Thick, Creamy Homemade Yogurt

Thick and creamy homemade yogurt requires just two ingredients and a bit of patience. If I'd understood how simple it really is to make your own yogurt, I would have tried this years ago. My kids are in heaven with the abundance of yogurt in our refrigerator lately and they've been eating it almost every day. Layered into a bowl with chunks of fruit and a sprinkling of fresh granola, this has become one of our favorite breakfasts.

Over the past few years, I've made a lot of things from scratch that I used to buy from the store. From salad dressings to spice mixes, ketchup, mayonnaise, salsas, syrups, peanut butter and jams. There is an entire shelf in our refrigerator filled from jars of sauces, spreads, and dips that I used to buy from the store and I now make at home. Once you've shaken together a jar of your own salad dressing, it's a slippery delicious slope towards making your own barbecue sauces and marinades. Next thing you know you'll be trying your hand at yogurt! (This yogurt is so thick and scoop-able, I can turn the jars over without spilling a drop of yogurt.)

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