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June 20th, 2012 at 01:32 am

I have finally gotten around to making yogurt for the first time. I have been planning to make it for a month now. It was on the agenda more times than I can count, but it didn't get made. I kept thinking it was too much hands on time. Then I discovered an eveneasier way to make it. I decided to go with the easier crockpot method. I have read of numerous people having success with this method and if there is one thing I believe in, it's my crockpot. And this seems like a very full proof method.

I am using the recipe found here:

Text is http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-can-make-yogurt-in-your-crockpot.html and Link is
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-can-make-yogurt-...

I bought a half flat of local strawberries today. They are not organic, but they are from a sustainable, local berry farm that does not spray. I will use some of it for flavoring in the yogurt. DH's favorite kind of yogurt is strawberry so he will be happy. We will also use a bit of honey or sugar if it needs it.

I like the fact that I will about halve the cost of buying yogurt. If DH liked it just plain it would probably bring it to 1/3 of the cost, but when you are adding organic fruit it brings it back up. Still it is cheaper. I will report in on the results after we have tried it.

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1 Responses to “I Hope This Turns Out”

  1. Shiela Says:
    June 20th, 2012 at 04:33 am 1340166826
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    My DH has been making yogurt for few months now, he make a batch on the weekend. He normally start it off on the stove top and then use the slow cooker with an old towel wrap around it. He would normally put the slower cooker for 5 mins and off for an hour or so. Sometimes he would use a timer, its good so we don't need to watch it all day long. Last weekend we had it off for almost 5 hours, it still worked, just had to have it in longer.

    We mostly use it for smoothie, I like to use honey for sweetness.

    Good luck with it Robin.

    Oh DH always put away a bowl of it into the freezer to use as a starter. He normally ends up with two bowls in (from different batches), just in case the least batch is not as good.

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