Homemade Greek Yogurt

Thank you to Vevian Gerke for making a great YouTube video teaching us how to make homemade greek yogurt.

Link to Vevian Gerke - How To Make Greek Yogurt


Now you can follow these easy steps to make your own homemade greek yogurt...


WHAT DO YOU NEED?

1/2 gallon of fat free milk
2 tablespoons of any plain starter yogurt
Pot with a top
Thermometer
Cheese cloth
Strainer
Towel

DIRECTIONS

1. Pour your milk in a pot on med/high heat. Bring the milk ALMOST to a boil. Use your thermometer and when the milk reaches 175 - 180 degrees take off the heat (5-10 minutes

2. Allow your milk to cool to about 110-115 degrees, use the thermometer (10 minutes).

3. Once the milk is cooled to 110-115 degrees add 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt. Whisk (2 minutes)

4. Put cover on pot and wrap a towel around it. Place it in the oven overnight (10 hours).

5. The next morning you should see a layer of whey liquid on top. We will be straining all of this liquid to make the yogurt "greek."

6. Set up a pot, strainer, then the cheese strainer. Transfer yogurt to cheese strainer and set aside in fridge (4 hours). 

7. Come back and check on your yogurt, poor out the whey and stir the yogurt slowly. Set aside for another 3-4 hours.

8. By the time you come back, it should be done! Empty out the whey liquid again.