Yesterday morning I decided to try yogurt again with some minor tweaks. I was curious about a couple things--1. If I boiled it slightly longer and 2. If I left it to incubate longer--would it turn out differently??
So yesterday morning I measured the milk and started the process. Midway through the heat to boiling, I realized this was going to be a bit of a problem because my target incubation time was 12 hours. And....I was planning to use the oven for dinner prep. Ah well. I was into it now....so on I stirred. When the milk reached boiling I kept stirring for maybe a minute longer. After letting it cool, I did the 1/2 cup boiled milk + 3 heaping tablespoons of Nancy's yogurt routine then mix all back together routine.
Then I wrapped it in a towel and put it the oven with the light on.....until about 4:15. At that point I still needed another 5 hours of incubation, but I also needed the oven for other things. So I put a heating pad on the kitchen counter and turned it on low. I set the towel wrapped bowl on the heating pad and left it until about 9:00pm. Sure enough! David took the temperature and it was just slightly over 100 (I read somewhere the range was to be 90-110, I think.) Anyway, this yogurt looked even more like yogurt than the previous round. So easy! I think I'm mostly finished with store-bought yogurt.
