Breastmilk Yoghurt For Babies

Total Time: 9 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• breast milk
• yogurt starter

Recipe

• 1 sterilize milk by heating it in a pan (not in microwave, though this can cause"hot spots" and cold spots where bacteria survive) until small bubbles form and is *almost* boiling, around 180-185°f.
• 2 cool to about 112°f.
• 3 meanwhile, if using purchased yogurt as starter, set it out at room temp to warm up.
• 4 add yogurt starter.
• 5 you can buy the powder at a health foods store, or use 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt with live and active cultures.
• 6 look for some "fresher" yogurt with a very distant expiration date for stronger cultures.
• 7 pour milk mix into a *warmed* quart jar, pyrex bowl, custard cups, etc--preferably something with a lid!
• 8 incubate it for 4-8 hours, depending on how tart you like it, by putting the container of milk mix into a picnic cooler and pouring very warm water in around it.
• 9 or if you have a big cooler, set the yogurt container into a big pot of hot water, inside the cooler.
• 10 don't cover the top of the container with water!
• 11 you need to keep the water between 90-120 f, as close to 112 as possible.
• 12 you really don't have to check it or change water much--you'd be surprised how well it holds the temperature, and the more you open it, the more heat you lose.
• 13 lower temps or shorter time make milder, sweeter yogurt.
• 14 temps closer to 120 or longer times make tarter, firmer yogurt.
• 15 also it gets firmer the longer you let it incubate--can go up to 12 hours or so.
• 16 remove a small amount as starter for your next batch, and add any flavorings or anything to the rest of the batch *after* incubating.
• 17 refrigerate.