yogurt and granola

[tashabear]

So here is how I make yogurt. Some people like using a crockpot; I prefer the stovetop because my pot won't crack in an ice bath, plus it's easier to clean.

Things you need:

• Big pot
• Thermometer -- I use an instant read thermometer, as I broke my candy thermometer
• Jars -- I use 6 oz Ball or Mason jars (they might be 8 oz), as they're single-serving

Comments

[palegreyminion]

That's exactly how I make it, except that I don't fill the cooler with hot water. I take the two empty milk bottles (I make a gallon at a time & I get my milk in glass bottles), fill them with hot tap water and put them in the cooler instead.

[tashabear]

My cooler isn't big enough for that, and I haven't been able to justify the expense of buying new lids for my jars when the lid and rings they came with work perfectly well. They're on my Amazon wish list, but I have LOTS of jars.

[tashabear]

You assume I have a functioning dishwasher. I do not. It hasn't worked for over a decade, and is now my wicked fancy under-counter drying rack. So since I handwash, I inspect my lids and rings when I wash them. And thank you, I was aware of that particular property of metal. I might have been an English major, but I did get that much science crammed into my brain. :-P

[tashabear]

It does come across like that sometimes.