CookieMonster Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I've been fooling around with trying to make homemade yogurt and I've hit a wall. I need to make homemade yogurt turn out like Yoplait's Creamy Strawberry Yogurt. No Greek-style stuff for my brood. No plain yogurt. No fruit on the bottom stuff. They want all the yogurt pink and flavored throughout with no fruit chunks and they don't want Stoneyfield Farm thickness, they want Yoplait creaminess. I have looked and looked at recipes and I don't see any that would make yogurt like what I'm looking for. Do you have any ideas? I was thinking of trying to add strawberry gelatin to a regular, plain yogurt recipe and seeing if that works. What do you think? Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well, I imagine it would work, but for me, using strawberry jello would entirely defeat the whole purpose of making it myself, yk? I am trying like the dickens not to use yoplait b/c of the HFCS...so I dunno if you'd ever achieve the texture you want. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I wrote about how I make my yogurt on my blog, and if my kids were picky eaters I'd make it the same way, only I'd try adding red food coloring and strawberry extract when I stirred in the plain yogurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 I wrote about how I make my yogurt on my blog, and if my kids were picky eaters I'd make it the same way, only I'd try adding red food coloring and strawberry extract when I stirred in the plain yogurt. Thanks. I don't really need the red food coloring, but I did wonder if I could use strawberry extract. I might try that. It doesn't really have to be pink, it just needs to have the flavoring throughout rather than plain yogurt with fruit chunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjzimmer1 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I haven't made strawberry, but I have made lemon. I used 1 tsp lemon extract and 1/3 cup sugar for just under 5 cups of milk. I stirred the sugar and extract right after I had the yogurt cultures throughly mixed in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeneralMom Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I make yoghurt several times a week. You will probably never get the same texture as Yoplait as homemade yoghurt is not that texture...it tends to me more viscous and thick rather than whipped and/or creamy. However, it all depends on what type of milk you use. For the creamiest yoghurt use half and half or whole milk. Also, if you want to avoid artificial colours and sweetners you can always flavour the mix with some flavoured stevia. Netrition (http://www.netrition.com) sells two brands of liguid flavoured Stevia and one of them has strawberry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seewah Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 We spend a small fortune in yogurt every week ... I can't wait to try this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I have looked and looked at recipes and I don't see any that would make yogurt like what I'm looking for. Do you have any ideas? . Here is a thought: smuckers fruit pancake syrup (do they still make it?) thickened with dried milk. Stir this in your milk and try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Are you using whole milk? Have you tried adding milk powder or evaporated milk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Wow, thanks for the other replies, ladies. I hadn't looked for this thread today. I hadn't thought about using strawberry syrup...but that might work. The biggest issue is the flavor. No one in this house eats plain yogurt. The second issue is the texture...for my sensitive child. He doesn't care for Stoneyfield farm yogurt, or my homemade yogurt - too 'sticky' compared to his beloved creamy strawberry yoplait. When looking at the ingredients in yoplait, I noticed gelatin. That made me think of using strawberry gelatin as both a flavor additive and a texture fixer. But I haven't seen such a thing in recipes I've found online so I wondered what it might do. I guess I'll have to experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvbnhome Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I got the idea from the Fage yogurt, when I went to the store to buy the plain, and they were out of it. There was a container, which contained plain yogurt, with a little plastic separate section which contained strawberry preserves. After that, I just serve a little preserves on the side, once in a while, with the yogurt, and everybody is haaaapppyyy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 When looking at the ingredients in yoplait, I noticed gelatin. That made me think of using strawberry gelatin as both a flavor additive and a texture fixer. But I haven't seen such a thing in recipes I've found online so I wondered what it might do. I guess I'll have to experiment. I haven't used this recipe yet, and don't even remember who passed this blog to me, but she mentions using gelatin http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-can-make-yogurt-in-your-crockpot.html. You might want to check the ingredients of the strawberry gelatin though- it might have red coloring (we cannot have red at all here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I haven't used this recipe yet, and don't even remember who passed this blog to me, but she mentions using gelatin http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-can-make-yogurt-in-your-crockpot.html. You might want to check the ingredients of the strawberry gelatin though- it might have red coloring (we cannot have red at all here). Ack. Just went to your blog and you're already linked. She does talk about using gelatin though (it's in one of her updates). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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