Vanilla Yogurt
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
4 pints
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 1⁄2 gallon whole milk
- 1⁄2 cup yogurt, plain or 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 vanilla bean
directions
- Place 4 pint glass canning jars (lids & rings, too) into your canning pot with about an inch of water. Cover and boil for 10 minutes. Turn heat off & leave to sit until you are ready to use jars.
- Pour 1/2 gallon of milk into heavy bottomed stock pot & heat to 185°-190°F.
- Measure out sugar & scrape vanilla bean into it. Stir well.
- Remove milk from heat & place entire pot into sink of cold water. Add sugar/vanilla bean/vanilla extract & stir. Cool to 120°F.
- Add 1/2 cup starter yogurt & stir thoroughly so there are no little clumps of yogurt.
- Remove jars from canner & add milk.
- Add lids & rings to jars and place back into canner.
- Fill with 1 gallon of the hottest tap water you can get and place back on stove at the warm setting. Let sit for 3 hours.
- Place yogurt into refrigerator for 3 hours.
- Enjoy or place strainer & cheesecloth over an empty bowl & allow yogurt to strain for 1-2 hours in refrigerator & place yogurt back into jar for thicker Greek style yogurt.
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