:: yogurt ::

Yesterday, i made my first attempt at homemade plain yogurt and was pleasantly surprised to find that it actually worked AND it tasted really yummy.

basically, homemade yogurt involves three ingredients. 2% milk, powdered milk, and regular plain yogurt. In order to make it, I took 8 cups of the milk, 2/3 cup of powdered milk, and about 2 cups of regular plain yogurt and whisked them all together in a pot. On low heat, I stirred the mixture until it reached almost boiling point, at about 170-180 degrees. I then removed it from the heat, let it settle and cool down a bit, and then poured it into my sealed Pressure Cooker, because I didn’t have any canning jars.

Then, over a 6 hour period, you slowly let the yogurt sit. Don’t move it. It needs to settle and “gel,” if you will. During this 6 hour period, I set the Pressure Cooker in a larger pot filled with a little bit of lukewarm water over the stove-top. Occasionally, I set the stove top on low heat. This little bit of warmth allows the yogurt to cultivate in an slightly heated environment. The pressure cooker worked nicely because it was a sealant of some sort.

After the 6 hours, I placed the yogurt in my Fridge overnight. When I woke up and looked at it, it has gelled to a nice, thick plain yogurt.

This morning, I ate it with Muesli and some grapefruit marmalade mixed in. Yumm…

Oh my word!! I would just like to finish this post by saying that I literally almost had a heart-attack…my bedroom window was open as I sat here writing this, and three huge MONKEY’S almost jumped through my window into my bedroom! 🙂 Wow. I guess I need to expect the unexpected from now on…