Homemade Fruit Flavored Yogurts with the fruit cooked in.

Serving Size  : 8     Preparation Time :0:45

Categories    : Breakfast Foods                 Snacks

 

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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  4               cups  whole milk -- see notes

  3        tablespoons  yogurt -- with live cultures see notes

     2/3           cup  fruit jam -- OR cooked, frozen or canned fruit, or ice cream toppings see notes

 

Bring milk and yogurt to room temperature before starting.

 

Combine milk or jam, if using a thick ice cream topping you may need to heat the topping slightly before adding it to the milk as it is warming.

 

Heat milk to 180 F (82 C) slowly.  Stirring occasionally.

 

Remove from heat and let milk mixture cool to 110-115 F (43-46 C)

 

Stir yogurt in well.

 

Put mixture into glass or ceramic containers and incubate per your preferred method. 6-8 hours or until firm

 

Refrigerate until ready to serve.

 

Description:

  "This type of yogurt has the fruit dispersed all through the yogurt.  See the notes section below for helpful hints."

Start to Finish Time:

  "9:00"

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 75 Calories; 4g Fat (48.6% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 17mg Cholesterol; 60mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat.

 

NOTES : You can substitute 4 cups skim milk and 1/3 cup powdered milk for the whole milk in this recipe.

 

The cultures can be from a batch of plain homemade yogurt you have made or from store purchased yogurt with live cultures. OR you can use 5 grams of dried yogurt culture (starter) which you can purchase either online or at natural foods grocery stores.

 

Pre-cook fresh fruits, because if you add fresh fruit to the milk it may cause it to curdle