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Originally Posted by Missy Krissy
Thanks kaplods! It doesn't sound too difficult, just time intensive. I may have to try this and finally put my crock pot to some use  |
There are faster ways to do it, such as heating the milk on the stove in a double boiler or on very low heat, and instead of waiting for the crock to cool, putting the crock in a sink with a few inches of cold water, or water and ice (so long as the water isn't deep enough to seep into your yogurt).
I do it my way so it involves very little time and effort on my part other than "waiting" and occasionally checking the temp.
It takes about three hours for the crock to heat to 190 and then about another three hours for it to cool to 115. Once you get the yogurt starter in, you just forget it until it's done.
If I had a digital thermometer with a cool-down alarm, I wouldn't have to do any checking, just would have to be in the house to hear the alarms.
The actual effort and attention part is less than 5 minutes of work total probably.
I like to make the yogurt on laundry days, so that when I get up to change the laundry, I peek at the thermometer. When I'm done folding a load, I peek at the thermometer...
