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Homemade yogurt in a mason jar with a peach
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Homemade Yogurt

Easy to make homemade yogurt, using easy to find ingredients.
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword dehydrator, Homemade, honey, milk, raw milk, vanilla, yogurt
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Incubation Time 8 hours
Total Time 9 hours 5 minutes
Servings 4 People
Calories 100kcal
Cost 1

Equipment

  • Dehydrator or oven
  • Kitchen Thermometer
  • Metal spoon or whisk
  • Colander
  • Cheese Cloth
  • Jars
  • Medium Saucepan

Ingredients

  • 4 Cups Milk fat-free, 1%, 2%, whole, or raw
  • 4 TBS Powdered Milk or 1 TBS gelatin
  • 3 TBS Plain Yogurt
  • 3 TBS Sweetener Sugar, honey, stevia
  • 3 TBS Vanilla

Instructions

  • Pour 4 cups of milk into medium saucepan
  • Whisk in 4 TBS of powdered milk
  • Slowly heat milk to 180°F stirring regularly to prevent scorching
  • Cool to 100°F by removing from heat or setting saucepan in an ice water bath
  • Whisk in 3 TBS of plain yogurt
  • Ladle yogurt into jars, it will be very runny
  • Incubate yogurt in either an oven or dehydrator for 8 hours at 110°F
  • Remove from dehydrator and chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours
  • Place a colander in the sink and line with cheese cloth
  • Spoon yogurt into the cheese cloth and let the whey drain off for about an hour to reach desire thickness. Stir occasionally to release whey.
  • Spoon yogurt into a bowl and whisk in sweetener and vanilla.
  • Spoon the yogurt back into the jars and store in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks.

Notes

Homemade yogurt in a mason jar with a peach

Nutrition

Calories: 100kcal
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