After years of hesitancy, I decided to overcome my fear of failure and get serious about making yogurt. So last month I bought a jug of organic milk. Then it went sour before I did anything with it. Strike one.
But last week, images from inspiring tutorials (including Alicia's) beckoned me to try making homemade yogurt again. I bought a gallon of fresh local milk and finally began the yogurt making process. After placing two empty Mason jars and lids in a pot, I began boiling away. And though I forgot to save the web page with the instructions, I forged ahead with my plan. Thankfully my More With Less cookbook contained an outline of the steps for me to follow.
I made do with this meat thermometer. |
- Let the sterilized jars cool before filling them with cold milk;
- Heat jars gradually.
Hours later, my resolve paid off when I pulled these out of our big blue cooler (imagine them both full):
The following morning I spooned up thick homemade yogurt into each child's bowl, added honey, and waited for their reactions. Everyone requested seconds, which was a good sign. Even my husband wanted some.
I'll be heating up more Mason jars again soon I expect. My kids have eaten many, many gallons of yogurt in their lifetimes; I only wish I had tried making it sooner. No one in our household drinks dairy milk at home, but yogurt we down by the quart.
3 comments:
Julia, this is fabulous! I was smiling the whole time I read your post, EXCEPT for the part where the Mason jar broke (because that's so tragic!). I'm so glad you all liked the yogurt. I was planning on making some this week, but I'm all out of honey. Time to call the honey man (yes, I really have a honey man...maybe I should do a blog post on that sometime)!
Yay! I love homemade yogurt. Although I'm still trying to figure out how to get kids to eat it without a humongous mess!
Yum I love yogurt. Good for you for not giving up! BTW I love Sixpence None The Richer and I sang Trust and my brother played guitar at my church when I was 15. Reading your profile brought back the memory.
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