Does anyone else make their own yogurt?

[poppyboo]

Mine has not been coming out as thick as I would like so wanted some advice!

No but I do crochet my own crisp breads....

Limpingbint

I don't Poppy but my mum used to when we were young, so I asked her and she says that it's probably not warm enough. Needs to be 38/39C for good 10-12 hours.

Maybe I haven't been leaving it for long enough. I do have a yogurt maker with the heating base, little jars and cover so I am pretty sure the heating part of it is fine IYKWIM. But I usually only leave it for about 8 hours, so I will leave it for longer. Thank you!
can you let me know how you do that?

That last sentence was for Limpingbint ... LOL

Ha ha! Yep, I'd just leave it for longer. I'm pretty sure Mum used to make it the afternoon before we'd have for breakfast, so they got a good 14-16 hours. If I could be arsed organised, I'd probably make my own as it is yum.

boosmummie the only reason I make my own is b/c it is cheaper! Otherwise I would just buy a large pot of the natural stuff. Trying to wean my little ones of the kids yogurt is hard work though, but when it is about a third cheaper I am still trying
Thank you for your help!

I've sometimes wondered about getting one of those EasyYo kits but are they really any good I wonder? I don't know anyone that has one to ask.

We do seem to be constantly buying yougurts and it's expensive.

boosmummie did you mum make it from UHT milk or fresh milke?
I use a litre of UHT milk, with two tbsp starter live yogurt and 4 tbsp dried milk as a thickner...

Either/or. I agree that it's way cheaper too, and imo does taste nicer - We used to have stewed apple, fruits either chopped or whizzed thrown in, whizzed up with fruit and frozen into lollies etc. Yogs are expensive (not where I am though, which would explain my laziness...) - don't know how old your kids are, but get them to help with fruit etc and I always find they are far more interested in eating what's in front of them if they 'think' they've done it themselves!! It's messy (at times), takes a little bit longer, but saves a packet - anything goes, fish/chicken goujons, burgers, kebabs, even individual shepherd's pies or puff pasty tarts etc.

TheOohAahBird I have heard that the kits aren't that much cheaper then buying yogurt in supermarket, although it is meant to be very yummy. Not sure how 'natural' the stuff is in it, if that bothers you, I haven't ever actually looked at the packs. You can get an electric plug in yogurt maker from Lakeland for £19.99. I got my yogurt maker from Waitrose...it is a heating base, with 7 little glass jars and a lid. Again about £20. I bought that one b/c I didn't like the idea of heating plastic for hours with my yogurt in it so I looked for one with glass containers.

Boosmummie thanks for the tip, I will have ago at wizzing some fruit with maybe a little sugar to try and wean them over to it. I like the idea of the frozen lollies, i think they would like that.

Tell them it's ice cream - they'll never know!!! As I said before, the more they're involved in making food, the more I find they eat it. DD3 will happily eat anything she's 'made', but sometimes I can make the same thing and she'll just say 'urgggh no'. Twisted child that she is.

boosmummie my yogurt worked!!! I left it for 12 hours rather then my usual 6 and I now have lovely thick yogurt in my fridge. and it is so yummy! I used full fat UHT milk too which i think helped.

Yay at that , I'm really pleased.

I have the Lakeland plug in one and I love it. I leave it for a couple of hours longer than they say and it gets nice and thick. I use full fat UHT. It is so cheap that way!

Indith it is super cheap isn't it!
I am so glad I came on here and boosmummie helped me make nice thick yogurt, this was about my 8th time of trying LOL

I'm v. glad that I could help Poppy I am a font of random recipes so post away!!!

why UHT surely that kills all the bacteria also I find it tastes funny??

The instructions we have say to use UHT or that if you use fresh milk you have to heat to a certain temp then allow to cool to the right temp for yoghurt making to kill any nasty bacteria that would merrily replicate during the yoghurt making process along with the nice ones that make the yoghurt. I'm pretty sure when Hugh Fernley Lives In His Own Little World did yoghurt on TV he heated and cooled the fresh milk too. Plus it is convenient, the dcs get through so much yoghurt I just stick a load of cheap UHT on my Tesco order every month and it lives int he understairs cupboard, If I used Fresh my fridge would be full of nothing but milk and I'd be lugging pints of it around all the time.

I am similar to Indith, i couldn't fit all the fresh milk in the fridge to make it. Also, I cannot be bothered to heat and cool down the fresh milk that is required before starting the yogurt making process b/c I am too lazy! I wouldn't drink UHT straight from the carton but it makes lovely yogurt.