then he adds about the same amount of water and mixes it really well. By this time the milk has made a skin - in the centre he makes a small hole with the back of the spoon, put the yoghurt - water mixture in there and stirs it slightly with the back of the spoon. (why he does this i don't know but it seems to work lol ) Then he covers the pot with its lid, and carefully wraps the pot in two or three bath towels. Leaves it the whole night on the kitchen counter and tommorrow morning there's your yoghurt. Just a note: This type of yoghurt is not as smooth as store bought yoghurt. Report Spam or Abuse