Making Yogurt

A few months ago, frustrated by the lack of suitable vanilla flavoured yogurt at the supermarket again, I bought an Easiyo yogurt maker.  I’d remembered seeing a post from Pip at Real Mealsabout making yogurt, so thought I’d give it a go.  It didn’t cost much to start, about $30 (I think) for the yogurt maker and the starter sachets are $5 each and make 1kg of yogurt.  Its taken a bit of trial and error but we have finally settled on two yoghurts we like.My first attempt was with the Reduced Fat Unsweetenedstarter.  I left it overnight (about 17 hours).  This produced a very tangy natural yogurt, to my liking, but not Oscar’s.  I tried to sweeten it with 2 tablespoons of rice malt syrup and mixed in some diced pear and apple pieces, but it was still too tangy for Oscar. Making Yoghurt in the Easiyo Yogurt Maker On the second attempt … Continue reading