Making Yogurt at home

[joerghartmann4]

thanks so much :D helped alot :D

[1Messiah1way]

This is my first time making yogurt and I found your video the most helpful. :)

I have just one question.. how much milk do you start w/ in the pot?

[bekajoi]

@1Messiah1way

I believe I started with one gallon? I can't really remember for sure, it was a long time ago. I often make the yogurt in the same way without measuring at all. I use it to use up the last of my dairy milk before it turns bad and I can't use it any more! :)

[AnasiaThai]

If we don't have the yoqurt blend,what can we use besides that because I don't have it ?

[Sushi4Majdi]

Thank you! This is very helpful indeed! Even though my family is fairly small, we consume yogurt like there's no tomorrow and it can be very expensive.

[blebby]

Since you loose some proteins with boiling the milk, can you skip the boiling process and still culture it?

[bekajoi]

@blebby You don't actually want to boil it at all. You just bring it up to a warm temperature so it will allow the culture to multiply. If you put the yogurt in cold milk, it would take ages to culture. It would work, eventually, but it would not be very effective.

You don't want to boil, though! Just bring up to 105*F. You can do this with raw milk (not hymogenized or processed) and it would turn out fine. :) 

[skayc1]

I've found that 1 can of sweetened condensed milk per quart of milk works best to sweeten the yogurt and the yogurt turns out nice and thick...I add fruit as well.

[dumb7890]

will you marrie me?

[appaloneya]

check you out!! ur such a good mommy!!!

[cutierosydo]

My Mom Make Yogurt Too But Instead Of Baking It~ She Boil it And It Work

[1IIIIIIIIII1]

I HEAR ZEBRA MILK IS GREAT FOR YOGURT.

[tkdartistmom]

in the summer my friend just puts it in the cupboard b/c her house gets warm enough!

[Metsada007]

I tried making yogurt with those starters in powder form but it didn't work !!

Now I'm just going to make it with yogurt..

[ArticleTen]

What is the dry stuff you put in at the end, I could not understand the word.

Thanks

[granolasoos]

@ArticleTen flaxseed powder

[fundude53]

just wanted to say well done for the video and well done

[Moralvorstellung]

Once you've poured the milk with the yogurt mixture into your jars, you can put them directly into the refrigerator and they will form just as an ordinary yogurt would. There's no need to heat them in the oven.

[abdito721]

ITS MUCH MORE SIMPLE THAN USING AN OVEN ! HAHAHA BELIEVE ME

[MrMarjan8040]

@DjK8087 you need to warm up so that bakterias can grow

sorry for bad english

[kabwa34]

You are heating the oven too much that is why some whey is separating try to reduce the oven temperature.

[kabwa34]

You are heating the oven too much that is why some whey is separating try to reduce the oven temperature.

[kabwa34]

@kabwa34 Its a different thing why the whey in an already made yogurt separates, its because it becomes more acidic with time and that causes the proteins to become insoluble and start separating from whey, but if you keep temperature in check you shouldnt see whey while making yogurt if you see it ,it only means the temperature is too high that too causes proteins to separate from whey.

[MrHerryprasetya]

will adding more kultur ( plain yogurt ) too much change the taste of the yogurt? i i think i add too much, and it came out very sour, is it still eatable ?

[bekajoi]

@MrHerryprasetya

Adding more culture will make it come together faster, so you may not need to let it sit nearly as long.

Did you add any sweetener like honey or agave nectar to it, or vanilla, before letting it sit to culture? You would do that between the stove top part and the oven part. It will help with the sourness.

Also, the longer it cultures, the more sour it becomes. So you may want to only let it go 4 or 5 hours instead of the 8 I did. It will be thinner, but sweeter too. HTH!

[bekajoi]

@MrHerryprasetya

Oh and yes, the sour stuff is OK to eat as long as it smells like yogurt. You'll just want to dress it up with sweetener and toss it in a smoothie or something like that.

If it smells like bad milk, then don't consume, toss. 

[MrHerryprasetya]

@bekajoi thank u so much... i let it culture for 10 hours, but it is taste yogurt, tonight i will make my 3th yogurt. Love ur vid...

[gungnir2357]

Do you need to use those special mason jars or will any jar do so long as it has a lid? For example, could I use an empty applesauce jar?  Thanks!

[bekajoi]

@gungnir2357

The most important thing is to sterilize the jar. If you have an empty applesauce or pasta sauce jar, just sterilize it and be sure to use the lid. :) I'm a big fan of reusing things myself!  I just happened to have mason jars and that's what I used. :)

[DESIRESATIZFIRE]

Hi, I was wondering, if you live in a place that has a steady hot wheather, would it be possible to just let the yoghurt in a box outside, where it would get cultured at a certain steady temperature? How long and at what temperature would that have to be ? Thanks for any assistance, my daughter is been on a diet, and now she wants me to buy yoghurt for her all the time, and it's getting expensive!

[bekajoi]

@DESIRESATIZFIRE

I think in that situation, without wanting to turn the oven on, I'd go with one of the other similar methods that uses a cooler to hold the water warm. I would worry that outdoor temps might get too warm and kill the culture, mostly.

Look up cooler yogurt recipe and you'll see the variations using a Styrofoam or plastic cooler. :) Hope that helps!

[DESIRESATIZFIRE]

@bekajoi

Thanks, I will check it and try in another way. I will tell you the results later.

[govegetarian100]

@DESIRESATIZFIRE

ya . u can just leave it outside.. I leave my yogurt outside to set even in the colder days.. i just keep it in oven without preheating or anything ( i dont even have a light in my oven) .. in colder days it just takes a lil longer to set.. in the colder days i even add a lil more starter yogurt and keep the milk a lil hotter than lukewarm when i add the starter.. in the really hot summer days i dont even heat milk if it is at room temperature.. just add yogurt and keep aside

[Gabrielitodlp]

Thanks...I love to make a lot of stuff at home, so it's nice to learn how to make yogurt. @ home mom used to make kefir which is similar.

[MrShitstained]

anything is better then chobani which taste like pasty glue with hints of fruit

[LadyWeasel]

Mmmm yummy friendly bacteria. XD

Have you ever made "yogurt cheese"?

[JesepiProductions]

Thanks im doin a project on it and to be honest ive never known how to make yogurt or really cares

[bekajoi]

Yeah, most people don't. I'm all about learning to do as much as possible for myself so this stuff is interesting to me! :)

[ThePhantomLash]

Do you make Kefir or Sauerkraut ??

[JesepiProductions]

UMM so you make yogurt by mixing milk with yogurt...UMM ok???

[bekajoi]

Yes. This is no longer common knowledge and is helpful for people to see if they are interested in making their own.

We have lost a lot of knowledge of how to do a LOT of things in the past hundred years, and more beyond that! Basic things like growing out own food, how to prepare food straight from the ground for really tasty food. How to raise animals for what they can offer for us.

I just wanted to show how I do it, as I know many people learn best by seeing it in action. ;)

[bekajoi]

Oh and if you want to get really gross in your head over what is in yogurt, it's a bacteria you're encouraging to grow. That's what makes it thick. That's why it takes a little plain yogurt to start it off, you need some of the bacteria in the milk to make grow.

Mmmm, probiotics.

[gmarc166]

I'd have to agree with kellyYTaddict - seems like a lot of messing around. Using an esky seems like a lot less fuss and the end result is the same. Still, thank you for sharing your method - it's always nice to see how other people do stuff.

[bekajoi]

Yes, it's easier but it's also using something that will never break down when it's no longer usable. I refuse to use styrofoam for any reason where I can avoid it.

And it takes time but it is not work. Once an hour you come back for 2 minutes, it takes little to no time at all.

That being said I actually don't do this anymore. But that's because I'm not using dairy anymore.

[arabiccola]

Excellent. Thank you for sharing.

I discovered that the final result will depend on the type of yoghurt someone starts with and discovered that yoghurts can be substantially different in taste and consistency. For example, there is a type of yoghurt that I can purchase locally that does not separate into curd and whey, is of creamy consistency and tastes somewhat different (we think it is tastier than usual yoghurt). I think that it is similar to what is called greek yoghurt but I am unsure.

[bekajoi]

Greek yogurt is the regular stuff put into cheesecloth and hung for a while so the whey drains off and it solidifies a bit more. :) You can make that yourself too!

[arabiccola]

@bekajoi This is what we in Arabic call "labanah" which the Wikipedia article quotes as the same thing as greek yoghurt, however, the thing I am referring to is a bit different from just strained yogurt. It is a yoghurt of different consistency and taste while in the same time being as "light" as yoghurt rather than as dense and creamy in taste as strained, greek yoghurt or labanah. It seems that the type of yogurt depends on the type of bacteria used to incubate the milk which seems to differ.

[xiagucao]

Good job! Keep it up!

[tnyardangel]

Thank you for sharing your time and talents.

[clifden001]

Awesome .

[kellyYTaddict]

I saw a recipe that was easier than this... it was just a matter of heating the milk to 180 degrees, let cool to 115 degrees, whisk in a tablespoon of yogurt, pour into jars and put into a styrofoam box and cover with a blanket. 8-10 hours later you have yogurt. YOUR method seems like a lot of work.

[bekajoi]

Not a lot of work if you don't like styrofoam and happen to be home all day.

Set a timer, come back for 2 minutes, set a timer~ the total time over the day is about the same, really... and I only spent 16 minutes during the day actually DOING anything.

But yeah, be lazy, call mine lots of work.

[boeing6666]

great job Becca , in Germany we have a home yogurt making machine, they cost only 15 or 20Euro and they will save much time and work, sure you know them , or ?

[bekajoi]

Yes, they are available here. This allows someone to see if they like the homemade yogurt without having to spend extra money, though, and I like it for that reason. :)

The yogurt makers are handy little machines and do a great job, with less work for the person making the yogurt, though!

[SaltAndHotSauce]

yum!