AnnaRaven
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So, I've made yogurt for years. With regular store bought milk. Everything from 2% to whole milk, with and without powdered milk (mostly without), with and without a yogurt maker or yogurt starter. No problem.
I've tried twice now to make yogurt with the cream-top milk and both times have failed. It doesn't "set". What am I doing wrong?
I heat the milk slowly to 185F, then chill it back down to lukewarm. Add the yogurt starter (I've tried both regular yogurt and the yogurt starter packet!), put it into the yogurt maker like normal, and set it for 10 hours. Nope - still liquid.
Something in this stuff appears to be killing my yogurt starter, is my best guess. Do I need to scald the milk at a higher temperature? Or lower temp? Or let it go longer for it to actually "set"?
ETA: I've checked it a few times along the way - so it isn't setting and then separating again...
Edited to clarify: I'm hoping someone else had a similar problem and can tell me how to fix it. Thanks!
UPDATE: It was a dead yogurt maker! I put the stuff in my oven at "bread proof" setting for a few hours and yeah -no problem. Argh! You might know my yogurt maker would crap out on me just as I'm trying a new recipe!
I've tried twice now to make yogurt with the cream-top milk and both times have failed. It doesn't "set". What am I doing wrong?
I heat the milk slowly to 185F, then chill it back down to lukewarm. Add the yogurt starter (I've tried both regular yogurt and the yogurt starter packet!), put it into the yogurt maker like normal, and set it for 10 hours. Nope - still liquid.
Something in this stuff appears to be killing my yogurt starter, is my best guess. Do I need to scald the milk at a higher temperature? Or lower temp? Or let it go longer for it to actually "set"?
ETA: I've checked it a few times along the way - so it isn't setting and then separating again...
Edited to clarify: I'm hoping someone else had a similar problem and can tell me how to fix it. Thanks!
UPDATE: It was a dead yogurt maker! I put the stuff in my oven at "bread proof" setting for a few hours and yeah -no problem. Argh! You might know my yogurt maker would crap out on me just as I'm trying a new recipe!