I am going to say the directions for this are of the utmost importance!
I tried this initially with skim milk and ended up with yogurt soup.
8 c. (1/2 gallon) of WHOLE MILK
1/2 c. store bought, natural live action culture plain yogurt (This is a starter. Once you make your own, you will save 1/2 of that for your next batch)
Frozen or fresh fruit and splenda (if desired for flavoring)
1. Dump all of the milk into the crockpot and turn it on to LOW. Cover and cook on low for 2 1/2 hours.
2. Unplug your crockpot. Leave the cover on and let sit for 3 hours.
3. Scoop 2 cups of the warm milk into a bowl and whisk in 1/2 c. of store bought yogurt. Slowly mix into the rest of the milk in the crockpot.
4. Put the lid back on the crockpot. Keep it unplugged and wrap it with a heavy bath towel. Do not touch. Do not stir. Do nothing for 8 hours.
You will have yogurt after 8 hours. It is thinner than you would expect. Put into plastic containers (covered) and let set up in the fridge.
This will give you yogurt that is the consistency of regular store bought yogurt.
I added 1/2 c. splenda and the zest and juice of one lemon in half.
the other half I added 3 T. vanilla extract and 3/4 c. splenda for vanilla
(I liked my lemon one a little more tart)
You can flavor with whatever you like!
This recipe was adapted from www.crockpot365.blogspot.com She is pretty awesome. Check that out too.
