Yogurt

Ok... so I made the yogurt. I made it because it seemed simple and I like it. After all aim small miss small right? I watched several videos and did some research on temp and starters and to be honest it really was easy and worked great.

I used whole milk one half gallon and Old Home plain yogurt with active cultures for the starter. I heated the milk to 185 degrees and once it cooled to 115 I added the Old Home. I covered it with towels and my winter jacket and let it sit, but only for 6 hours. I poured the set up into a colander covered in Cheese Cloth and strained out more whey.

What I found... Let it sit for more than 6 hours I think it will firm up more. COVER it right away I stirred and hosed around with it and by the time I got it covered it had dropped 9 degrees. It is tart and plain this is not the desert you find from store bought for sure. It makes your mouth and inside come alive my brain was very happy. It was very satisfying. I added vanilla to a couple samples... it seemed to break it down a bit and took the tart edge off. I added bananas etc to see if I spice it up. I settled on packing on top of a couple ounces of organic cherry granola. It did exactly what I had hoped. The yogurt breaks down the granola and rehydrates the cherries. I was a very nice syrupy slew on the bottom I could mix into the yogurt and it tasted great.