yogurt when I am busy

My family has been going through granola like there is never going to be anymore made.  One of their favorite things to eat it with is yogurt.  I do not like to buy that much yogurt so I looked into recipes that let me make yogurt without standing over the stove.

Slow cookers are wonderful things!

I poured in a half a gallon whole milk and turned the slow cooker on high.  Three hours later, I took the temperature of the milk.  I was looking for 180 degrees Fahrenheit.  It was actually 190.

I then let it cool to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.  I was coaching by the time it got there.  The boyos were  kind enough to mix in a half cup of yogurt to the warm milk and pour it into my thermal pot.  I have a large pot that is basically huge thermos.  I let the yogurt sit about 12 hours (really more) and then I strained it to make a thicker yogurt.

This worked very well.  I love skyrr but I have purchased too many gallons of milk that obviously have not been handled well.  If the milk gets frozen on the way to the grocery store it foams but does not become chunky enough to strain when fermented.  I might try it with my slow cooker.  Letting the heat go higher.  

I will make this yogurt again.